Re: XP won't start

I'm going to agree with the other poster who said it sounds like a hardware
issue. Multiple unrelated errors tend to occur when you've got a piece of
hardware that's failing. The errors pop up related to whatever was going on
when the hardware glitched. This is often the case with bad ram, but it
could be something -- or almost anything -- else.

And as far as it goes, I'm less and less impressed with most of the testing
tools available. So even if something has tested good, it doesn't mean it's
guaranteed.


"Robert" <remdds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:NaxEe.23065$TU.15871@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I made a booboo. Sorry.
> This was posted elsewhere in the NG. It was supposed to be posted here as
> a part of this thread.
>
> I mentioned the sound card thing only in passsing... I apparently confused
> everyone. The main problem is the *.sys files "missing or corrupted"
> messages (isapnp.sys and pci.sys). When I boot from the setup CD, it
> runs
> through a few steps (like asking if you want to install SCSI support, if
> you
> want to run ASR), but stops eventually with the error "setupdd.sys could
> not
> be loaded. Error code 4". I tried starting in safe mode and it locks up
> at
> loading Windows\AppPatch\drvmain.sdb. From what I have gleaned from the
> NG,
> it sounds more like I need a boot CD to repair the missing/corrupted files
> and or a registry repair. Am I reading this right? How do I make a
> repair
> boot CD? All the hardware has been working. If it was the hardware, the
> only possibility could be the sound card and I can't boot with it out of
> the
> system either. SOOOO I don't think it is the hardware. What should I try
> next? Please Help. OR should I just theow it out the window??!!??
>
> Robert
>
>
> "BrianC" <no@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eE9dc%235jFHA.3436@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> It is probably a hardware failure. Unplug everything but the monitor,
>> keyboard, and mouse then restart the computer.
>> "Robert" <remdds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:PItEe.16547$Wt3.670@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> This is a repost from 2 days ago. I didn't get a reponse so I am trying
>>> again. As an update I have read all I can in this newgroup that may be
>>> pertinent with Microsoft KB articles. I would still like advice from
>>> one of the MVP out there. Pretty please.
>>>
>>> Many thanks
>>> Robert
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have an older Gateway 600MHz P4 (original OS=98SE). I upgraded the
>>> system
>>> to XP Pro (after months of weekends @ uninstalling incompatible 98
>>> software/drivers, etc etc etc). Sound card still didn't work. I
>>> ordered a
>>> new updated CD from Creative to me up and running in that department. I
>>> went to install it all last night and XP wouldn't even start, not even
>>> in
>>> safe mode. It worked fine last week. I get didfferent errors. The
>>> first
>>> error was "isapnp.sys is missing or corrupted". It said run setup
>>> repair to
>>> attempt repair/replacement of file. Setup won't run. It says
>>> "setupdd.sys
>>> could not be loaded. Error code 4". I tried starting in safe mode and
>>> it
>>> locks up loading at Windows\AppPatch\drvmain.sdb. I have tried "all"
>>> the F8
>>> startups to no avail. I have tried to boot with the XP install CD.
>>> Somewhere in all this I also got "pci.sys is missing or corrupted". I
>>> also
>>> got this pci.sys message weeks ago soon after the initial upgrade;
>>> however I
>>> was able to get into XP and delete the corrupted pci.sys to get another
>>> installed and then things ran fine. The Quantum Fireball HD tests fine.
>>> Can I, should I, make a boot floppy to copy these files over? If so,
>>> just
>>> boot to cmd.com?? ANY IDEAS OUT THERE WOULD BE A GODSEND. MTIA.
>>>
>>> Robert
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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