Guest romac Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Please help! I'm trying to do a XP re-install and when I come to the Setup screen I press ENTER to setup Windows XP, I then press F8 to agree, I immediately get a blue screen that says "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to computer REGISTRY ERROR" How do I get around this? I want to re-install Windows XP but this is as far as I can get. Thanks to all replies in advance
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: Can't Install Windows XP....... Registry Error "romac" <romac@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C25F0F24-7FD5-4A81-B2E5-51C6084ED67C@microsoft.com... > Please help! > > I'm trying to do a XP re-install and when I come to the Setup screen I > press > ENTER to setup Windows XP, I then press F8 to agree, I immediately get a > blue > screen that says "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut > down > to prevent damage to computer REGISTRY ERROR" > > How do I get around this? I want to re-install Windows XP but this is as > far > as I can get. > > Thanks to all replies in advance > Get into your BIOS setup and change the boot order so that your CD drive is the primary boot device. Now boot the machine with your WinXP installation CD and follow the prompts to do a clean installation, allowing the disk to be formatted. You will, of course, lose all existing data files. If unsure how to get into the BIOS setup, check the documentation that came with your PC.
Guest romac Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: Can't Install Windows XP....... Registry Error Thanks for the reply Pegasus. I have my PC's boot order set to CD first, I am booting from CD to do the Windows re-install. My problem is that I can't do a clean install because when I press ENTER to setup Windows XP and press F8 to agree.............I get the Blue Screen Registry Error. This is where I'm stuck! Thanks "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "romac" <romac@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:C25F0F24-7FD5-4A81-B2E5-51C6084ED67C@microsoft.com... > > Please help! > > > > I'm trying to do a XP re-install and when I come to the Setup screen I > > press > > ENTER to setup Windows XP, I then press F8 to agree, I immediately get a > > blue > > screen that says "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut > > down > > to prevent damage to computer REGISTRY ERROR" > > > > How do I get around this? I want to re-install Windows XP but this is as > > far > > as I can get. > > > > Thanks to all replies in advance > > > > Get into your BIOS setup and change the boot order so that your CD drive is > the primary boot device. Now boot the machine with your WinXP installation > CD and follow the prompts to do a clean installation, allowing the disk to > be formatted. You will, of course, lose all existing data files. > > If unsure how to get into the BIOS setup, check the documentation that came > with your PC. > > >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: Can't Install Windows XP....... Registry Error Well, either you have a hardware problem or else you're not quite following the prescribed procedure for a clean installation. Here is the sledge-hammer approach: It will remove all existing partitions from your disk, forcing the installation process into a clean mode. 1. Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk or CD (http://www.bootdisk.com). 2. Run fdisk.exe and delete all existing partitions. 3. If you cannot delete some partitions, run delpart.exe (http://www.russelltexas.com/delpart.htm) to do the job. If the BSOD problem persists, repost in a hardware newsgroup. "romac" <romac@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C8EED0A6-7781-446A-8F69-E905F1FA2B10@microsoft.com... > Thanks for the reply Pegasus. > > I have my PC's boot order set to CD first, I am booting from CD to do the > Windows re-install. My problem is that I can't do a clean install because > when I press ENTER to setup Windows XP and press F8 to agree.............I > get the Blue Screen Registry Error. This is where I'm stuck! > > Thanks > > > > > > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > >> >> "romac" <romac@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:C25F0F24-7FD5-4A81-B2E5-51C6084ED67C@microsoft.com... >> > Please help! >> > >> > I'm trying to do a XP re-install and when I come to the Setup screen I >> > press >> > ENTER to setup Windows XP, I then press F8 to agree, I immediately get >> > a >> > blue >> > screen that says "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut >> > down >> > to prevent damage to computer REGISTRY ERROR" >> > >> > How do I get around this? I want to re-install Windows XP but this is >> > as >> > far >> > as I can get. >> > >> > Thanks to all replies in advance >> > >> >> Get into your BIOS setup and change the boot order so that your CD drive >> is >> the primary boot device. Now boot the machine with your WinXP >> installation >> CD and follow the prompts to do a clean installation, allowing the disk >> to >> be formatted. You will, of course, lose all existing data files. >> >> If unsure how to get into the BIOS setup, check the documentation that >> came >> with your PC. >> >> >>
Guest Plato Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Re: Can't Install Windows XP....... Registry Error =?Utf-8?B?cm9tYWM=?= wrote: > > I'm trying to do a XP re-install and when I come to the Setup screen I press > ENTER to setup Windows XP, I then press F8 to agree, I immediately get a blue > screen that says "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down > to prevent damage to computer REGISTRY ERROR" Wipe the drive first. ie install to a "factory fresh" HDD. -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
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