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New computer problems

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Gamolon

Junior Member
Here's my system:

A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard, BIOS version 1103
2 Gigs of Corsair twinX2048-3200PT RAM
550W ThermalTake power
ASUS DVD-ROM
XFX 7900 GT 256 video
Zalman CPU Fan
WD Caviar SE16 250 Gig 7200 SATA 3Gig hard drive (no RAID)
Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo

I am using the defualt BIOS settings.

Here's what happens. Everything boots fine. (The BIOS recognizes the HD as UDMA6. Is that normal?) I boot to the Windows XP Home SP2 CDROM and proceed witht the setup. I do not install SATA drivers. I first select NTFS when formatting the HD. It hangs at 0%. I go back into the setup and select NTFS (Quick), which works. After the installation is finished, I install the drivers from the ASUS MB CDROM. I let it install everything (sound, network, etc). On the first reboot when installing the drivers, I get the CHKDSK screen. It finds a corrupt section, and then deletes an orphan file, but continues on it's way. It install the second set of MB drivers, reboots, and I get the same CHKDSK screen and message. When it finally boots, I download the Nvidia drivers for my card. When I run the setup for the video drivers, I get a CRC error.

I then start all over. Going through the same steps as above, but this time there are no errors (CHKDSK or otherwise). I get all the drivers loaded, evrything looks good. I reboot one more time. I get a DOS screen that says:

"Missing or corrupt
<Windows Root>\system\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
Please reinstall a copy of this file above"

Any ideas? My first question what should the BIOS be seeing my drive as. UDMA6?

Thanks in advance folks.
 
Your issue is with the NTFS format. Try installing WinXP with just one stick of ram first, and see if your can format without using the quick option.
 
This is crazy... but I think I remember hearing about NTFS support being bad/incomplete in XP Home. Sorry I don't have any better ideas.
 
i would try not installing the sata drivers during the xp install, i know i didnt and it installs fine, when i install the MB drivers later is recognizes it as a sata drive. if you dont, you can still use the hard drive, it is just recognized as an ide drive on the sata port. hope that helps
 
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