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Halx · 07-08-2003, 10:32 AM

I just bought a real nice new setup. Asus P4P800 Mobo, P4 2.8GHz, 1gb Corsair PC3200 RAM. Good, right?

Well, I haven't been able to install winXP on it, and after 10 tries, I am going insane. Here's what I did.

I have attempted installation with a combination of the following:

IBM 60gb Deskstar HD
Maxtor 40gb HD

TDK 32x CD-RW
Creative DVD-ROM
Toshiba DVD-ROM
Plextor 16x CD-RW

Windows XP install disc
Windows XP with SP1 install disc

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Ok (please note, I install on a barebones system to avoid as many HW conflicts as possible)
1. boot from install CD
2. install 3rd party RAID drivers 'cause mobo comes withh onboard raid (don't worry, I dont use it)
2. kill c: partition, create c: partition (sometimes I skip this step)
3. start install process
--setup starts copying files for the installation to the hard drive. After it reaches about 27%, it starts giving me errors that a file could not be copied to the HD. I hit enter to retry until it goes through. I have resorted to just setting a heavy battery on my enter key and sitting back while it rapidly retries almost every file it tries to copy. Eventually the progress bar reaches 100% and the computer reboots.
--Sometimes I get a BSOD and I need to manually reboot the computer. It's random every time. The files that it fails to copy are never the same either. It's inconsistant.
4. if the file copy process goes through, then the install starts. If I am lucky enough to survive through this without a BSOD (it's happened a few times) then I am greeted with several more errors "file ******** failed to copy" for which I just hold down the enter key to keep retrying until it finally goes through.
5. Out of 10 tries, 3 times I have reached the part where windows successfully finishes install/setup and actually boots up. When it actually boots up, however, several things dont work. Windows Update crashes IE, it wont detect one of my 5 hard drives (added after install) and it tells me that every single file I download from the nvidia website is corrupted (as if those are the only problems.. yeah right)

So, please help me. I am at the end of my string. I'll be glad to answer any questions you may have in the spirit of support.

07-08-2003, 10:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
Halx Please touch this. Owner/Admin Location: Manhattan	GOOD LORD I NEED HELP! Upgrade problems. I just bought a real nice new setup. Asus P4P800 Mobo, P4 2.8GHz, 1gb Corsair PC3200 RAM. Good, right? Well, I haven't been able to install winXP on it, and after 10 tries, I am going insane. Here's what I did. I have attempted installation with a combination of the following: IBM 60gb Deskstar HD Maxtor 40gb HD TDK 32x CD-RW Creative DVD-ROM Toshiba DVD-ROM Plextor 16x CD-RW Windows XP install disc Windows XP with SP1 install disc ----------------------------------------------- Ok (please note, I install on a barebones system to avoid as many HW conflicts as possible) 1. boot from install CD 2. install 3rd party RAID drivers 'cause mobo comes withh onboard raid (don't worry, I dont use it) 2. kill c: partition, create c: partition (sometimes I skip this step) 3. start install process --setup starts copying files for the installation to the hard drive. After it reaches about 27%, it starts giving me errors that a file could not be copied to the HD. I hit enter to retry until it goes through. I have resorted to just setting a heavy battery on my enter key and sitting back while it rapidly retries almost every file it tries to copy. Eventually the progress bar reaches 100% and the computer reboots. --Sometimes I get a BSOD and I need to manually reboot the computer. It's random every time. The files that it fails to copy are never the same either. It's inconsistant. 4. if the file copy process goes through, then the install starts. If I am lucky enough to survive through this without a BSOD (it's happened a few times) then I am greeted with several more errors "file ******** failed to copy" for which I just hold down the enter key to keep retrying until it finally goes through. 5. Out of 10 tries, 3 times I have reached the part where windows successfully finishes install/setup and actually boots up. When it actually boots up, however, several things dont work. Windows Update crashes IE, it wont detect one of my 5 hard drives (added after install) and it tells me that every single file I download from the nvidia website is corrupted (as if those are the only problems.. yeah right) So, please help me. I am at the end of my string. I'll be glad to answer any questions you may have in the spirit of support. __________________ You have found this post informative. -The Administrator [Don't Feed The Animals]