18 Months ago I bought a genuine Windows XP 2002. and I installed it with no problems, 
I didn't like it so I put Win98 back.

Last weekend I decided to do a format and rebuild with WinXP. This time when I tried 
to install XP it came up with an error.

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to 
your computer.

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. 
If this screen appears again follow these steps:

Check to be sure you have adequate disk space, if a driver is identified in the stop 
message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer for driver updates, try 
changing video adaptors.

Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates, disable BIOS memory options 
such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, 
restart your computer, press F8 to select advanced startup options, and then select 
safe mode.

Technical Information:

Stop! 0x0000007E(0xC000001D, 0x8084006E, 0xF9E7BB9C, 0xF9E7B898)

I changed the BIOS settings, I disabled the cach and shadowing but that made no difference, 
the same error appeared. The BIOS is the same as it was 18 months ago and it install 
ok then.

The installation didn't get as far as the normal would you like to format to NTFS 
it just got as far as loading the initial drivers.

So Win98 went back in, no problem.

Tip: Run a free scan for common Windows errors ad

re: Problems installing Windows XP 2002 Friday, December 1, 2006 at 6:26 pm Posted by Steve Dunn (924 messages posted) Did you start install from within 98 or by booting from XP install CD? (second option is best - especially as it sounds like you want a clean install - use the partitioning tools to remove 98 partition and create new on for XP - obviously back up any data you need before starting this). Have you changed any hardware since you last tried to install XP? It is possible (if you haven't changed anything) that a hardware item is starting to die - causing the problem (XP is more sensitive to bad hardware than 98). On Friday, December 1, 2006 at 5:52 pm, Keith Stanier wrote: >18 Months ago I bought a genuine Windows XP 2002. and I installed it with no problems, >I didn't like it so I put Win98 back. > >Last weekend I decided to do a format and rebuild with WinXP. This time when I tried >to install XP it came up with an error. > >A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to >your computer. > >If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. >If this screen appears again follow these steps: > >Check to be sure you have adequate disk space, if a driver is identified in the stop >message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer for driver updates, try >changing video adaptors. > >Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates, disable BIOS memory options >such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, >restart your computer, press F8 to select advanced startup options, and then select >safe mode. > >Technical Information: > >Stop! 0x0000007E(0xC000001D, 0x8084006E, 0xF9E7BB9C, 0xF9E7B898) > >I changed the BIOS settings, I disabled the cach and shadowing but that made no difference, >the same error appeared. The BIOS is the same as it was 18 months ago and it install >ok then. > >The installation didn't get as far as the normal would you like to format to NTFS >it just got as far as loading the initial drivers. > >So Win98 went back in, no problem. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Problems installing Windows XP 2002 Friday, December 1, 2006 at 8:32 pm Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (7002 messages posted) Have a look here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330182/en-us Two quick and easy things to check: 1. Is the BIOS up to date? 2. Run a memory test: http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Problems installing Windows XP 2002 Sunday, December 3, 2006 at 2:24 pm Posted by Keith Stanier (1178 messages posted) Thanks for your replies Steve and Dan. @Steve - I did the install like I do any install an Fdisk, format and rebuild so there was nothing left of Win98. I've haven't had an hardware change for a few years, its the same hardware as the last XP install. There is one thing I noticed last week. I make programs in VB and I made a memory checker a few years ago. It checks available memory and free memory. I noticed that the free memory was only 7Mb out if 256Mb. I thought this was low because it normally shows 180Mb. So is there one of the 128Mb strips are playing up I will have to test some more. I checked it later on and it was back to 180Mb, so it fluctuates. Thats with nothing running. The M$ link that Dan posted talks about memory. I downloaded the file. It talks about loading onto a bootable floppy to test. Ok I made a bootable floppy and ran mtinst.exe. You decide if you want a bootable floppy or a HD partition. I selected floppy, it copied files onto the floppy. I looked at the files on the floppy and there were no system files, it wasn't bootable anymore. I checked for any BIOS updates for my Award v4.60PGA and nothing came up. As I said before XP installed 18 months ago on the same computer configuration no problem. So the only thing left is this memory problem. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Problems installing Windows XP 2002 Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 11:42 am Posted by Keith Stanier (1178 messages posted) As I was saying I thought the memory could be causing a problem so after Christmas I bought 2x256Mb. I did the usual format and tried to install WinXP again but it kept coming up with the same error. As I said before I haven't had any hardware changes apart from a new modem six months ago. The same WinXP installed 18 months ago without any problem. So this topic still isn't resolved. