Re: Clean XP Pro Install on SATA Drive

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: Jerry (NoSpamChiefZeke_at_MSN.com)
Date: 07/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 13:57:58 -0700

Try doing a Microsoft or Google search on the error messages and the stop
message - usually you will get a link to a fix or, at least, more info.

"Joel Kline" <basix@cox.net> wrote in message
news:3baa01c47265$e7dd7450$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I am setting up several new PC's using SATA hard drives
> without success. I am using ASUS KV8 SE Deluxe
> motherboards with WD 160GB SATA drives. I have attempted
> to install more than a dozen times using the downloaded
> third-party drivers for VIA and Promise. I have updated
> the BIOS, disabled PROMISE RAID, modified the boot
> priority. Hard drive has been formatted and partitioned
> using WD's Data Lifeguard software. Here is the error
> sequence I get on a typical machine when installing
> Windows XP Professional.
>
> Error 1 - shows itself when install is 77% complete
> "The file wininet.dll was not copied correctly.
>
> The file setup placed on your hard drive is not a valid
> windows XP system image. If you are installing from CD,
> there may be a problem with the windows XP CD".
>
> Error 2 - shows itself when install is 78% complete
> "The file licdll.dll was not copied correctly . . . . "
> same as above in Error 1.
>
> Error 3 - Blue Screen
>
> "A problem has been detected and windows has been shut
> down to prevent damage to your computer"
>
> BAD_POOL_CALLER
>
> Technical Information:
>
> *** Stop: 0x000000C2 (0x00000040, 0x00000000, 0x80000000,
> 0x00000000).
>
> Error 4 - Blue Screen on second attempt after first blue
> screen
>
> Same above but with different Technical Information:
>
> *** Stop: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0x8059231E, 0xf7DECB08,
> 0x00000000).
>
>

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