Win XP and Win 2000 won't install: Stop error when PC boots into setup

[BadAsh]

Hey guys, here is a problem I have been having. I can't get XP or 2K installed. Whenever I try it goes through the beginning fine. When it reboots into the setup though, I get a stop error. It says check the hard drive controllers and configuration. Any ideas at all? Here is my setup:

AMD Athlon 700mgz
Microstar mobo (not sure of the model number)
IMB Deskstar 20 gig HD
Wester Digital 8 gig HD
Sound Blaster Live
GeForce 1
D-Link Network card
HP CD burner
256 megs of ram

Other than this, my PC runs very well with no problems other than the occasional program freezing.

 

[YoungFart]

See if you have virus protection (boot sector protection) enabled in BIOS. It should be disabled for the setup to run.

 

[BadAsh]

No I don't have that turned on.

 

[milagro]

you might also try disabling caching in BIOS also...

 

[YoungFart]

What's the exact stop error?

 

[Rhi]

...and are you running a RAID configuration? Or even if you're not do you have the HD on a raid controller?

-Rhi

 

[Desslok]

RHi is right it sounds like you are running a RAID card. You need to have a disk with the RAID card drivers on it and press F6(I think it is F6) right when XP/2000 starts to load.

 

[fr]

I think I had the problem you are talking about when I installed Windows 2000 on my ABIt BE6. It had a HighPoint ATA/66 controller onboard in addition to be standard ATA/33. W2K setup wouldn't recognize the boot drive on the external controller. After lots of trial and error, I got it working by switching the drive over to the ATA/33 controller and moving it back after the installation finished.

 

[krystalogik]

I had this problem with my MSI K7T-Turbo (MS-6330) and the solution I found was to flash the bios to the newest version. worked like a charm. Hope that helps you! PM me if you need help flashing it.