Whenever I try and install windows xp inc sp2 onto a RADI 0 array formatted with 32kcluster after the initial file copy process the system reboots and gives a disk read error yet when using XP sp1 the install works fine. tried pro and home and same on both also tried various versions of the sata driver and that hasn't helped either.
View 7 RepliesIn attempting to install a router I inadvertently setup a confusing array of user/administrator accounts which leaves me unable to log in as administrator. Two things 1) My description of the problem leaves people confused and unable to help. 2) Given that people can't really know what my intent is in trying to log in as admin. there are obvious ethical issues involved. It's understandable. I want all those user accounts wiped out so I can just start up without logging in as I did before. Will re-installing Windows do that?
View 6 Replies View Relatedi have 2 western digital 80gb on raid0. on this array i have installed windows 7 and now i want to install windows xp on another partition.the problem is that windows xp setup won't recognize my array even with the original raid driver floppy-disk. i created even an nLite customized xp with those drivers installed and it doesn't work.
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI have been using this hack www.tomshardware.com for some time quite happily then installed winxp sp3 and it lost my mirrored array. I attempted to re apply the hack and no joy. Luckily i could break the mirror and i have access to my data on a single drive.
So my boot.ini got changed on a RAID0 setup.
First, if I load off the XP CD, go to recovery console, load up the raid drivers and run fixboot that will work right? Loading the RAID drivers before going into recovery concole will let me see the raided drives? if so, thats good, cept I dont have a floppy drive or any floppys near me
second, i got Arconis Disk Director loaded, it sees the RAID0 drives and all the files on them but it doesnt have any form of explorer or an editor.
Is there a PE program out there that will work with RAID0? I trie Ubuntu but it doenst work
I have windows vista installed on a raid array, and when i try to install windows XP it asks for the 3rd party driver which i have on a floppy. I then can get through the next couple of screens, however after it creates the windows directory on the partition I have set it asks me for another set of drivers to be put into the floppy disk, this is where the problem start, any ideas what drivers its asking for? The only drivers I can find are the intel mass storage drivers but these are larger than the floppy disk...
View 11 Replies View RelatedDumped Vista and installed XPP. Went smoothly, except get this message on start-up. Adapter 1 -no array defined -no hard disc detected continues on and windows starts, no problem.
I have a Dell Power Edge server with a C: drive that is too small. The RAID array is about 40GB but only 9 GB was given for the C: drive and it has run out of space so I cannot install service packs, extra software, etc. The remaining space is an F: drive with the "data" on it. What method should I use to extend the partition, I am thinking of just moving all of the F: drive to an external hard drive and then deleting the F: drive and trying to extend the partition in Windows Disk Manager, but I wonder if that will even work, or if there is a better tool out there to use to manage these partitions. I would like to preserve the Windows installation and everything on the C: drive if at all possible. I dont care if I have an F: drive, if I can just get a big enough C: drive, that will be fine.
View 7 Replies View RelatedAfter the usual 6 month XP clean re-install, I am finding I cannot access one of the two RAID arrays. This message comes at the end of attempting to install the RAID card driver, the second array in the computer. It was running with the previous XP install. I didn't do the F6 RAID driver thing during the clean install.As well, when booting, I get a Symantec error "Access denied" to the first RAID array, which is motherboard driven. This does not seem to affect the use of the RAID in any way.
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View 3 Replies View RelatedI recently installed xp for the first time after replacing motherboard and CPU.I skipped setup because I didn't know what I was doing. Now I can't boot up (cold or warm) without using the original disk. Can I just go into setup and change boot settings without re-installing.Is there anything else I should know before I attempt to fix this problem? I am tired of using the disk every time I update something or install new program.
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I upgraded my computer from ME to XP with few problems but wondered how difficult it would be to take a new laptop and go backwards. I know I'd most likely have to purchase a Full version of XP, but how much of a hassel is it to get all the drivers/XP versions of necessary pre-loaded software? Would a Vista compatible version of say Word work if I did this? Any other problems I haven't thought of?
I re-formated my sisters computer yesterday, and after installing it i had no internet. As i hadn't installed any drivers yet, i understood that. But after heading over to dell's site, downloading all of the drivers for her computer and then installing them, i STILL do not have any internet. I don't see any connections on the computer either, it's just blank!
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And when i try to play a dvd r it won't, it will only play cdr's.
I simply want the correct procedure to installing XP Pro that comes with service pack2 onto a brand new, off the shelf HDD. A HDD that has never had anything on it before.if I will remove this HDD which I am using to conect to the net and re-install the new one. I will attempt to wipe the partitions that were created by the XP Pro cd and then try the whole process again. But without the floppys this time. I wonder really, if there will be any difference?
