Can't recover from Dell CD
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From: Dave Smith on 20 Apr 2008 22:54 On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:09:17 -0400, "Christopher Muto" <muto(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote: >"Dave Smith" <Sallydog(a)cox.net> wrote in message >news:kqpn045vkkqrjl8h3se8japjcvave9i14j(a)4ax.com... >> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:01:21 -0500, "WSZsr" <nospam(a)hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>Go into the BIOS to the SATA Operation setting and change it from "Raid >>>Autodetect/AHCI" to "Raid Autodetect/ATA" and give it a try. >>> >>>"Dave Smith" <Sallydog(a)cox.net> wrote in message >>>news:uf0l04tek6i5idnu0dhlfsltdoo8pg4hpo(a)4ax.com... >>>> On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:07:12 -0700, Dave Smith <Sallydog(a)cox.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> >> Thanks for the suggestion. Tried it and no go. >> >> After that I reset the BIOS to factory default just in case something >> else had changed and after removing the Diskette drive from the boot >> sequence it booted off the recovery disc but then to the same BSOD. > >this must be very frustrating... i wonder if the led diagnostic lights >labled abcd that are on the back of the system are light in all green or are >reporting an error code (off, green, or amber in any combination). also, if >you have the original cds, have you trid popping in the diagnostic cd and >seeing if the system passes all diagnostics? > It is VERY frustrating. It would be worse if it were a computer that I depended on. Fortunately it's my friend's son's machine and not critical at the moment. I took it on as a favor to him (I owe him many) and as a learning challenge for me. I really didn't anticipate what a challenge it would be and I really appreciate the help you and others have given me. I don't see any LEDs on the back of the box or in the box, other than the one on the MB and I don't have a diagnostic CD, but he might. I'll ask him. Is it bootable?
From: Dave Smith on 20 Apr 2008 23:01 Just to try it, I tried booting from a Norton Ghost 12 CD. It booted into the program just fine. It also booted and ran the DBAN program CD fine. I tried an old Win 98 CD and it didn't boot it at all. Lack of SATA support? I tried my non-Dell XP Pro CD again and got to the "Welcome to Setup" screen and it locked up. Just a little more info for those who are following this. Thanks to all. Dave
From: Timothy Drouillard on 20 Apr 2008 23:16 If you are using a non-Dell Xp Pro CD, then you will definitely need to download the drivers for the SATA drives, and install them using F6 during the initial installation . "Dave Smith" <Sallydog(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:ag0o041hrag0ea1oknnvs9aetu1qf9se3t(a)4ax.com... > > Just to try it, I tried booting from a Norton Ghost 12 CD. It booted > into the program just fine. It also booted and ran the DBAN program > CD fine. I tried an old Win 98 CD and it didn't boot it at all. Lack > of SATA support? I tried my non-Dell XP Pro CD again and got to the > "Welcome to Setup" screen and it locked up. > > Just a little more info for those who are following this. > > Thanks to all. > > Dave
From: Ben Myers on 21 Apr 2008 01:38 Not necessarily. The latest Windows XP with Service Pack 2C finally integrates SATA drivers. Oh, say can 2-C? ... Ben Myers On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:16:04 -0400, "Timothy Drouillard" <timdrouillard(a)comcast.net> wrote: >If you are using a non-Dell Xp Pro CD, then you will definitely need to >download the drivers for the SATA drives, and install them using F6 during >the initial installation . > > >"Dave Smith" <Sallydog(a)cox.net> wrote in message >news:ag0o041hrag0ea1oknnvs9aetu1qf9se3t(a)4ax.com... >> >> Just to try it, I tried booting from a Norton Ghost 12 CD. It booted >> into the program just fine. It also booted and ran the DBAN program >> CD fine. I tried an old Win 98 CD and it didn't boot it at all. Lack >> of SATA support? I tried my non-Dell XP Pro CD again and got to the >> "Welcome to Setup" screen and it locked up. >> >> Just a little more info for those who are following this. >> >> Thanks to all. >> >> Dave
From: Christopher Muto on 21 Apr 2008 07:08
and it wouldn't end with bsod, it would end with no drives found... but there may well be something else wrong with the windows cd being used. i think the op has to boot with the dell diagnostics cd and run them continuiously until it reports and error. "Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_not(a)charter.net> wrote in message news:lv9o04dgn1o0mbrrnefe3a9kkmon6emqrb(a)4ax.com... > Not necessarily. The latest Windows XP with Service Pack 2C finally > integrates > SATA drivers. Oh, say can 2-C? ... Ben Myers > > On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:16:04 -0400, "Timothy Drouillard" > <timdrouillard(a)comcast.net> wrote: > >>If you are using a non-Dell Xp Pro CD, then you will definitely need to >>download the drivers for the SATA drives, and install them using F6 during >>the initial installation . >> >> >>"Dave Smith" <Sallydog(a)cox.net> wrote in message >>news:ag0o041hrag0ea1oknnvs9aetu1qf9se3t(a)4ax.com... >>> >>> Just to try it, I tried booting from a Norton Ghost 12 CD. It booted >>> into the program just fine. It also booted and ran the DBAN program >>> CD fine. I tried an old Win 98 CD and it didn't boot it at all. Lack >>> of SATA support? I tried my non-Dell XP Pro CD again and got to the >>> "Welcome to Setup" screen and it locked up. >>> >>> Just a little more info for those who are following this. >>> >>> Thanks to all. >>> >>> Dave |