re: XP installation problem
Sunday, October 9, 2005 at 5:06 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ken
(930 messages posted)
Ran the Memtest. No errors. I am guessing that it means the RAMs
are OK?
Yes, as I suspected your RAM is perfectly fine.
I did disconnect the data cables from the HDs when I disconnected
the power cables.
OK, let's keep the old drive isolated (both cables disconnected), and plug both cables
back in to the new drive.
Is it possible a virus or malware of some sort could have modified
the settings?
Yes, that's possible. I haven't heard about a lot of recent BIOS capable viruses
with WinXP. But certainly, BIOS viruses exist. See this link for one of the first and most
feared ones. It's also possible that your BIOS settings have been either reset to
default values, or are losing some of the changes from default that you have made.
I have had this happen, both by installing/switching hard drives around, and by the
CMOS battery being low. See this link for some good BIOS info. You never did say if your
BIOS is recognizing the new drive.
I have never 'flashed' the BIOS and I don't really feel comfortable
doing it, knowing that it could really mess things up and the fact that I don't know
if in fact it IS the BIOS
We need to explore the BIOS issue more thoroughly. Post back with your motherboard
make/model, and BIOS version. You can see the BIOS info on the screen when you first
boot up. Hit the pause key to freeze the screen and copy down the info. I can find
your motherboard manual online and we'll make sure your settings are all good. I
will see if a BIOS update would do you any good. If you do end up needing one, you
just have to do it and pray! I have done a fair number of them and (knock on wood)
have a perfect record so far.
Oh, by the way, SATA is built in to the mobo..
We may need to revisit this situation. A PCI SATA Controller card could tell you if there's a problem with
your motherboard's SATA Controller.
Also, I don't really have any access to another PC for me to try
the CD in, but I will keeping looking.
Yes, do that. Do you have just one CDROM drive? I have one PC with 2 CD drives and
drive 2 will hang a WinXP Install at the Setup screen right AFTER where yours hangs.
Drive 1 works fine so I've not had to fix it. You could try putting your CDROM on
the other IDE channel and see if that makes any difference.
- Written in response to:
- re: XP installation problem (James: Sunday, October 9, 2005 at 4:10 pm)
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