Seriously trippy windows install problems, need help. *Fixed

Phant0m51 · 01-13-2006, 05:40 PM

Alright, on bootup Win XP Home crashes (BSOD). The comp reboots to fast to see what's going on. So I jump into the win XP CD, hit R for the recovery console, select the install (1), and then I get a BSOD, which says "Registry_Error".

Alright, so I figure the install is completely messed up and I need to just do a complete install again.

Reboot, get to Welcome to Setup screen from XP CD. Hit enter to get on with it, Hit F8 to agree to the EULA, and then another BSOD. WTF is going on here? It BSOD's after it starts looking for previous installations.

Is the RAM Bad? The computer started doing this recently, so I don't know what's going on.

Maybe the hard drive has gone bad?

Please help.

Chair · 01-13-2006, 05:48 PM

could be ram... how about some hardware specs

Phant0m51 · 01-13-2006, 06:22 PM

I have no idea on most of the specs. It's a friend of a friend's computer.

1.8ghz P4
256 MB ram

That's about all the specs I can give ya.

hans5849 · 01-13-2006, 06:48 PM

Memtest 86+ run it and if you have errors get new ram

njmaz · 01-14-2006, 05:36 AM

I had similar prob a long time aog. Turns out the cpu goo was not done correctly. I removed chip, cleaned goo and re applied better. Blammo, it worked....

Phant0m51 · 01-14-2006, 09:18 AM

Ran memtest all night, 75 passes, no errors.

Wedge_ · 01-14-2006, 09:19 AM

What's the error on the BSOD? Is the CD possibly corrupt/damaged?

Phant0m51 · 01-14-2006, 09:55 AM

Error on BSOD was "REGISTRY_ERROR".

Anyways, I finally just figured out how to fix this. I downloaded a win98 bootdisk, downloaded the new fdisk to allow fdisk to recognize 64gig+ drives correctly, and then just deleted the partition.

Thanks for your help, hopefully this will be a lesson to us all.

ThatHideousStrength · 01-14-2006, 05:40 PM

Strange way to fix it? but it works so thats what matters

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Phant0m51 From Utah, NOT mormon Jan 2005 Last Seen: Today Location: Utah, USA Posts: 1,087 (#84) Thanked 1x in one post x17	Alright, on bootup Win XP Home crashes (BSOD). The comp reboots to fast to see what's going on. So I jump into the win XP CD, hit R for the recovery console, select the install (1), and then I get a BSOD, which says "Registry_Error". Alright, so I figure the install is completely messed up and I need to just do a complete install again. Reboot, get to Welcome to Setup screen from XP CD. Hit enter to get on with it, Hit F8 to agree to the EULA, and then another BSOD. WTF is going on here? It BSOD's after it starts looking for previous installations. Is the RAM Bad? The computer started doing this recently, so I don't know what's going on. Maybe the hard drive has gone bad? Please help.
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01-13-2006, 05:48 PM	permalink #2
Chair Tweak Minion Jan 2005 Last Seen: Yesterday Posts: 1,585 (#57) Thanked 0x in 0 posts x0	could be ram... how about some hardware specs

01-13-2006, 06:22 PM	permalink #3
Phant0m51 From Utah, NOT mormon Jan 2005 Last Seen: Today Location: Utah, USA Posts: 1,087 (#84) Thanked 1x in one post x17	I have no idea on most of the specs. It's a friend of a friend's computer. 1.8ghz P4 256 MB ram That's about all the specs I can give ya.

01-14-2006, 05:36 AM	permalink #5
njmaz Member Jan 2005 Last Seen: 02-05-2006 Posts: 38 (#201) Thanked 0x in 0 posts x0	I had similar prob a long time aog. Turns out the cpu goo was not done correctly. I removed chip, cleaned goo and re applied better. Blammo, it worked....

01-14-2006, 09:18 AM	permalink #6
Phant0m51 From Utah, NOT mormon Jan 2005 Last Seen: Today Location: Utah, USA Posts: 1,087 (#84) Thanked 1x in one post x17	Ran memtest all night, 75 passes, no errors.

01-14-2006, 09:55 AM	permalink #8
Phant0m51 From Utah, NOT mormon Jan 2005 Last Seen: Today Location: Utah, USA Posts: 1,087 (#84) Thanked 1x in one post x17	Error on BSOD was "REGISTRY_ERROR". Anyways, I finally just figured out how to fix this. I downloaded a win98 bootdisk, downloaded the new fdisk to allow fdisk to recognize 64gig+ drives correctly, and then just deleted the partition. Thanks for your help, hopefully this will be a lesson to us all.

01-14-2006, 05:40 PM	permalink #9
ThatHideousStrength Tweak Minion Jan 2005 Last Seen: Today Posts: 4,251 (#11) Thanked 5x in 4 posts x0	Strange way to fix it? but it works so thats what matters

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