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Problems installing Windows XP 2002 Friday, July 4, 2008 at 12:23 am Posted by tirso (1 messages posted) I'm sorry to open this case again but this situation reflected mine.. this situation happen to me this time and it's not yet resolved.. i've tried different options like formatting the disk and install again the windows xp but nothing seems good... Is there any other options like it will be good if i install another OS ex. Windows 98??? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Problems installing Windows XP 2002 Friday, July 4, 2008 at 10:57 am Posted by Spexx (1955 messages posted) I have only encountered this problem once when upgrading an older machine from '98 to XP Pro. Same symptoms exactly. Checking the hardware compatibility list revealed that the onboard video chipset was not supported, which was really irritating because that did not show up when checking for compatibility using the utility on the installation CD. Luckily I have a few old PCI video cards lying around and found one that was compatible, installed that and everything was fine afterwards. Hope this helps. Cheers. Spexx. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Problems installing Windows XP 2002 Friday, July 4, 2008 at 1:24 pm Posted by Keith Stanier (1178 messages posted) Thanks guys for bringing up this old topic, I still haven't found a fix. I did download Windows XP Upgrade Advisor 32Mb and my system checks out ok. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Problems installing Windows XP 2002 Friday, July 4, 2008 at 2:00 pm Posted by Spexx (1955 messages posted) A drinking buddy of mine has just told me about his experience with this one. His solution was to pull out all the devices not required at installation time such as network card, sound card etc (disable in BIOS if on-board devices) and to use only PS/2 keyboard and mouse, not USB. His theory on it was that some PNP devices might have been sharing an IRQ or something like that but he couldn't confirm it. Apparently the installation (full install - not an upgrade) went as smooth as silk with that minimum configuration and he simply added the devices one by one until fully configured. Sounds reasonable to me! Hope this helps. Cheers. Spexx. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Problems installing Windows XP 2002 Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 2:43 am Posted by Kiwi (2144 messages posted) I have done something similar to what your friend had to do, but it's more because I forgot to keep a Ghosted image, or I've altered the hardware enough to disturb the OS severely (I tend to do a lot of hardware swapping, which is another reason that WinXP is secondary to W2K on a majority of my systems). When it's an entire mainboard that changed, that's a lot for the OS to swallow, and a repair is going to be needed. That's when I've found it helps to remove everything the system can do without. And that's when I will have no Ghost image I can use . . . Kiwi ** On Friday, July 4, 2008 at 2:00 pm, Spexx wrote: >A drinking buddy of mine has just told me about his experience with this one. His >solution was to pull out all the devices not required at installation time such as >network card, sound card etc (disable in BIOS if on-board devices) and to use only >PS/2 keyboard and mouse, not USB. His theory on it was that some PNP devices might >have been sharing an IRQ or something like that but he couldn't confirm it. Apparently >the installation (full install - not an upgrade) went as smooth as silk with that >minimum configuration and he simply added the devices one by one until fully configured. >Sounds reasonable to me! Hope this helps. Cheers. Spexx. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Problems installing Windows XP 2002 Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 3:46 am Posted by Keith Stanier (1178 messages posted) Spexx wrote: |His solution was to pull out all the devices not required |at installation |time such as network card, sound card etc I thought of that one Spexx. The only thing that I've changed since my first install was I had a new modem. So I removed the modem and tried it again be the same problem still persists. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Problems installing Windows XP 2002 Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 4:54 am Posted by Spexx (1955 messages posted) Very frustrating! My neighbour, my drinking buddy and myself are all agreed that it is definitely a flaky hardware problem. It worked once - it doesn't now, so that conclusion is inescapable. If hardware diagnostics do not show up any problem, it is time to get clever with it. I am assuming that you are booting from CD to install XP. There is an alternative, slower method that allows you to see exactly where it falls over - bootable set of floppies (6 disks required) - it runs much slower so you can see exactly what driver is being loaded before it will BSOD on you. That might give a better clue. Hope this helps. Cheers. Spexx. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Problems installing Windows XP 2002 Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 2:07 pm Posted by Keith Stanier (1178 messages posted) Spexx wrote: |I am assuming that you are booting from CD to install |XP. There is an alternative, slower method that allows you to see exactly |where it falls over - bootable set of floppies |(6 disks required) Yes I'm booting from the XP CD Spexx. I'm even ahead of you with the bootable floppies, I downloaded them 12 months ago and that didn't work either. I've even been on the M$ site and tried to log a problem/complaint but that doesn't work either. Contact Us. If you have a problem with XP they are asking for a reference number not the CD-Key. Well I can't get it to install so I will never see this reference number. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum