Re: Adding 2GB to A7v266-E ?

Oh man, I think I"m hosed even worse than I thought.

I found a "boot from floppy and repair the registry" utility at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=56D3C201-2C68-
4DE8-9229-CA494362419C&displaylang=en

You download an XP SP1 setup boot image that you copy onto 6 floppies,
and then it modifies the 6th floppy to do the Win2000 registry repair.

I can't even boot off the first floppy!!! It says "Setup is inspecting
your computer's hardware configuration," then it flashes "NTDETECT
failed" and reboots. I tried pulling the 512MB stick and replacing it
with one of the 1GB sticks and it still does the same thing. Apparently
NTDETECT can't find the BOOT.INI file on my C:\ root?

I tried running the Win2000 SETUP disk to see if it could repair the
system. It was useless -- couldn't do anything more than a CHKDSK unless
I had an Emergency Repair Disk, which I don't (d'oh). And it seems the
ERD must be created from within Windows, BEFORE it blows up.

I downloaded an NTFS reader utility that had no problems reading the
disk. I downloaded Knoppix and copied some critical files off the disk.
So the HD seems to be OK. Furthermore the RAM (currently 1 1GB stick)
and mobo seem fine, as the NTFS utility and Knoppix run with no problems.
(Just like Memtest86+ did, grumble...)

So why won't Windows or the XP Setup disk run!? I am seriously
confused...
.

Relevant Pages

  • RE: Blue Screen
    ... I basically took the dubious disk from my Dell and placed it ... for about 10 mins it allowed me to transfer data to the working Dell's disk. ... download, because they are different. ... I did try and use the installation disk yesterday to see if any repair could ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain)
  • Re: A Question for the Mac G4 Users
    ... I was thinking along those lines, that you needed something special to make a floppy that would boot a Mac. ... The source is an HQX file and according to the instructions you first need to make that into a real file and then use a Mac disk copy utility to copy it on to a floppy. ... You download an executable file and run it with a floppy in the drive. ...
    (rec.audio.pro)
  • Re: floppy drive not reconising disks
    ... You will have to create the boot disk on a system with a functioning ... Insert a floppy into the drive and click on the ... You can download one from www.bootdisk.com ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: Odd floppy drive behavior
    ... > and later removed the floppy. ... I decided to download a larger file... ... > options of where to store the download file (disk inserted). ... when the previous file download location is the A: ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Computer Shuts Down On Start Up
    ... You can still download a Win 98 Boot disk here: ... > told that I wouldn't need all the disks, just the Win98 ... > start up floppy. ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)