Re: trouble reinstalling windows xp

Glad to see you got it fixed.

John

woof! wrote:

Success!!

I obtained a free download system set up disk from freepctech.com which allowed me to format the master drive from dos. From there i tried fdisk. I then changed the boot orderin the bios to make the CD drive second in line to the A:/ drive and it allowed me to do the windows xp install. I am now back in business, not really sure what caused it but there appeared to be soem sort of conflict that prevented the installation to take place.
many thanks for your much appreciated assistance.

"woof!" wrote:


Tried the secondary IDE controller - same result
checked jumpers and cables - all looks correct. Yes, trying to do a clean install and wipe everything.
Motherboard is ASUS A7V8X. Hasn't got SATA connections.
Attempted to install RAID/SATA drivers by pressing F6 and having the drivers on a floppy. Message is that the setup CD has already got a windows version which is better so went with that. No luck!
Tried again and chose to install the ASUS drivers - same result
Following the motherboard manual it says I should be able to access the RAID/SATA function in the bios under advanced menu / PCI configuration. tried and the option isn't there. Doesn't appear that it is present.
Manufacturers (MESH Computers) couldn't offer a solution but felt it was a hardware issue. Their forum suggested it was a RAID/SATA issue though. The proposed solutions they offered to others with a similar problem didn't work e.g. copy I386 folder to desktop and try again - no luck.
Once again many thanks for your assistance

"John John" wrote:


It could be a motherboard hardware problem, but a 4 year old pc is not all that old, they usually last much longer than that. Make sure that the jumpers on the drives are at the proper location and that the drive is at the proper location the cable. IDE controllers do occasionally fail, you could try putting the drive on the Secondary IDE controller and see what happens. You are trying to do a clean install, right?

You could possibly run hardware diagnostics, your pc manufacturer would have a set of utilities that can run from a DOS session. I am almost certain that the SATA/RAID can be disabled in the BIOS, if not copy the SATA/RAID drivers to a floppy diskette and use the F6 installation method to install the drivers during the setup. What is the make and model number of the motherboard or computer? Surely there must be a way to install Windows on it! What does the pc manufacturer have to say about this?

John

woof! wrote:

Thanks john for all your help.
I am more & more resigned to just defaulting to purchasing a new computer. This one is 4 years old and i get the distinct message it wants to retire. I will have another play in the meantime with the SATA/RAID function. Did also wonder if it could simply be a problem with the motherboard primary IDE connection since I am appearing to have a problem loading up on either of the hard drives i have.

"John John" wrote:



If there is indeed an onboard SATA/RAID controller and if it cannot be truned off in the BIOS then maybe you need to press F6 very early on during the setup and supply the SATA/RAID drivers on a floppy diskette. Usually if you are using PATA drives you should disable SATA/RAID during installation. I don't think that the SP2 is responsible for this.

John

woof! wrote:



I didn't think I had the SATA/RAID controller turned on. I've double checked in the bios and confirm there isn't the option on it to enable or disable. My last attempt was to install on a single 160GB hard drive that has no partitions created. I have not had any previous problem. The only other thing that comes to mind is that when my manufacturer sent me a replacement recovery disk t moved from windows XP (without SP2) to windows XP with SP2 included. Can't imagine this making a significant difference but thought it worth mentioning!
Also can't understand why my 80GB drive will not allow an installation of xp and just says press any key, which when I press a key returns the same message.

thanks

"John John" wrote:




Sounds like that file (M5289.sys) is for SATA or RAID controller. From your post and mention of Master/Slave I gather that you are not installing on these. If you have a SATA/RAID controller built-in the motherboard go in the BIOS and turn it off.

John

woof! wrote:




Thanks John but no more success - I disconnected slave, confirmed 160GB as master and the drive showed up in the bios. Proceeded to start windows installation but same error message M5289.sys missing appeared. Can't understand why the old 80Gb drive wont work!
????


"John John" wrote:





woof! wrote:





... Would prefer to reinstall XP on original 160GB drive but would settle for achieving this on slave made as master (80GB drive).
sorry for long message - any help??

Remove (disconnect) the "slave made as master (80GB drive)" from the computer altogether. Place the 160GB drive on the Master position on the Primary IDE controller. Verify that the drive is properly identified in the BIOS and that it is the Master Drive on the Primary IDE controller. Proceed to install Windows. When Windows is properly installed bring the 80GB drive online. If you have more than one partition on the Primary (160GB) hard drive pay attention to where Windows will be installed, ideally it should be installed on the first partition.

John


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