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Computer totally up **** creek
Hi. I have been having tremendous trouble with my computer recently. It all
started around Christmas time. I used my computer on Christmas Eve, switched it off and didn't come back to it again until Boxing day, only to discover that it would not start at all. After a bit of experimentation, I discovered the power supply had packed up for no apparent reason (had it less than a year and it's plugged in to a surge protector.) I put in a 300w PSU (the previous one was 400w) temporarily but discovered that I was having new problems with my computer randomly restarting every so often, but I put this down to the lower wattage PSU. I decided to reinstall Win2K anyway and so, for a number of reasons, put the hard drive in a different computer and formatted it and installed W2K and it all worked fine. Until, that is, I put the hard drive back in the original computer (with new shiny 550w PSU) and it refused to boot. Kept getting a BSOD saying innacessible boot device etc. etc. So, I tried reinstalling W2K again. It gets as far as formatting the hard drive but as soon as it starts to install windows I get a BSOD saying something about a "stop error" and "if this is the first time you have seen this message reboot and try again etc. etc." Basically, I'm pretty much out of ideas. I don't think it can be the hard drive because it worked in the other computer but then I don't see how it can be the motherboard either. Any suggestions? Oh and if it helps here is my hardwa Athlon XP 2400+ 1Gb DDR RAM Epox EP-8RDAN motherboard 80GB Maxtor Hard drive |
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Did you delete the partition before you tried to reinstall win2k? Don't
install any windows version OVER windows. -Dave |
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"Paul Harris" wrote in message ... Hi. I have been having tremendous trouble with my computer recently. It all started around Christmas time. I used my computer on Christmas Eve, switched it off and didn't come back to it again until Boxing day, only to discover that it would not start at all. After a bit of experimentation, I discovered the power supply had packed up for no apparent reason (had it less than a year and it's plugged in to a surge protector.) I put in a 300w PSU (the previous one was 400w) temporarily but discovered that I was having new problems with my computer randomly restarting every so often, but I put this down to the lower wattage PSU. I decided to reinstall Win2K anyway and so, for a number of reasons, put the hard drive in a different computer and formatted it and installed W2K and it all worked fine. Until, that is, I put the hard drive back in the original computer (with new shiny 550w PSU) and it refused to boot. Kept getting a BSOD saying innacessible boot device etc. etc. So, I tried reinstalling W2K again. It gets as far as formatting the hard drive but as soon as it starts to install windows I get a BSOD saying something about a "stop error" and "if this is the first time you have seen this message reboot and try again etc. etc." Basically, I'm pretty much out of ideas. I don't think it can be the hard drive because it worked in the other computer but then I don't see how it can be the motherboard either. Any suggestions? Oh and if it helps here is my hardwa Athlon XP 2400+ 1Gb DDR RAM Epox EP-8RDAN motherboard 80GB Maxtor Hard drive Did you install drivers for your Epox Motherboard ? |
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On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 00:35:36 -0000, "Paul Harris"
wrote: Hi. I have been having tremendous trouble with my computer recently. It all started around Christmas time. I used my computer on Christmas Eve, switched it off and didn't come back to it again until Boxing day, only to discover that it would not start at all. After a bit of experimentation, I discovered the power supply had packed up for no apparent reason (had it less than a year and it's plugged in to a surge protector.) I put in a 300w PSU (the previous one was 400w) temporarily but discovered that I was having new problems with my computer randomly restarting every so often, but I put this down to the lower wattage PSU. I decided to reinstall Win2K anyway and so, for a number of reasons, put the hard drive in a different computer and formatted it and installed W2K and it all worked fine. Until, that is, I put the hard drive back in the original computer (with new shiny 550w PSU) and it refused to boot. Kept getting a BSOD saying innacessible boot device etc. etc. So, I tried reinstalling W2K again. It gets as far as formatting the hard drive but as soon as it starts to install windows I get a BSOD saying something about a "stop error" and "if this is the first time you have seen this message reboot and try again etc. etc." Basically, I'm pretty much out of ideas. I don't think it can be the hard drive because it worked in the other computer but then I don't see how it can be the motherboard either. Any suggestions? Oh and if it helps here is my hardwa Athlon XP 2400+ 1Gb DDR RAM Epox EP-8RDAN motherboard 80GB Maxtor Hard drive You shouldn't have done the install on a swap drive. I've found that win2k doesn't like to install over a previous install. You need to boot from the win2k boot disks and reformat and reinstall on a clean disc. At least that's what I do. Win2k tends to be intuitive during install and will install many of the required hardware drivers for mobo and other devices from it's driver files during install. At least that's what I do. |
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I decided to reinstall Win2K anyway and so, for a number of reasons, put
