Re: Cannot Boot from XP disc

blue agave wrote:
> I'm trying to reformat my computer (something I've tried to do every
> year of this computer - 3rd time now) and running into problems.
>
> 1st: tried to boot from disc and this is what goes down:
>
> - screen prompt: "press any key to boot from CD" - I press 'return'
> - blue screen, "Windows Setup"
> - runs through loading this and that
> - Then I get this:
> "File viaide.sys caused an unexpected error (12800) at line 5882 in
> d:\xpclient\base\boot\setup\setup.c."
>
> Then this option is done.
>
> I also tried loading XP disc and pressing the "Install Windows XP"
> option. This resulted in a message that I cannot install the disc
> version of XP because it is older than the version I'm running.
>
> Please help me. I use this particular computer daily for work and
> would like it to be up and running at peak performance.
>
> thank you
This is not a complete answer,but it might lead you somewhere to one,sorry.
viaide.sys has something to do with your opical drive.

> I also tried loading XP disc and pressing the "Install Windows XP"
> option. This resulted in a message that I cannot install the disc
> version of XP because it is older than the version I'm running.

You installed service pack2 and your disc has SP1 or just XP on it
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

Good luck! I know this wasn't much help but hey it was something.
--
Mike Pawlak


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