Re: Just introducing myself
- From: "HelenEdith" <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 22 May 2006 08:50:42 -0700
q_q_anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I wouldn't bother extracting any file. That's something I did in win98
days when trying to err, dunno. install drivesr maybe. extracting them
from cab files. Never for installing an OS, and I haven't had that
issue for win xp. It needs a file on the CD (which it would be
already), or on the hard drive - which it shoudl be copied there
already. I don't think extracting will help. And trying that from the
recovery console would be too much pain.
It tells you how to do it in
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B830088&Product=winxp
and suggests that as a second step in diagnosing the "*.nls Files
Missing or Corrupt" during startup. It isn't actually that difficult
when you've got a "cookbook" to follow.
I had a go before I'd read the article and I used the COPY command
where I should have used the EXTRACT command.
I don't hold out much hope of it working, as I'm leaning towards a
hardware issue.
CDs - checked
CD/DVD drive - unchecked (I suggest having 2 in there anyway)
Easy enough to check as I've got two.
HDDs - checked
IDE cables - unchecked
IDE connectors - unchecked
RAM - unchecked <--though not sure if that's cause the problem.
IDE cables are easy to check/try diff. Make sure you get 80 wire IDE
cable for the hard drive, not 40 wire.
My other half seems to know what to get. He also says that it's changed
and some of it's more modern, particularly the stuff that's made for
hanging up to 4 hard drives on. (I've just got an IDE card so that I
can expand the number of hard drives I run, so we'll be getting more
IDE cable anyway, so we just need to get an extra bit to substitute for
what's currently in there!)
For testing IDE connectors
You could try moving the CD drive and HDD onto the same IDE connector.
THen onto the other one (there are 2). See if it makes a difference.
This is more for diagnosis, whether you want to keep it like that is
another matter.
No, I definitely wouldn't want to keep it that way, but it could be a
useful test.
As mentioned, I suggest 2 CD/DVD drives anyway so easy to test that.
You could try diff RAM. If you have 2 sticks, then try with 1. Test.
Then try with other 1.
I think there may be 2 sticks in it. I've got 1GB of RAM. I hope I can
get at it without having to move the whole case, as I really don't want
to have to undo all my external cables if I can help it. This PC has
been growing and spreading for about seven years now, and there are all
sorts of cables snaking around behind it! SCSI scanner, LapLink
parallel cable, a couple of other parallel cables, plus monitor, etc...
Helen
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