Re: SP2 Incompatible with my computer (ASUS P4C800, 9600SE, SATA)

From: Michael Stevens (xpnews_at_bogusmlstevenstech.com)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 04:59:08 -0700

Matthew Harrison wrote:
> I have a P4C800 Deluxe M/B, 200Gig Seagate SATA drive, 1GB memory and
> 9600SE video card.
>
> The service pack installs fine, but on reboot it crashes @ agp440.sys.
>
> Disabling agp440.sys, just moves the crash to the driver before (so
> obviously the problem occurs after agp440.sys).
>
> Have tried a normal upgrade (from my original setup), an upgrade from
> a full SP1 install (including drivers), an upgrade from a full SP1
> install (with nil drivers) and installing from a slipstreamed SP2 CD
> (self made).
> All exhibit exactly the same issue.
>
> Is there anything I can do ?

Try booting into safemode and remove SP2 from Add/Remove, but from the looks
of it, your options are probably limited to a clean install, with the
possibility of using the slipstreamed version as the clean install media.
This will at least save you time applying the updates.
The post troubleshooting attempts you list probably negated any possibility
of data recovery.
As a fyi for the future, try to make the least amount of hard drive disk
accesses when troubleshooting a boot up problem.
If you can't boot to your current configuration, it is very likely your
information is intact, but you may need to have a professional data
retrieval specialist to get the information. 

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