Re: windows xp wont install - hal.dll / seagate / NTLDR

From: SlowJet (SlowJet_at_noTY2this.com)
Date: 10/17/04 

Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:05:07 GMT

And PARTITION the drive.
XP - 37.5 GB that's about 1/4 of the disk (after SP1) and more that you
will use in a life time.

Temp - 37.5
backup / save - 37.5
Big hugh programs - 18.x
Special use - 9.x
Secert Garden - 9.x
8 MB at the end for future use (Recovery Console 5MB, dynamic disk 1 MB,
3party partitioning, etc)

SJ

"anon" <anon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C4E3F6CE-4FDB-431D-9A85-F488F03BAD3B@microsoft.com...
> remove the drive overlay software from the drive completely, then
> partition
> and format the drive with XP setup.
>
> HOW TO: Partition and Format a Hard Disk in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313348
>
> "niz" wrote:
>
>> i'm having trouble installing windows xp for the first time, but not sure
>> if
>> its the seagate hard drive and its "diskwizard starter edition" setup
>> software, or the winXP pro install itself, or something else, causing the
>> problem.
>>
>> with a new 160GB seagate HD as primary master, i boot from a DWSE boot
>> CD,
>> which formats & partitions the drive - its more than 137GB so it installs
>> DDO and says it will be setup as 137GB but once windows is installed the
>> additional space can be recovered.
>>
>> it also says:
>>
>> do not install an OS CD-ROM or floppy at this time... when the system
>> reboots and the blue Ontrack banner appears press 'C' to install from
>> CD-ROM
>>
>> so i remove the DWSE CD, press Done then Exit and get this error:
>>
>> Cannot load the file A:\COMMAND.COM
>> Insert correct disk and strike any key
>>
>> what disk? its obviously expecting something but i dont know what. so i
>> do
>> ctrL-ALT-DEL, press C to boot from cd-rom at the blue ontrack banner,
>> "insert bootable CD and press spacebar when ready" (as instructed). it
>> ignores me and still tries to boot from hard disk!
>>
>> NTLDR is missing
>> Press CTRL-ALT_DEL to restart
>>
>> why is it trying to boot from hard disk? why the error message? ignoring
>> this, i restart. this time some new text appears first (before the blue
>> banner)
>>
>> boot from ATAPI CD-ROM
>> no emulation
>> press any key to boot from cD
>>
>> so i use this and finally get into the WinXP pro install. all proceeds as
>> normal, till eventually it reboots itself, then a black screen, then:
>>
>> Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
>> windows root\system32\hal.dll
>> Please re-install a copy of the above file.
>>
>> so i followed the instructions in thisd MSKB article:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;EN-US;314477
>>
>> (option 2 bootcfg repair, option 3 expand, option 4 chkdsk in recovery
>> console)
>>
>> but still the same issue.
>>
>> has anybody got an experience of installing windows xp pro from cd when
>> using a seagate hard disk and its strange seagate disk wizard utility?
>> any
>> help appreciated!
>>
>> --
>> mail address in header is invalid
>> to reply use
>> snowblood (at) bigfoot (dot) com
>>
>>
>>

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