Re: Windows XP Home Edition - Won't Boot, Hung at Logo Screen

From: Tumbleweed (tumbleweednews_at_mysockshotmail.com)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:34:51 +0100

Try this (second article) sounds similar to yours
http://sillydog.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2232 

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Tumbleweed
Remove my socks for email address
"Mike Kania" <mike.kania@lmco.com> wrote in message
news:4075B317.891900E5@lmco.com...
> Got to the next hurdle.
>
> Found HPT372 RAID driver from HighPoint Tech.  Copied it to a floppy.
> Used PF6 during install and loaded it from the floppy.   Now I get to the
> repair installation screen where I can choose the my "Windows XP Home
Edition"
> load.
>
> Install continues, then the red thermometer tells me that the PC will
> auto-reboot in
> 15 seconds.  It does, get past the Black Windows Screen.  Then I get the
> following:
>
> -----------------------
> 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 reappears, follow these steps:
>
> Check for viruses on your computer.  Remove any newly installed hard disks
or
> hard
> disk controllers.  Check your hard disk to make sure it is properly
configured
> and
> terminated.  Run CHKDSK /F to check for hard disk corruption and then
restart
> your computer.
>
> Technical information:
>
> *** stop:  0x0000007b (oxf8951640, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)
> ----------------------
>
> I booted up my WIN98 startup diskette and ran Scandisk from my C: drive.
No
> errors.
>
> Rebooted and got the same stop screen.
>
> What next ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
> Tumbleweed wrote:
>
> > "Mike Kania" <mike.kania@lmco.com> wrote in message
> > news:40744F61.4EDD3645@lmco.com...
> > > Phil,
> > >
> > > Ok, I followed your directions correctly.  When I get to the screen to
> > > repair a selected installation, I get the following:   <There is no
Disk
> > > in this Drive>
> > >
> > > I should add that I'm utilizing my motherboard's RAID controller
> > > (HighPoint Tech HP7323) to drive 2 redundant IBM 46.1 GB drives.   One
> > > is primary, the other mirror.
> > >
> > > Also, when I added WINXP to my machine a few years back, I added it to
> > > the D: drive.  I left WIN98 on my C: drive.  So I still have dual boot
> > > capabilities.  Last night, I booted into WIN98 without a problem, can
> > > view both C: and D: drives just fine.  Can't access the internet from
> > > WIN98 however.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help me get past my WINXP setup problem ?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> >
> > When I had a similar problem on my system, it turned out that the
standard
> > windows XP CD doesnt contain the correct drivers. (I also have raid). In
the
> > end I didnt need to fix this, but it turned out that (IIRC) the right
way to
> > get round this is to put the required drivers onto a floppy, and there
is a
> > point in the reboot when it asks you to press one key or another if you
want
> > to load drivers. thats when you'd put the floppy in.  So I suppose you'd
> > need to use win98 to get the right drivers onto the floppy.
> > HTH a bit.
> >
> > --
> > Tumbleweed
> >
> > Remove my socks for email address
>

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