clean installation problems

[Guest Pamela G]

I finally got my bios to recognise the new HD by disabling the Promise

drivers and making sure the SATA drivers were loaded. I am trying to load

Windows XP on it as a clean install. But I am running into a bunch of errors

that stop the installation and cannot find them discussed in the MS

knowledgebase. I have both an OEM version of XP Pro, and aftermarket XP home

and Pro. I have tried using both, with similar problems. It would make more

sense if I got the same error message each time, but no! Ideas please?

 

With the OEM disc:

1st try: File pci.sys is corrupted

2nd try:File intelide.sys is corrupted

3rd try: File \i386\ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded. Error code 4

 

So I switched to trying the aftermarket full XP home disc

1st try: File qi1240.sys is corrupted

2nd try: File acpeic.sys caused an unexpected error (8192) at line 5964 in

d:\xpsprtm\base\boot\setup\setupic

3rd try: Got all the way through to the install/repair page, only to have

the error message that Windows XP couldn't find my HD again!!!!!!

4th try: same as #3 before

 

 

Arrgghh!

[Guest Rich Barry]

Re: clean installation problems

 

Pamela, if you have a Promise Raid Controller try disabling it in the

Bios.

"Pamela G" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message

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>I finally got my bios to recognise the new HD by disabling the Promise

>drivers and making sure the SATA drivers were loaded. I am trying to load

>Windows XP on it as a clean install. But I am running into a bunch of

>errors that stop the installation and cannot find them discussed in the MS

>knowledgebase. I have both an OEM version of XP Pro, and aftermarket XP

>home and Pro. I have tried using both, with similar problems. It would make

>more sense if I got the same error message each time, but no! Ideas

>please?

>

> With the OEM disc:

> 1st try: File pci.sys is corrupted

> 2nd try:File intelide.sys is corrupted

> 3rd try: File \i386\ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded. Error code 4

>

> So I switched to trying the aftermarket full XP home disc

> 1st try: File qi1240.sys is corrupted

> 2nd try: File acpeic.sys caused an unexpected error (8192) at line 5964 in

> d:\xpsprtm\base\boot\setup\setupic

> 3rd try: Got all the way through to the install/repair page, only to have

> the error message that Windows XP couldn't find my HD again!!!!!!

> 4th try: same as #3 before

>

>

> Arrgghh!

[Guest Pamela G]

Re: clean installation problems

 

I did! That is the way I finally got my bios to recognise the new SATA

drive. (for more details, see my post of 8/6/08 about the crash and trying

to get the computer to even recognise I installed a new HD!)

 

The drive shows up in my boot sequence, after floppy and CD. That is fine,

but how come the XP install disc isn't seeing it now?

 

Pamela

 

"Rich Barry" <rbarry@socal.rr.com> wrote in message

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> Pamela, if you have a Promise Raid Controller try disabling it in the

> Bios.

> "Pamela G" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message

> news:%23fcOe2y$IHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>I finally got my bios to recognise the new HD by disabling the Promise

>>drivers and making sure the SATA drivers were loaded. I am trying to load

>>Windows XP on it as a clean install. But I am running into a bunch of

>>errors that stop the installation and cannot find them discussed in the MS

>>knowledgebase. I have both an OEM version of XP Pro, and aftermarket XP

>>home and Pro. I have tried using both, with similar problems. It would

>>make more sense if I got the same error message each time, but no! Ideas

>>please?

>>

>> With the OEM disc:

>> 1st try: File pci.sys is corrupted

>> 2nd try:File intelide.sys is corrupted

>> 3rd try: File \i386\ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded. Error code 4

>>

>> So I switched to trying the aftermarket full XP home disc

>> 1st try: File qi1240.sys is corrupted

>> 2nd try: File acpeic.sys caused an unexpected error (8192) at line 5964

>> in d:\xpsprtm\base\boot\setup\setupic

>> 3rd try: Got all the way through to the install/repair page, only to have

>> the error message that Windows XP couldn't find my HD again!!!!!!

>> 4th try: same as #3 before

>>

>>

>> Arrgghh!

