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| Thread ID: 86482 | 2008-01-18 08:36:00 | Sick PC | jwil1 (65) | Press F1 |
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| 631477 | 2008-01-18 08:36:00 | Hi all, I have a PC that won't install XP properly. Here are the symptoms: 1. During text-mode XP setup it complains that it can't copy a particular file. If I tell it to retry several times the file(s) copy. Note DIFFERENT files cough up errors each time I attempt to install. It suggests that I replace the media "it might be damaged". It's not - in fact it installs flawlessly on another PC. 2. When I load XP the blue progress bar animates very slowly - about 1-2 seconds for each 'blip' to pass - try to pretend this is the XP load bar (squint if necessary!)... Ignore underscores. OOO By the time it becomes _OOO 2 seconds have passed. After 4 seconds it's like this.. __OOO etc etc. Takes about 2 mins to load a default install of XP. 3. MSInfo and Help and Support center will not load (X encountered an error...) 4. At startup Dr Watson Postmortem Debugger "encountered an error and needed to close..." - this only happens sometimes - not every time I try and install. 5. Sometimes the theme changes from XP's Luna to Classic about 5-10 mins after booting to the desktop - but the fonts do not change (everything is written in Trebuchet MS) 6. The sound device appears to have a driver in Device Mgr but in Sound Properties I see "no Audio Device". Sound doesn't play. This is what I've tried. -Changed RAM modules with a working PC. Other PC worked fine on modules from sick PC. -Swapped HDs with the other machine. Again everything worked on the other PC. -Burnt a copy of my (100% genuine) Windows XP disc. Installed XP with this copy. Same prob. None of these shed any light on the problem. Disc is Windows XP Pro with SP2 integrated. Installs properly on other PC without any issues. What do you suppose is the problem? All help appreciated :) |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 631478 | 2008-01-18 09:27:00 | Optical drive (or IDE cable/channel) iffy? Motherboard dying? |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 631479 | 2008-01-18 10:19:00 | I'd be inclined to agree with iffy IDE cable/controller | Myth (110) | ||
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