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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows NT/2000 => Topic started by: capt_sinith on January 01, 2006, 11:31:17 PM

Title: Windows wont install, what gives?
Post by: capt_sinith on January 01, 2006, 11:31:17 PM

Recently, my computer crashed, and never worked again. I tryed last known good configuration, didnt work. Reinstalling, didnt work. Why didnt it work? I kept getting error messages part of the way through the installiation saying files couldn't be located on the disk. I tryed a few different versions and different copies of those versions, still no-go! So I got a few different harddrives in it, still no-go. Different CD-ROMs, still no-go. So as a last resort, I got a completely different computer, with all new parts, the only thing the same was my video card. Can anyone tell me whats wrong? 3 different versions of 2000 and XP on 3 different computers with 5 different harddrives and 4 different CD-ROMs? Should I give in and buy one of those....preassembled computers?

Title: Re: Windows wont install, what gives?
Post by: Fed on January 01, 2006, 11:49:49 PM

Take a deep breath. :)
Carefully assemble it with what you consider to be your best components.
Do a clean install of Windows 2000. ;)

Title: Re: Windows wont install, what gives?
Post by: capt_sinith on January 02, 2006, 01:04:39 AM

OK, after doing that, putting the disk in, i'm getting a blue screen saying "setup cannot copy the file ___.sys or ____.dll , and a few others.

Title: Re: Windows wont install, what gives?
Post by: Fed on January 02, 2006, 01:43:29 AM

From the mothership.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257954/en-us

Title: Re: Windows wont install, what gives?
Post by: capt_sinith on January 03, 2006, 11:35:37 PM

OK, it appears i had the wrong kind of RAM in. I added some before it did. So PC 100 and PC 333 dont match.   :P

Title: Re: Windows wont install, what gives?
Post by: dl65 on January 04, 2006, 12:04:33 AM

 capt_sinith....

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OK, it appears i had the wrong kind of RAM in. I added some before it did. So PC 100 and PC 333 dont match.

Uh....no they dont .    What kind of ram was in the machine when it was working ? the PC 100 SD Ram or the PC333 DDR Ram ......
If your using SD ram ....PC100 .......you can use PC133 as well as it is backward compatible .


dl65  ::)

Title: Re: Windows wont install, what gives?
Post by: GX1_Man on January 04, 2006, 04:40:13 AM

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OK, it appears i had the wrong kind of RAM in. I added some before it did. So PC 100 and PC 333 dont match.   :P

Another example of why the whole story and the history of the machine is important.  :o