To start, I was in the middle of doing remedial tasks (sending an email) and my computer had an issue and bluescreened, or something to that effect.
After rebooting, I recieved a message that there was a problem with the registry, and it was successfully recovered (in a dialog box). The desktop then loads, and I get a bluescreen...
So I backed it all up to another HDD, etc, and tried to reinstall the OS. After creating a new partition and reformatting, it tries to copy the files to the hard disk, but stops while copying files. I tried this multiple times, and it stops at a different file each time, usually around 50%. I swapped disks (multiple copies of the same disk) and it won't read those files.
I have tried MANY things to remedy this:
All unnecessary items unplugged.
I have tried multiple disks, XP and XP Media Center. I also burned from images from hard disk on two different burners (and computers).
I also tried installing from two different cd drives on the machine.
I also tried putting in a new (confirmed working) hard drive... it still goes on - same way.
[The above steps were tried multiple times in various combinations for HOURS AND HOURS].
I even took the original hard drive out, put it into another PC, and it was then able to run the XP setup to copy all of the files onto the HDD.
The setup then had to reboot, so turned the machine off, took the HDD out of that second computer and put back into the original. I thought maybe since it had successfully copied them, it could be booted from and I could continue... unfortunately, I get the XP boot screen for a split second, then it bluescreens...
So the last thing I can think of is completely installing XP - completely finishing the setup - in another PC and then putting it into the original computer and reconfiguring it from there.
But there is no reason that I can think of why this should be happening...
Maybe there is an issue with the IDE controller on the motherboard? NOTHING has changed on the PC since the issue started.
The original HDD was a 160 SATA II Western Digital. The other HDD I tried was a 160 Seagate IDE HDD.
The first DVDRW is a... Samsung I believe, internal IDE. The second was an external LG.
The motherboard is an ABIT AN8 SLI with an X2 3800+. It was initially OC'ed (stable for months) mildly to 2.4GHz, but then put back to stock (stock now and during all troubleshooting). The RAM installed is two 1GB sticks of PC3200, stock speeds (before and after OC). The Vid Card is an ATI x300.
Two other HDDs installed are an IDE WD 250GB and an IDE Maxtor 200GB.
I can't think of anything else relevant.
Any ideas?
Replace the motherboard?
After rebooting, I recieved a message that there was a problem with the registry, and it was successfully recovered (in a dialog box). The desktop then loads, and I get a bluescreen...
So I backed it all up to another HDD, etc, and tried to reinstall the OS. After creating a new partition and reformatting, it tries to copy the files to the hard disk, but stops while copying files. I tried this multiple times, and it stops at a different file each time, usually around 50%. I swapped disks (multiple copies of the same disk) and it won't read those files.
I have tried MANY things to remedy this:
All unnecessary items unplugged.
I have tried multiple disks, XP and XP Media Center. I also burned from images from hard disk on two different burners (and computers).
I also tried installing from two different cd drives on the machine.
I also tried putting in a new (confirmed working) hard drive... it still goes on - same way.
[The above steps were tried multiple times in various combinations for HOURS AND HOURS].
I even took the original hard drive out, put it into another PC, and it was then able to run the XP setup to copy all of the files onto the HDD.
The setup then had to reboot, so turned the machine off, took the HDD out of that second computer and put back into the original. I thought maybe since it had successfully copied them, it could be booted from and I could continue... unfortunately, I get the XP boot screen for a split second, then it bluescreens...
So the last thing I can think of is completely installing XP - completely finishing the setup - in another PC and then putting it into the original computer and reconfiguring it from there.
But there is no reason that I can think of why this should be happening...
Maybe there is an issue with the IDE controller on the motherboard? NOTHING has changed on the PC since the issue started.
The original HDD was a 160 SATA II Western Digital. The other HDD I tried was a 160 Seagate IDE HDD.
The first DVDRW is a... Samsung I believe, internal IDE. The second was an external LG.
The motherboard is an ABIT AN8 SLI with an X2 3800+. It was initially OC'ed (stable for months) mildly to 2.4GHz, but then put back to stock (stock now and during all troubleshooting). The RAM installed is two 1GB sticks of PC3200, stock speeds (before and after OC). The Vid Card is an ATI x300.
Two other HDDs installed are an IDE WD 250GB and an IDE Maxtor 200GB.
I can't think of anything else relevant.
Any ideas?
Replace the motherboard?
..go *poof* when the owner plugged the comp into malfunctioning powerstrip ..again..checked all the other components ..only the mobo had gotten zapped
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