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Getting SP2 Setup Error in XP and crashing

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bmwme

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Reinstalled XP after swapping HDDs. I got an error right off the first boot saying Windows had recovered from a serious error. From there I could installed all of Microsofts Updates except SP2. I kept getting failed installs.

I tried a bunch of Microsoft's suggestions without help. So I figured I just fubar'ed it all up on the install so I formated the drive and installed XP again. I still can't upgrade to SP2! It is now saying my system is unstable and cannot update to SP2.

I've tried two different SATA drives.

This is the blue screen I get occasionally:

Kernel_Data_Inpage_Error 0x0000007A (0xe14ba598, 0xc0000185, 0xbf90c3eb, 0x0286f860)

Any ideas? I looked up the code and it mentioned potential problems with SCSI cable being defective. Could this translate to an SATA cable? SATA controller on the MB, or maybe just a defective MB in general?
 
If that happens with a new XP CD, legal, not user-modified, and it happens before you can fully install the OS, then you have a hardware problem. I'd suggest calling your hardware vendor and getting them to replace your hardware.

From the debugger: 0xC0000185, or STATUS_IO_DEVICE_ERROR, indicates improper termination or defective cabling on SCSI devices or that two devices are trying to use the same IRQ.

XP would see RAID-driver-based SATA as SCSI. Can you remove all RAID setups from your motherboard so the disks are seen as standard SATA (no RAID)? Some MBs offer this - for an Intel MB it might be 'disable MATRIX RAID' or somesuch.... IRQ sharing isn't an issue with a modern OS (and XP is) so it would be very unusual that that's a problem.
 
I have had problems with SP2 being installed on top of a bunch of updates. One thing i learned is that it is optimal to have SP2 installed first before installing any other updates. For me uninstalling all the updates plus SP2 and restarting that way didn't work. I messed with this for a whole day! Just reimage XP and then install SP2 before doing anything else, and it ran like a TOP comparatively.


If the mobo was defective, i doubt you could have gotten this far.
Try different SATA cables.
 
Originally posted by: bmwme
Reinstalled XP after swapping HDDs. I got an error right off the first boot saying Windows had recovered from a serious error. From there I could installed all of Microsofts Updates except SP2. I kept getting failed installs.

I tried a bunch of Microsoft's suggestions without help. So I figured I just fubar'ed it all up on the install so I formated the drive and installed XP again. I still can't upgrade to SP2! It is now saying my system is unstable and cannot update to SP2.

I've tried two different SATA drives.

This is the blue screen I get occasionally:

Kernel_Data_Inpage_Error 0x0000007A (0xe14ba598, 0xc0000185, 0xbf90c3eb, 0x0286f860)

Any ideas? I looked up the code and it mentioned potential problems with SCSI cable being defective. Could this translate to an SATA cable? SATA controller on the MB, or maybe just a defective MB in general?
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Debug your own bluescreen and tell us what it says.... read my guide, download the debug tools, and examine the dump.
 
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