Re: Boot Problems deeper than I thought
From: Ing. Peter Eigler (petereigler_at_aon.at)
Date: 12/08/04
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Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 12:33:13 +0100
Hi Alex, what did you install latest??
Peter
"Alex281" <Alex281@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> This is a very long post but I included a lot of details. Sorry in
advance.
>
> Okay so it was working fine for a little while now its back and Im having
a
> combination of problems.
>
> Problem: computer either doesn't boot, I get a system disk error, it takes
> more than 20-30 minutes to boot. It seems to be a Controller Error. I
also
> get some BSODs which don't give me a stop message 90% of the time)
>
> Tried: Repairing with a Windows CD, Running ChkDisk, Running Norton.
There
> are no Viruses or Spyware on the computer I ran programs and checked
again.
>
> Hardware:
>
> ABIT NF7-S2G
> AMD Athalon xp 2800+
> 1 GB DDR333
> Xgamer Live 5.1
> Geforce 5200fx
> Netgear gigabit ethernet
> ThermalTake hardcano (doubt this is a problem)
> SIIG Ultra ATA133 pci expansion card
>
> Hard Drives:
> 2x 20GB Western Digital 7200rpm ATA100 (These drives came out before the
> "special" edition larger cache drives so I am going to assume 2MBs)
> 1x Maxtor 60GB 7200rpm ATA133 (8MB Cache)
> 1x Maxtor 250GB 7200rpm ATA133 (8MB Cache)
> 1x Maxtor 300GB 7200rpm ATA133 (16MB Cache)
>
> CD Drives:
>
> LG CD-RW (CED-8080b) (this drive continually shows up as scsi in both
> windows and Bios)
>
> Generic CD-RW/DVD-Rom combo (HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4480B) (also shows as
SCSI)
>
> Drive Cable Setup
> All partitions are NTFS and show up as Healthy when it does manage to
boot.
> Motherboard Channels:
>
> IDE1
> Master:
> 1x WD 20GB
> Contains Partitions:
> Name:Swap3
> Size: 526MBs
> (this is a swap file partition with
> settings Min:512MBs Max:512MBs)
> Name:Dump
> Size:5.48GBs
>
> Name:System
> Size:12.65GBs
> (this is my only marked primary partition on any of
> my drives. The rest are all marked Extended
> Logical)
>
> Slave:
> 1x WD 20GB
> Contains Partitions:
> Name:Swap1
> Size:526MBs
> (this is another swap partition located at the
> beging of the drive Min Size:512MBs Max
> Size:512MBs)
>
> Name:Applications2
> Size:13.19GBs
> (drive contains mostly non-critical application
> software and some games. It also holds backups for
> things like Outlook, My Documents, my cell phone
> and PDA)
>
> Name:VS.Net
> Size:4.93GBs
> (drive normally contains my development software
> but its empty right now. If old files or registry
> entries from past deletes and repairs could be a
> problem the main Dev app on here was my student
> edition of visual studio)
>
> IDE2:
> Master
> 1x Maxtor 250GB
> Contains Partitions:
> Name:Swap4
> Size:526MBs
> (another swap partition same Min:512Mbs Max 512MBs)
>
> Name:Dump2
> Size:116.62GBs
> (mostly empty at the moment usually contains backup
> files and larger applications or games)
>
> Name:Dump3
> Size:116.61GBs
> (again mostly empty same as above)
>
> Slave:
> 1x Maxtor 60GB
> Contains Partitions:
> Name:Swap2
> Size:526MBs
> (same as the others)
>
> Name:Nero Cache
> Size:529MBs
> (used to be mainly a cache partition for Nero and
> similar programs but its unused right now too)
>
> Name:Downloads
> Size:17.51GBs
> (mostly empty)
>
> Name:AV
> Size:19.01GBs
> (holds my Cd tracks while they are converted to MP3
> and edited or moved to my MP3 Player)
>
> Name:Misc
> Size:18.62GBs
> (everything else that doesn't fall into the other
> partitions ends up here)
>
>
> ATA133 Expansion
> IDE1
> Master:
> HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4480B
> Slave:
> LG CED-8080B
> IDE2:
> Master:
> 1x Maxtor 300GBs
> Contains Partitions:
>
> None because it just killed itself and doesnt want to
> reinitialize!
>
>
> Major Non-MicroSoft apps:
>
> Norton SystemWorks 2005 is installed although it...doesn't work at the
> moment (every time I repair windows it kills the activation and it wont
> reactivate I have to reinstall to get it working again)
>
> Trend Micro Internet Security
>
> WebRoot SpySweeper
>
> It might also help to know that this install started as a Pirated Windows
XP
> installation a few years back and hasnt given me any problems even after I
> loaded my legit license until now. The windows serial that is loaded is
the
> one from my boxed version. It has been activated and registered with
> microsoft which brings me to another question...
>
> I have horrible luck with keeping a pressed cd in working order if for
some
> reason my cd gets destroyed can I contact microsoft for a replacement cd
for
> a fee or do I just have to make backups?
>
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