View 10 Replies View RelatedI have been trying to install win xp SP3 update from the microsoft site, everything goes fine until a message pop's up saying " File: cwindowssystem32format.com is open or in use by another application" I have tried to install it, by logging in safe mode, but to no avail. Did anyone of you encounter a similar problem and traced a solution to it?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have installed a new WD 1TB hard disk to my computer. The motherboard is Intel DG35EC and the Ram is 4 GB DDR2. I have made the 1st partition of 100GB and 2 extended partition of 450 GB each. I have installed Win XP SP3. Problem is that most of the times system does not boot. It keeps searching for the OS or stucks. Is it advisable to have a 1TB hard disk for the boot system? What is the best distribution of boot partition size and other partitions?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI want to install a win xpp x64 sp2 but my current OS is win xpp sp2 which is a x86 or 32 bit OS. I just want to know if it is possible and that it will not affect my current computer configuration.
View 2 Replies View Relatedive talked to has advised me against this. But I didn't listen.I used partition magic to make a new partition from which I could install another OS besides XP. The partition was made and activated, then I changed the boot order to run from the CD.The CD booted and ran, the files said they were loading, up until it said Loading Windows. After this I get a message saying that no hard drives have been found and all I can do is restart. Is there a reason why its doing this, and how do I get around this?
View 14 Replies View RelatedI have a Dell Dimension 4300 with 40gb HD (purchased in 2000).I installed a 2nd 120gb HD with two partitions; (P) for the paging file and (V) for digital editing.I want to install XP on the second HD to a) install SP2 and b) take advantage of its 7200 RPM speed.I will reconfigure the PC so that the 120gb will be the master and the 40gb will be the slave. Change the BIOS so that the cd drive will be bootable.
1) During the installation process of XP, I will partition the 120gb HD as C: but how will the PC recognize the 40gb HD since its formatted as the original c drive?
2) Any suggestions on partitioning the 120gb for performance and security
3) What is the activation process for XP? (previously done by Dell).
I am trying to install software, a motor car workshop manual, which appears to want to install itself to my C: drive, suggesting there is not enough room, understandable because my drive C: is a Zip100 disc. My hard drive is drive E: The installer does not give me the option to chose the installation location, is there any way I can force it to use E:Windows will not allow me to change the drive letter of the boot drive.
View 11 Replies View RelatedI searched, but didnt seem like anyone posted a similar question..so here it is. I have a laptop which I use for composing music. The thing is that I have so many programs that it feels a bit slow at boot and when doing other operations. I have been thinking if it were possible to install Windows XP as a second operating system that I can boot up when I am not using the laptop for music. Is that possible? And how do I go about doing it?
View 11 Replies View RelatedWhenever I try to install windows xp on my harddisk by booting cd, after the blue screen where it says loading files and then the three options appear (INSTALL, REPAIR, EXIT) it stops responding when I press enter. Ive installed the same windows xp cd on other systems in my house, they work fine. But whenever on my system it stops responding at the blue screen.
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View 10 Replies View RelatedI'm building my new pc, so I went out and bought a windows xp oem cd. I put it in and it starts a blue screen then lists what it is loading on the bottom. When it finally gets done it says on the bottom booting windows,
View 14 Replies View RelatedIt is an 80 gb hdd with 512 (some letters I cannot read as they are so small), and 3000+ AMD Athlon.I am trying to install a Windows XP OEM version with SP2 on a partitioned hard drive, the second partition has Puppy 4.00, a Linux OS, but that should not be interferring with the install.The first partition is formatted as NTFS.When I try to install with the new software it loads to the blue screen that says at the bottom "Setup is starting Windows" then it stalls. I was getting the same problem when I tried to use my setup discs for my other computer. It will only exit to the BIOS, no other keys or commands are working. ?
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View 6 Replies View RelatedLast month I bought a new computer with Windows Media Center. It came with a 250G HD. Two days ago, my old comuter gace up. I want to install it on my new computer. It is a 80 G hd. It ran under my licenced Windows 2000, My 80G HD primary is NTFS and my other partitions are on Fat 32. (BTW, my new computer is all NTFS).Can I install this second HD as a primary? If not, must I only use it as a slave. If so, will I be able to use the installed software that I have on it? My new computer is a HT 640HT 3.2G with 1,024G memory.
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View 14 Replies View RelatedWell I've heard a lot of good things about SP2, and a lot of bad things. But I tried installing IE7 and it said I must have SP2 installed. is it worth it to download SP2 Or is IE7 not worth it
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