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| Thread ID: 122665 | 2012-01-05 21:26:00 | can't install windows xp/7 | chumscrubber (16416) | Press F1 |
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| 1252359 | 2012-01-05 21:26:00 | Hello guys, I have really weird problem. I was trying to reinstall windows xp on my friends computer, but it freezes on loading files, i erased and partitioned hdd with partition magic (ntfs) but still no luck. also tested ram with memtest from hiren's bootCD but no errors. finally tried to install windows 7 but there was the same problem, freezes after copying files. any ideas? |
chumscrubber (16416) | ||
| 1252360 | 2012-01-06 00:14:00 | Try doing a full zero erase of the drive but don't manually partition it. Let Windows do the partitioning and formatting itself. I have also seen newer OS have issues on some older hardware, you might need to look for a BIOS update if the PC is quite old. Some more details on the system specifications and configuration would be very useful. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1252361 | 2012-01-06 08:38:00 | Try doing a full zero erase of the drive but don't manually partition it. Let Windows do the partitioning and formatting itself. I have also seen newer OS have issues on some older hardware, you might need to look for a BIOS update if the PC is quite old. Some more details on the system specifications and configuration would be very useful. yea I was thinking about bios too. don't exactly remember details but its AMD 2,4ghz 2gb of ram and the motherboard is m2n-sli delux (asus) I was also thinking installing windows xp sp2 instead of sp3 but not sure if that will work |
chumscrubber (16416) | ||
| 1252362 | 2012-01-06 09:10:00 | What speed is the RAM set to? have a look at This MS help Thread (social.technet.microsoft.com) The last post. :2cents: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1252363 | 2012-01-06 09:24:00 | What speed is the RAM set to? have a look at This MS help Thread (social.technet.microsoft.com) The last post. :2cents: I don't think there is overclocked anything but I'll keep that in mind, thanks a lot ;) |
chumscrubber (16416) | ||
| 1252364 | 2012-01-06 09:25:00 | Board isn't old enough to have the kind of BIOS issues I was thinking of, but you could always try the latest version just for fun. Are you using your hard drive with the JMicron JMB363 SATA controller by any chance? I think I remember something about these being unable to install an OS on, but can be used for storage. Otherwise, try resetting BIOS to defaults. Might be a bad setting somewhere. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1252365 | 2012-01-06 09:53:00 | Board isn't old enough to have the kind of BIOS issues I was thinking of, but you could always try the latest version just for fun. Are you using your hard drive with the JMicron JMB363 SATA controller by any chance? I think I remember something about these being unable to install an OS on, but can be used for storage. Otherwise, try resetting BIOS to defaults. Might be a bad setting somewhere. hard drive is barracuda by seagate. also tried to reset bios by defaults but still no luck :( I suppose it can be bios update issue or ram is dying |
chumscrubber (16416) | ||
| 1252366 | 2012-01-06 21:00:00 | hard drive is barracuda by seagate. also tried to reset bios by defaults but still no luck :( I suppose it can be bios update issue or ram is dying Is the HDD IDE or SATA? Which port is it plugged into? Might even be a faulty HDD, do you have another you can try? If you have more than 1 stick of RAM, try taking out all except 1, then try installing again. If the install still won't work, swap that 1 stick for one of the others and try again. I have experienced in one case a machine that had BSOD errors constantly, while Memtest showed nothing wrong, however when the RAM was replaced, no more BSOD. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1252367 | 2012-01-06 21:10:00 | I have experienced in one case a machine that had BSOD errors constantly, while Memtest showed nothing wrong, however when the RAM was replaced, no more BSOD. Yep -- Had that happen several times as well, I also ran MS's RAM test and that showed OK. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1252368 | 2012-01-07 21:49:00 | Agent_24 wainuitech thanks a lot for ideas, i installed windows xp sp1 and it ran ok, but now it won't boot again. I'll see the computer tomorrow again, today we celebrated christmas and i had no time for computers, I'll try to remove one of two ram memories tomorrow. I really can't try other HDD I'm on vacations here, anyway thanks for help will post the results tomorrow. p.s it doesn't look like bsod according to my friend there were no error screen like that |
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