Sorry to post this here, but i need help before work

[bleeb]

Anyways, my type of format involves using good ol' floppy boot disks and if your system is newer, you should be able to boot by changing your boot startup in your BIOS.

 

[UDT89]

i tried changing the booting HD, but i think i set it up wrong.

i wanted to replace my old HD, but wound up making the new HD a slave.

 

[bleeb]

did you change the pin settings correctly for the hard drives?

 

[amcdonald]

It doesn't matter if its master or slave, as long as its the only drive and the bios recognizes it you can install windows.

 

[UDT89]

Originally posted by: bleeb
did you change the pin settings correctly for the hard drives?

dont think i set the new one to a slave.


how do i make a startup disk on XP?

 

[bleeb]

But isn't that the problem? the BIOS doesn't recognize.

 

[UDT89]

Originally posted by: bleeb
But isn't that the problem? the BIOS doesn't recognize.

i dont know. b/c i was able to access the HD when XP was working.

 

[GoingUp]

You could have bad memory...

I had the same problem with a Win2k install once, gave me the same ACPI errors and everything. Tore my hair out for 2 days before I realized my memory was blown...

Try downloading memtest 86 to check your ram

 

[GoingUp]

http://www.memtest86.com/

 

[Muck]

Ok, I didn't read the entire thread. So I may be off here. But the first place I look when I get blue screens during bootup or install is RAM. If you are using two sticks, try using one at a time and see if the problem follows one stick.

 

[UDT89]

ran that software on startup, and the error column went crazy.

i still dont know if its one stick or both.

 

[Muck]

Again, you have to remove one stick and run the test. Then remove that stick, install the other stick, and run the test again.