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| Thread ID: 109276 | 2010-05-01 03:01:00 | Installing XP, cant bcos - Setup cannot find previous version... | CCF (6760) | Press F1 |
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| 881397 | 2010-05-01 11:17:00 | Ewww! Hope you didn't get **it on the keys. |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 881398 | 2010-05-01 14:19:00 | Hey ya guys Yeah I havnt replaced the battery with a fresh new one, though will give that a go, and will def give the comp a boot without the batt as well, funny enough I've never tried that before. Though as for a replacing the hdd, if only i had another IDE hdd. Atm im testing the hdd via my IDE-USB adapter, so can read/write files off it with no problem. However have not done a thorough test into it with the manufacture app. Though as for reconfiguring due to the removal of the battery, how would I reconfig the system without the ability to get into the bios? I have all the default devices plugged in, 1x hdd, 1x cdrom & 1x floppy, everything is like how it was. Though prior to removal the battery, I have tried resetting everything in the bios back to default, that went without a hitch, though didnt solve anything. But yeah, will post back asap once i get some more results. Much appreciated for everyone's input :) |
CCF (6760) | ||
| 881399 | 2010-05-02 01:59:00 | Well guys after a good night sleep and some straight forward thinking, the pc is up and going now. Below is what I did to get the final outcome. Issue #1: PC Boots for 5s before shutting down Fix: This one was really by luck, initially the pc would boot without anything displaying on the screen, though for some odd reason after a few boots a message popped up. Suggesting the user to press F1 to get into the bios to config the settings. Once I got into the bios, it was a matter of setting the bios settings back to default. Once this was done, the pc booted with no problem. Comment: I thought removing the battery reset everything by to fail-safe default. Why does the user have to go into the bios manually and set it back to default? It makes no sense. Issue #2: The error "Setup cannot find previous version of windows..." Fix:Well I knew my disc was not the problem, so it must had been the hardware, though where in the pc that thinks my disc was an upgrade was beyond my imagination. But of course with the resetting of the CMOS setting, that fixed everything. The installation went through license agreement page without a hitch. However this did not solve the initial error that I was getting, where the actual windows installation fails upon its first reboot. Issue #3: Windows installation fails due to missing parameter (occurs right after windows reboots after it copied the necessary files onto the hdd) Fix: Searched on google for the parameter issue. After a few random posts and suggestions, some one suggested using different optical drive. And what did you know? It worked! The optical drive that i was using was a few years old now, how in the world it fails to set some parameters but yet manages to copy all the necessary files without any problems was beyond my guess. If any one have any comments on this, please post. I dont understand how an optical drive can copy all these misc files w/o a hitch, yet for a specific file it just would not read (and yes I have tried multi identical discs) So yeah, all is well now. Much appreciated again for everyone's input :) |
CCF (6760) | ||
| 881400 | 2010-05-02 02:51:00 | Thanks for posting the update. It may help with any others that have similar problems. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 881401 | 2010-05-02 09:50:00 | Comment: I thought removing the battery reset everything by to fail-safe default. Why does the user have to go into the bios manually and set it back to default? It makes no sense. Some PCs have a jumper on the motherboard which you have to change to reset all the BIOS settings. ie. The for the password reset on a Dell dx530 (i think). Issue #3: Windows installation fails due to missing parameter (occurs right after windows reboots after it copied the necessary files onto the hdd) Fix: Searched on google for the parameter issue. After a few random posts and suggestions, some one suggested using different optical drive. And what did you know? It worked! The optical drive that i was using was a few years old now, how in the world it fails to set some parameters but yet manages to copy all the necessary files without any problems was beyond my guess. If any one have any comments on this, please post. I dont understand how an optical drive can copy all these misc files w/o a hitch, yet for a specific file it just would not read (and yes I have tried multi identical discs) Yeah some things just don't make sense. 2 days ago I was using a USB A to USB B cable from a TomTom (GPS) to put some files on my external HDD. The cable worked fine in every computer but my W7 one. I changed the cable to a Canon camera one and that fixed the issue :) Good luck trying to explain that one :D Glad all is fixed!! |
WarNox (8772) | ||
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