sgagne
Thu May 22 18:24:05 PDT 2008
On May 22, 8:16=A0am, sgagne <sgag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 21, 9:45 am, sgagne <sgag...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On May 21, 12:27 am, bud...@yippy.ti.ye wrote:
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> > > On Mon, 19 May 2008 18:41:45 GMT, bud...@yippy.ti.ye wrote:
> > > >On Sun, 18 May 2008 18:33:02 -0600, "Xandros"
> > > ><arron.neus*remove*@gmailcom> wrote:
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> > > >>"sgagne" <sgag...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > > >>news:7e5f2d5b-ee7c-4948-98ff-f2f5c48c971f@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.c=
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> > > >>On May 18, 9:25 am, "philo" <ph...@privacy.net> wrote:
> > > >>> "sgagne" <sgag...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > >news:c7596fd1-0037-4bc0-9ad6-facd1d3c09e8@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com.=
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> > > >>> > I have been working on this off and on for the last three days a=
nd
> > > >it
> > > >>> > is driving me crazy!
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> > > >>> > I replaced a failed hard drive on a Dell Dimension 8400
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> > > >>> > I installed the sata driver and was able to install WinXP Home
> > > from
> > > >>> > the restore CD.
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> > > >>> > However, when the system restarted at the end of the install I g=
ot
> > > >the
> > > >>> > BSoD ...
> > > >>> > Stop 0x0000007B or INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE
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> > > >>> > When I go into bios it recognizes the hard drive
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> > > >>> If you replaced the failed drive with the same type...
> > > >>> just try using the restore cd by itself...
> > > >>> it should already contain the correct drivers.
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> > > >>> BTW: How did you determine the original drive was bad?
> > > >>> there is the possibility that some other hardware was at fault.
> > > (Such
> > > >as
> > > >>> RAM)
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> > > >>>I ran the system diagnostics and everything passed except the hard
> > > >>>drive which kept failing. =A0I also tested the RAM by removing one
> > > stick
> > > >>>at a time and had the same result.
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> > > >>>It wasn't the same brand hard drive. =A0The original was a Maxtor, =
this
> > > >>>one was Western digital. =A0So I guess I shouldn't have used the
> > > restore
> > > >>>disk.
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> > > >>>Now when I try to reformat and re-install WinXP, even with an OEM
> > > >>>copy, it says it doesn't recognize a hard drive - so I can't get to=
> > > >>>the format stage.
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> > > >>The difference in hard drive manufacturer's won't cause the problem
> > > you
> > > >are
> > > >>seeing. If your version of XP doesn't contain SP2 then it won't
> > > >recognize a
> > > >>SATA drive. You will need a floppy with the SATA drivers to satisfy
> > > the
> > > >>demand.
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> > > >>Xandros
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> > > >This may have been stated but was the original drive SATA? =A0If not,=
> > > that
> > > >is the problem.
> > > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Regards
> > > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0buddy b
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> > > Sorry, another thought.
> > > =A0Look at it in Device mgr. See an yellow ! for the drive. What does =
it
> > > say inside.
> > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Regards
> > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 buddy b
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> > I think I used the diagnostics tools from the old hard drive. =A0I will
> > look to download the ones from WD. =A0I ran all the tools and the only
> > error was on the original hard drive, none on the new one. =A0I didn't
> > change any of the settings in the BIOS, it automatically found the new
> > hard drive. =A0And i can't get to the device manager because i can't get=
> > windows to boot - I wish I could get that far! =A0Thanks for all the
> > suggestions!
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> Okay, I found on the WD site that, if the drive was SATA2 and the
> controller was only SATA, a jumper was needed on the drive. =A0I can't
> be certain if it is as the case for this system is one of those that
> folds open making it impossible to find identifiable codes on the
> system board. =A0Anyway, I put the jumper on the pins that it said to.
> It did let me re-format and re-install windows again. =A0However, when
> Windows xp gets to the point where it needs to reboot, it just goes
> into a loop - getting to the screen that says the computer was shut
> down incorrectly do you want to start in safe mode... no matter which
> option, it just reboots back to this screen. =A0Any other suggestions?
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> Thanks for all the suggestions, I don't feel so alone on this!- Hide quote=
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Success! I flashed the bios and then reinstalled the OS. It is now
up and running. Thanks all - especially bud!