Re: Can't install Windows XP on now home-built system...

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As a follow-up to my own post, here what I tried last night:

Typically I do a zero-fill procedure (is it the same as a low-level
format?) each time I get these crashes. I tried to format 3 or 4 more
times last night and as usual, after NTFS formatting reach 100%, I get
BSOD. The error messages, however, seem to differ: one was
"BAD_POOL_HEADER" another was "MEMORY_MANAGEMENT" and another was
"DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL". In two other instances I did not get
the typical BSOD but a message saying "Seup was unable to format the
partition. The disk may be damaged".

In another instance, it didn't quite make it to the formatting stage
and crashed at "File jraid.sys could not be loaded".

I still can't figure out if it is a problem with the seagate HDD or
some sort of corruption in the system's hardware... Man, it has been a
week today since I built the system and still can't enjoy my new
computer... Andre

Melandre wrote:
Completed building my new system last weekend (E6400, OCZ 2G Gold,
Seagate 320G, Gigabyte GA-965P-S3). As far as I can tell, hardware
stuff seems to be working fine. But when I try to install XP, it goes
through "loading required files", full format in NTFS goes to 100% but
then at the "Please wait while setup is examining your disk", I get a
BSOD with error BAD_POOL_HEADER. Something wrong with my Seagate HDD?
When I use Seatools (diagnostic utility from Seagate) the physical
inspection of the HDD gets a PASSED but the System File structure gets
a FAILED.

The SATA2 drive seems to be connected properly. I am not trying to do a
RAID thing just one HDD int he system. Any idea what is going on and
how I can fixs it? It has been a week now trying to troubleshoot this
and I am running out of ideas. Frustrating to have a brand new system
and not being able to use it! Cheeers! Andre

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