OT-'Puter prob-long

JR North · 2011-02-04T04:17:04+00:00

So, I decided to build a new puter for the shop, cuz some new programsI need won't run on ME, of which I have many loaded HDs. They need XP,so I got an XP-pro disc and COA on Ebay. The MB is an Asrock K8NF4G with 1 GB DDR2 333 in 2 512 mb sticks and aSemperon 3 gig processor. The MB has onboard video. The HD is Seagate40mb IDE.Bios can only run the CPU at 1.8 Gig...When loading XP setup files (second stage, after the initializationfiles are loaded into ram), the installation stalls about 10% thruwith a file copy failure screen. Sometimes it runs to 40-60% before ithappens. I thought the CD was funky, so the seller sent me areplacement free (nice guy). The second disc does the same thing.If I do the NTFS drive format thru Windows Installation , it says itcan't be done because the HD has faults.If I format it with my ME boot disc, it formats OK and tests good. Iload a primary DOS partiton and have WI do a quick NTFS format-it goesok.Bios does not see a problem with the memory or HDScandisk heavy scan shows no bad clusters on the HD.I thought maybe the puter was running out of ram, so I reduced theshared Video memory to 32mb from 128 MB.Swapped CDRW drive and ide cable, reseated CPU and memory, CPU runscool.Still does the same thing-stalling with file copy failure.If WI does not format, but leaves the primary ME dos partitionintact, it makes no difference. The stall seems to happen often on the same files on installation, butnot always. Sometimes it runs to 60% or so, loading the previousfailed files ok, then stalls on a new one. Ejectng/loading the CD onthe file copy failure screen has helped with one or two files, but notall failures.Several fruitless hours invested here,,,,, Help?JRDweller in the cellar

Feb 04, 2011 23 Replies

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Winston 15 years ago

That's 1000 x larger than 40 MB though.

--Winston

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clare 15 years ago

Yes and I actually meant to type 4GB, not 40 (so only 100 times bigger) XP Lite needs 850MB to install and run. Regular XP can install on 1.8GB.

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Winston 15 years ago

Yeah, I figured it was a typo. I catch myself doing the same thing. This progress curve sure is nonlinear. :)

--Winston

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Cydrome Leader 15 years ago

and don't use a 10 year old 40GB hard drive.

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