Am I the only person having this problem?
I have been trying to install the new Vista RC1 to dual-boot with the existing XP Home (running flawlessly) on my machine (specs below - all my hard drives are non-RAIDED SATA-2). The installation process seems to go fine until the first reboot, at which time the bootloader reports the following error:
File:\Windows\system32\winload.exe
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt.
XP can still be accessed without problem, and I can see the installed operating system files including winload.exe. I have tried the following:
Re-install (a total of 5 times now!) both 32- and 64-bit versions
Download and burn ISOs again
Remove all additional hard drives during installation
Upgrade BIOS (3.5)
Restore BIOS to original settings
Change target hard drive
I suspect that the problem is with the bootloader: for some reason it can't read the contents of the SATA drives on this motherboard. Searching the internet reveals that other users have reported similar problems for NForce 4 boards using SATA drives, but these were usually for Vista Beta 2, with drives in RAID mode, which I don't use. Furthermore, I successfully installed Vista Beta 2 without problem, although the bugs caused me to wipe it within a week. I do not presently have access to a PATA drive, and really don't want to have to resort to this.
So I'm stumped. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
-Karl
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MSI K8NGM2-FID
AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+
2 GB Paired PC3200 DDRAM
SATA1: Samsung 250GB SATA-2 drive (XP)
SATA2: Seagate 320GB SATA-2 drive (Spare)
SATA3: WD 500GB SATA-2 drive (Spare)
DVD-RW
I have been trying to install the new Vista RC1 to dual-boot with the existing XP Home (running flawlessly) on my machine (specs below - all my hard drives are non-RAIDED SATA-2). The installation process seems to go fine until the first reboot, at which time the bootloader reports the following error:
File:\Windows\system32\winload.exe
Status: 0xc000000f
Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the application is missing or corrupt.
XP can still be accessed without problem, and I can see the installed operating system files including winload.exe. I have tried the following:
Re-install (a total of 5 times now!) both 32- and 64-bit versions
Download and burn ISOs again
Remove all additional hard drives during installation
Upgrade BIOS (3.5)
Restore BIOS to original settings
Change target hard drive
I suspect that the problem is with the bootloader: for some reason it can't read the contents of the SATA drives on this motherboard. Searching the internet reveals that other users have reported similar problems for NForce 4 boards using SATA drives, but these were usually for Vista Beta 2, with drives in RAID mode, which I don't use. Furthermore, I successfully installed Vista Beta 2 without problem, although the bugs caused me to wipe it within a week. I do not presently have access to a PATA drive, and really don't want to have to resort to this.
So I'm stumped. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
-Karl
--
MSI K8NGM2-FID
AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+
2 GB Paired PC3200 DDRAM
SATA1: Samsung 250GB SATA-2 drive (XP)
SATA2: Seagate 320GB SATA-2 drive (Spare)
SATA3: WD 500GB SATA-2 drive (Spare)
DVD-RW
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