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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: pokerjk on October 25, 2008, 12:44:20 PM

Title: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: pokerjk on October 25, 2008, 12:44:20 PM: Today i have just swapped cases with no hardware changes or anything.

When i go to boot it was coming up with the apologize screen select from safe mode etc. Everytime i selected an option it would just restart apart from once or twice it let me into safe mode for some od reason.

Once when i got in to safe mode i inserted my xp disk and tryed to "upgrade" the system so it would repair what ever might of been wrong not to lose any data i already had on my pc. It did what it had to do at first and then rebooted to contiue then i was getting m5228.sys is corrupted please press any key to restart. So then i thought my xp cd was bad.

I then tryed to load in the ultimate boot and recover cd and when i tryed to run it (cd is my first option for boot right now) it would just be like it was when i was trying to install xp go to "checking system config" then come up with the m5228.sys is corrupted please press any key to restart thing.

Realy dont want to lose any data as all my univeristy work is on it. Its a sata connection also btw.

Any help appreciated thank you.

Jamie.

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Tried new copy of xp, went through loading all the files then got stuck on the windows setup blue screen, saying "setup is starting windows".

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the corrupt file is the ALi ATA RAID Controller Driver, so i guess i will try and located the driver and install it, any one can tell me how to install a driver for the motherboard as obv i am not able to get into the os, thanks.
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on October 25, 2008, 09:27:11 PM: Are you sure you're Booting from the CD?

How long is it frozen on the 'starting windows' screen?

Did you do a Repair Install?
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: patio on October 26, 2008, 08:08:16 AM: Very early on in the setup process you will see a prompt for the SATA/RAID drivers..."Press F6 to install SATA drivers "
At this point insert the floppy/CD with the SATA drivers from the MBoard manuf. site.

Unfortunately since you have gotten this far trying to fix XP your data is probably long gone....

You should have hooked up the drive as a slave in a working machine to retrieve your data.
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: pokerjk on October 26, 2008, 10:03:52 AM: yas carbon sure, its this corrupt file thats causing the problems.

Product name:     ALi ATA RAID Controller Driver
Description:    ALi ATA RAID Controller Driver
Company:    ALi Corporation.
File is from raid driver but i dont use raid..
hmm i have the driver but not sure how to install it from bios any ideas?

:( i can still hope about the data
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: patio on October 26, 2008, 10:21:49 AM: RAID/SATA it's the same prompt...and it's F6.
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: pokerjk on October 26, 2008, 10:23:26 AM: pressed f6 all way to screen where i comes up with do i want to install or boot xp got no prompt for sata/raid utility :S weird an for raid utility it doesnt say anything about sata says press ctrl+s or f4
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: patio on October 26, 2008, 10:53:37 AM: What does your XP CD say on it ? ?
Does it have shiny holograms and say Microsoft everywhere ? ?
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: pokerjk on October 26, 2008, 11:16:26 AM: no its just a copy from a friend xp pro s3 ill ring him later to see which it is
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: patio on October 26, 2008, 02:00:52 PM: I thought so...
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: Dias de verano on October 26, 2008, 02:18:50 PM: Quote from: pokerjk on October 26, 2008, 11:16:26 AM
no its just a copy from a friend xp pro s3 ill ring him later to see which it is

This train just ran into the buffers...
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: patio on October 26, 2008, 02:24:06 PM: Those Sharpie copies can have some great graphics...i like the Homer Simpson one myself.
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: pokerjk on October 26, 2008, 02:28:19 PM: im confused? im not going to run this os on this pc for ever im just trying to get it to work for now, i can buy another license for it.

he said it was a blue cd with just white text
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: Dias de verano on October 26, 2008, 02:33:42 PM: Quote from: pokerjk on October 26, 2008, 02:28:19 PM
im not going to run this os on this pc for ever

Installing it for 5 minutes is breaking the law and we don't do that stuff on here.
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: pokerjk on October 26, 2008, 02:41:14 PM: im not asking about that thought i am asking how i install the sata drivers from bios :/
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: Dias de verano on October 26, 2008, 02:59:51 PM: Quote from: pokerjk on October 26, 2008, 02:41:14 PM
im not asking about that thought i am asking how i install the sata drivers from bios :/

You can't "install SATA drivers from BIOS". A driver is a file used by Windows so it can use hardware.
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: pokerjk on October 26, 2008, 03:58:38 PM: have you read the thread please?

i cant access xp to do that and the driver is for the motherboard so have to install it when you dont have an os some how :/
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: Dias de verano on October 26, 2008, 04:52:20 PM: Quote from: pokerjk on October 26, 2008, 03:58:38 PM
have you read the thread please?

i cant access xp to do that and the driver is for the motherboard so have to install it when you dont have an os some how :/

I did read the thread. You can't install a driver from the bios. Computers don't work that way.
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: patio on October 26, 2008, 09:09:16 PM: I read the thread too...and i agree,
Title: Re: Changed case now xp / boot problem
Post by: pokerjk on October 27, 2008, 02:46:35 AM: so how is it possible to correct a corrupt driver for the sata as it wont let me install or repair?
format?