the hard drive in a different computer and formatted it and installed W2K and it all worked fine. Until, that is, I put the hard drive back in the original computer (with new shiny 550w PSU) and it refused to boot. Kept getting a BSOD saying innacessible boot device etc. etc. So, I tried reinstalling W2K again. It gets as far as formatting the hard drive but as soon as it starts to install windows I get a BSOD saying something about a "stop error" and "if this is the first time you have seen this message reboot and try again etc. etc." Basically, I'm pretty much out of ideas. I don't think it can be the hard drive because it worked in the other computer but then I don't see how it can be the motherboard either. Any suggestions? Athlon XP 2400+ 1Gb DDR RAM Epox EP-8RDAN motherboard 80GB Maxtor Hard drive Did you try one RAM module at a time? I assume that you have two 512MB modules. --- Kevin Chalker, Owner KC COMPUTERS E-mail: Web: www.kc-computers.com Internet dealer for 13+ years!!! See WWW.RESELLERRATINGS.COM!!! |
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start from the beginning...put the hd into the machine it will run in and
then reformat..install windows.. The method you have described is a recipe for madness "Paul Harris" wrote in message ... Hi. I have been having tremendous trouble with my computer recently. It all started around Christmas time. I used my computer on Christmas Eve, switched it off and didn't come back to it again until Boxing day, only to discover that it would not start at all. After a bit of experimentation, I discovered the power supply had packed up for no apparent reason (had it less than a year and it's plugged in to a surge protector.) I put in a 300w PSU (the previous one was 400w) temporarily but discovered that I was having new problems with my computer randomly restarting every so often, but I put this down to the lower wattage PSU. I decided to reinstall Win2K anyway and so, for a number of reasons, put the hard drive in a different computer and formatted it and installed W2K and it all worked fine. Until, that is, I put the hard drive back in the original computer (with new shiny 550w PSU) and it refused to boot. Kept getting a BSOD saying innacessible boot device etc. etc. So, I tried reinstalling W2K again. It gets as far as formatting the hard drive but as soon as it starts to install windows I get a BSOD saying something about a "stop error" and "if this is the first time you have seen this message reboot and try again etc. etc." Basically, I'm pretty much out of ideas. I don't think it can be the hard drive because it worked in the other computer but then I don't see how it can be the motherboard either. Any suggestions? Oh and if it helps here is my hardwa Athlon XP 2400+ 1Gb DDR RAM Epox EP-8RDAN motherboard 80GB Maxtor Hard drive |
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I'm not sure why using boot disks should be necessary. The Win2k
installation CDROM provides for partitioning and formatting operations near the beginning of the installation sequence. I always delete the existing partition, re-create a partition, format, and then proceed with the installation. This always works. Failure to delete then re-create a partition(s) results in erasure failure of the previous Win2k installation. I very well could be wrong but that's my take on it. Finally--A Win2k install performed on machine A rarely works when the HD is transferred to different machine B. Stop errors are what I've typically seen as well. Dave Dave On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 00:35:36 -0000, "Paul Harris" wrote: Hi. I have been having tremendous trouble with my computer recently. It all started around Christmas time. I used my computer on Christmas Eve, switched it off and didn't come back to it again until Boxing day, only to discover that it would not start at all. After a bit of experimentation, I discovered the power supply had packed up for no apparent reason (had it less than a year and it's plugged in to a surge protector.) I put in a 300w PSU (the previous one was 400w) temporarily but discovered that I was having new problems with my computer randomly restarting every so often, but I put this down to the lower wattage PSU. I decided to reinstall Win2K anyway and so, for a number of reasons, put the hard drive in a different computer and formatted it and installed W2K and it all worked fine. Until, that is, I put the hard drive back in the original computer (with new shiny 550w PSU) and it refused to boot. Kept getting a BSOD saying innacessible boot device etc. etc. So, I tried reinstalling W2K again. It gets as far as formatting the hard drive but as soon as it starts to install windows I get a BSOD saying something about a "stop error" and "if this is the first time you have seen this message reboot and try again etc. etc." Basically, I'm pretty much out of ideas. I don't think it can be the hard drive because it worked in the other computer but then I don't see how it can be the motherboard either. Any suggestions? Oh and if it helps here is my hardwa Athlon XP 2400+ 1Gb DDR RAM Epox EP-8RDAN motherboard 80GB Maxtor Hard drive You shouldn't have done the install on a swap drive. I've found that win2k doesn't like to install over a previous install. You need to boot from the win2k boot disks and reformat and reinstall on a clean disc. At least that's what I do. Win2k tends to be intuitive during install and will install many of the required hardware drivers for mobo and other devices from it's driver files during install. At least that's what I do. |
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Did you install drivers for your Epox Motherboard ?