>

>

[Guest The Real Truth MVP]

Re: clean installation problems

 

You may have bad Ram.

 

 

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"Pamela G" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message

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>I did! That is the way I finally got my bios to recognise the new SATA

>drive. (for more details, see my post of 8/6/08 about the crash and trying

>to get the computer to even recognise I installed a new HD!)

>

> The drive shows up in my boot sequence, after floppy and CD. That is fine,

> but how come the XP install disc isn't seeing it now?

>

> Pamela

>

> "Rich Barry" <rbarry@socal.rr.com> wrote in message

> news:ee4LO6y$IHA.2060@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> Pamela, if you have a Promise Raid Controller try disabling it in the

>> Bios.

>> "Pamela G" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message

>> news:%23fcOe2y$IHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>I finally got my bios to recognise the new HD by disabling the Promise

>>>drivers and making sure the SATA drivers were loaded. I am trying to load

>>>Windows XP on it as a clean install. But I am running into a bunch of

>>>errors that stop the installation and cannot find them discussed in the

>>>MS knowledgebase. I have both an OEM version of XP Pro, and aftermarket

>>>XP home and Pro. I have tried using both, with similar problems. It would

>>>make more sense if I got the same error message each time, but no! Ideas

>>>please?

>>>

>>> With the OEM disc:

>>> 1st try: File pci.sys is corrupted

>>> 2nd try:File intelide.sys is corrupted

>>> 3rd try: File \i386\ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded. Error code 4

>>>

>>> So I switched to trying the aftermarket full XP home disc

>>> 1st try: File qi1240.sys is corrupted

>>> 2nd try: File acpeic.sys caused an unexpected error (8192) at line 5964

>>> in d:\xpsprtm\base\boot\setup\setupic

>>> 3rd try: Got all the way through to the install/repair page, only to

>>> have the error message that Windows XP couldn't find my HD again!!!!!!

>>> 4th try: same as #3 before

>>>

>>>

>>> Arrgghh!

>>

>>

>

[Guest Pamela G]

Re: clean installation problems

 

I did, that is how I finally got the bios to recogise the new hard drive!

 

Anyway, the problem is now fixed. What I had to do: disable the Promise RAID

drivers in my bios, use my laptop to download new SATA drivers from

viaarena.com (the drivers from my motherboard manufacturer did NOT work) and

thin them out based on information on one of the tech forums I looked at,

burn the XP drivers onto a floppy (had to buy an external floppy that would

run on my Vista laptop :( ) then try a clean install from the retail XP

disks using the F6 command and loading the viaarena drivers. It took 3-4

tries, but it finally got all the way through the sequence and the computer

is usable again. (after new drivers and firmware for other things were added

and software and security measures taken, LOL)

Pamela

 

 

"Rich Barry" <rbarry@socal.rr.com> wrote in message

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> Pamela, if you have a Promise Raid Controller try disabling it in the

> Bios.

> "Pamela G" <someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message

> news:%23fcOe2y$IHA.4780@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>I finally got my bios to recognise the new HD by disabling the Promise

>>drivers and making sure the SATA drivers were loaded. I am trying to load

>>Windows XP on it as a clean install. But I am running into a bunch of

>>errors that stop the installation and cannot find them discussed in the MS

>>knowledgebase. I have both an OEM version of XP Pro, and aftermarket XP

>>home and Pro. I have tried using both, with similar problems. It would

>>make more sense if I got the same error message each time, but no! Ideas

>>please?

>>

>> With the OEM disc:

>> 1st try: File pci.sys is corrupted

>> 2nd try:File intelide.sys is corrupted

>> 3rd try: File \i386\ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded. Error code 4

>>

>> So I switched to trying the aftermarket full XP home disc

>> 1st try: File qi1240.sys is corrupted

>> 2nd try: File acpeic.sys caused an unexpected error (8192) at line 5964

>> in d:\xpsprtm\base\boot\setup\setupic

>> 3rd try: Got all the way through to the install/repair page, only to have

>> the error message that Windows XP couldn't find my HD again!!!!!!

>> 4th try: same as #3 before

>>

>>

>> Arrgghh!

>

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