Re: WinXP Pro Installs, But Won't Start

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Hi, Dave!

I appreciate your interest in this problem,.

The hard drive is attached to a Promise Ultra ATA/100 controller.
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With kindest regards,

Dick Smith
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"da_test" <davexnet02NO@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:43:31 -0500, "\" AA Smith\""
> <SmithRMS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Thanks, for your feedback Daryl!
>>
>>However, I am very familiar with the Repair option to repair an existing
>>Windows installation. But that option was never presented during my first
>>attempt today. Somehow, after I replaced the motherboard and processor
>>this
>>morning, the system thought something was wrong with the hard disk. So,
>>evidently Setup could not SEE an existing Windows installation.
>>
>>I've worked on a lot of computers, but I've never had anything like this
>>happen before.
>>
>>As of now Setup has formatted my hard disk twice; once for each time I
>>tried
>>to reinstall WinXP Pro. In both cases, the installation ran without a
>>hitch. Setup finished the Finalizing Installation step, then rebooted.
>>The
>>error messages that I described in my original post appeared during the
>>reboot process following both installations.
>>
>>Life sure gets tedious sometimes. :-)
> This is talking about corruption in the system hive part of the
> registry. The only instance I've heard about where it can happen
> after an install is when XP is having a problem with the disk
> controllers.
> Do you have your harddrive attached to any special controller
> or is it the standard IDE ?
> Dave


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