It shouldn't matter cos it was working for nearly a year without me needing to bother. |
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"MrJumbles" wrote in message .. . start from the beginning...put the hd into the machine it will run in and then reformat..install windows.. The method you have described is a recipe for madness I have tried that. Started right from the beginning, deleted all partitions and **** and tried to reinstall windows. It creates a new partition, finishes formatting, starts to install windows and gets a stop error. If it's any help i've just discovered it says something about "ntoskrnl.exe." |
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Right. I think this thread is on the best track.
BIOS's tend to be picky about where their hard drives have been as for boot disks, you need them in some form or another. some bios's still refuse to boot from CD. -clay On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 04:30:02 -0500, Scapaflow wrote: I'm not sure why using boot disks should be necessary. The Win2k installation CDROM provides for partitioning and formatting operations near the beginning of the installation sequence. I always delete the existing partition, re-create a partition, format, and then proceed with the installation. This always works. Failure to delete then re-create a partition(s) results in erasure failure of the previous Win2k installation. I very well could be wrong but that's my take on it. Finally--A Win2k install performed on machine A rarely works when the HD is transferred to different machine B. Stop errors are what I've typically seen as well. Dave Dave On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 00:35:36 -0000, "Paul Harris" wrote: Hi. I have been having tremendous trouble with my computer recently. It all started around Christmas time. I used my computer on Christmas Eve, switched it off and didn't come back to it again until Boxing day, only to discover that it would not start at all. After a bit of experimentation, I discovered the power supply had packed up for no apparent reason (had it less than a year and it's plugged in to a surge protector.) I put in a 300w PSU (the previous one was 400w) temporarily but discovered that I was having new problems with my computer randomly restarting every so often, but I put this down to the lower wattage PSU. I decided to reinstall Win2K anyway and so, for a number of reasons, put the hard drive in a different computer and formatted it and installed W2K and it all worked fine. Until, that is, I put the hard drive back in the original computer (with new shiny 550w PSU) and it refused to boot. Kept getting a BSOD saying innacessible boot device etc. etc. So, I tried reinstalling W2K again. It gets as far as formatting the hard drive but as soon as it starts to install windows I get a BSOD saying something about a "stop error" and "if this is the first time you have seen this message reboot and try again etc. etc." Basically, I'm pretty much out of ideas. I don't think it can be the hard drive because it worked in the other computer but then I don't see how it can be the motherboard either. Any suggestions? Oh and if it helps here is my hardwa Athlon XP 2400+ 1Gb DDR RAM Epox EP-8RDAN motherboard 80GB Maxtor Hard drive You shouldn't have done the install on a swap drive. I've found that win2k doesn't like to install over a previous install. You need to boot from the win2k boot disks and reformat and reinstall on a clean disc. At least that's what I do. Win2k tends to be intuitive during install and will install many of the required hardware drivers for mobo and other devices from it's driver files during install. At least that's what I do. |
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