Re: INstall of XP fails with BSOD on partmgr.sys on disc 6
From: Michael Stevens (Mstevens_at_bogusmvps.org)
Date: 07/02/04
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Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 22:16:00 -0700
Licensed to Quill wrote:
> Many thanks Michael
>
> I had already tried booting from the CD (and it wouldn't boot) as
> well as booting from the setup file on the CD having booted to a dos
> prompt from a Millenium boot disc (maybe that disastrous Me system
> was the problem?) and I received the error message that this (setup)
> program can't be run from DOS: That is why I was trying to install
> from the 6 floppies which I had downloaded from bootdisc.com. So I
> suspected there was something in the MBR which was preventing me from
> doing any of this so I ran fdisk /mbr and it didnt seem to help: I
> had system commander installed on this hard drive and uninstalled
> that so that wasn't the problem. The only diagnostic error message
> which I can believe is the one on the BSOD which tells me that there
> is something amiss with a file called partmgr.sys which might be
> causing all of this so I am wondering if this is a known problem and
> there is a workaround anywhere??
>
> I do know that when I installed system commander it also installed
> partition manager which only divides partitions and puts swap files
> in the other partition (which is a process appropriate to XP as well)
> so I can't understand why anything to do with partition manager would
> prevent (if necessary) the install proces deciding that the only
> thing it can do is to format the hard drive and install from there (I
> HAD in fact given up on the idea of upgrading the 2000 OS and thought
> it would do this anyway)
>
> SO (given that despite having grreat products, V-Com can't afford to
> support any product which is any more than ten minutes old) is there
> anything out there anywhere which might tell me what on earth this
> error message which I presume is stopping XP from loading from DOS
> means? I know that MS has a legendarily bad search function which
> almost always manages to miss the document you are looking for so I
> was wondering if any MVP with ACTUAL access to the knowledge base
> could find anything relevant to my situation? Or could this be
> something in the BIOS or possibly a hard drive problem beginning to
> rear its head? the error message did also go on about disabling DMA
> access or write access or read ahead caching or something or other
> but I never believed any of that when MS says it in such a message.
> It just looks too much like send the user on a wild goose chase. I
> suppose it might be appropriate if you are installing windows 3.0 on
> a 200 meg hard drive with 8 Meg of RAM but otherwise it looks like
> the sort of stabbing in the dark which might cause more problems
> than it could solve.
>
> FP
I couldn't tell from the above, but did you try booting from a Win98/Me
startup disk with smartdrv.exe added and run winnt.exe from the i386 folder?
If you didn't,you should try it.
-- Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP xpnews@bogusmichaelstevenstech.com http://michaelstevenstech.com For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader. http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm > "Michael Stevens" <mlstevens@earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:BD092B59.1D52%mlstevens@earthlink.net... >> On 6/30/04 7:55 PM, in article OHjA6dxXEHA.2972@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl, >> "Licensed to Quill" <fountainpen@amexol.net> wrote: >> >>> I think I must be missing something here: If am trying to load XP >>> because I can't boot to windows 2000 because it wont run, is there >>> a trick to downloading a 50 megabyte file on a computer from which >>> one can barely get to a dos prompt? Can one get to an internet >>> connection to do this from a floppy? Are you recommending booting >>> knoppix for example and getting to the upgrade advisor that way and >>> if so, (I am assuming this although I have never heard of an MVP >>> recommending someone trying to install XP to use Linux. Are you >>> really an MVP? Are you SURE that the upgrade advisor will work >>> from either a floppy or from linux?) does the upgrade process work >>> if you cant get into windows? I dont wish to criticise and >>> certainly acknowledge your kind offer of assistance, but aren't >>> there at least two slightly fatal flaws to your advice? Both >>> specifically mentioned in my original post? >>> >>> And I may be exaggerating but you dont seem to address in any way >>> the main question which concerns this file which XP tell me is >>> causing the BSOD? You're not in Bangalore are you? Did your advice >>> come out of a script? >>> >>> FP >>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <mrxp2004@nospamyahoo.com> wrote in message >>> news:OVzzbwwXEHA.3044@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >>>> Windows XP Upgrade Advisor >>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/upgrading/advisor.asp >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Carey Frisch >>>> Microsoft MVP >>>> Windows XP - Shell/User >>>> >>>> Be Smart! Protect your PC! >>>> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/ >>>> >> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - >>> ------------------- >>>> >>>> "Licensed to Quill" <fountainpen@amexol.net> wrote in message : >>>> news:OWAtMlwXEHA.3564@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... >>>> >>>>> I have given up on trying to get my windows 2000 installation >>>>> working as I have changed computers and my new computer won't >>>>> recognise the 2000 install so I thought I could install XP from >>>>> an install disc and boot discs. (I can't get into windows so >>>>> obviously I cant run the setup program) >>>>> >>>>> Anyone got any idea why installation of XP from boot discs fails >>>>> at the end of disc 6 of the install discs with a BSOD and an >>>>> error message referring to something called partmgr.sys? Will it >>>>> install if I just delete this file from the hard drive? >>>>> >>>>> FP >>>> >>> >>> >> You don't need the 6 disks. Windows 98/Me startup disk with >> smartdrv.exe added is all you need to run setup from MS-DOS, but the >> XP CD is bootable which makes using the floppy disk unnecessary >> anyway. >> See the link below for a step by step on clean installing XP from >> floppy or booting CD. >> http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html >> BTW, when the floppy disks fail, it usually due to a bad floppy disk. >> Re-make the set of disks if you must use that method. >> -- >> Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP >> xpnews@bogusmichaelstevenstech.com >> http://michaelstevenstech.com >> For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader. >> http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
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