XP install issue ... My computer recently started hanging on XP startup and would never boot so I did a clean install. Installs fine but the first time it star ...

mineralsnake · 11-14-2005, 08:13 PM

My computer recently started hanging on XP startup and would never boot so I did a clean install. Installs fine but the first time it starts up on the Windows load screen it halts and a blue screen of death comes up for a split second and it reboots, does this over and over again and never boots up properly. I tried 2 clean installs and still the same thing...

I was thinking that I might have a bad hard drive but not sure, has anyone else seen this?

denn_76 · 11-14-2005, 08:38 PM

sounds like memory....

Computer_Potato · 11-14-2005, 09:39 PM

What USB Floppy Drive are you using ? Some resellers include the USB floppy drive and some don't.

Boogieman117 · 11-15-2005, 10:33 AM

When you did a 'clean install', do you do the slow format of NTFS or the quick format?

supercornman · 11-15-2005, 11:21 AM

I think I have seen this before. I was using an academic copy of Win XP Pro without service pack 2 on a gateway ultra-portable.

I think that you will get an option to boot into safe mode before the blue screen, or at least I did somehow or another. Then I loaded Windows XP Service Pack 2 from a CD and poof... it worked fine after that. I think it had some new hardware that was not made compatible until after service pack 2.

That's how I got mine working anyway, best of luck!

--Super Corn Man

mineralsnake · 11-15-2005, 12:25 PM

I used the quick format...Also I have tried booting up with only one memory stick in to see if maybe one of them is bad...same result, maybe they both are bad.

G-Omaha · 11-15-2005, 02:09 PM

Try using MEMTEST86 from a bootable CD or Floppy.

Telsakoma · 11-16-2005, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mineralsnake

I used the quick format...Also I have tried booting up with only one memory stick in to see if maybe one of them is bad...same result, maybe they both are bad.

Have you tried to boot with a single RAM stick (each one) in different slots?

Gintas

mineralsnake · 11-16-2005, 01:49 PM

I can't remember whether I used the same slot or not...I will try it again.

Synergi · 11-17-2005, 03:38 AM

Hopefully not a dumb question.. Did you install the promise drivers? If im not mistaken, bios sees the hard drive.. xp doesn't with the drivers..

mineralsnake · 11-17-2005, 02:55 PM

Yep, installed the SCSI drivers...it is just weird that if the memory is bad why does it let me go through the whole install???

11-14-2005, 08:13 PM	#1
mineralsnake Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 24 Credits: -330	XP install issue My computer recently started hanging on XP startup and would never boot so I did a clean install. Installs fine but the first time it starts up on the Windows load screen it halts and a blue screen of death comes up for a split second and it reboots, does this over and over again and never boots up properly. I tried 2 clean installs and still the same thing... I was thinking that I might have a bad hard drive but not sure, has anyone else seen this?

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mineralsnake Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 24 Credits: -330	I used the quick format...Also I have tried booting up with only one memory stick in to see if maybe one of them is bad...same result, maybe they both are bad. Last edited by mineralsnake; 11-15-2005 at 12:52 PM.

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11-14-2005, 08:38 PM	#2
denn_76 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 282 Credits: -59	sounds like memory....

11-15-2005, 11:21 AM	#5
supercornman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: LA/SLC (don't ask...) Posts: 1 Credits: -150	I think I have seen this before. I was using an academic copy of Win XP Pro without service pack 2 on a gateway ultra-portable. I think that you will get an option to boot into safe mode before the blue screen, or at least I did somehow or another. Then I loaded Windows XP Service Pack 2 from a CD and poof... it worked fine after that. I think it had some new hardware that was not made compatible until after service pack 2. That's how I got mine working anyway, best of luck! --Super Corn Man

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G-Omaha Nevermore Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cyberspace Posts: 5,709 Reviews: 1 Credits: 1,122	Try using MEMTEST86 from a bootable CD or Floppy.

11-16-2005, 01:49 PM	#9
mineralsnake Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 24 Credits: -330	I can't remember whether I used the same slot or not...I will try it again.

11-17-2005, 02:55 PM	#11
mineralsnake Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 24 Credits: -330	Yep, installed the SCSI drivers...it is just weird that if the memory is bad why does it let me go through the whole install???

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