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From: umwhat on 4 Dec 2009 15:40 http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid ... I bought a new hard drive and installed it properly to the best of my abilities and probably installed it correctly. The first thing I did when installing Windows XP was format the hard drive but Windows stopped installing and gave a message something like, Windows can not finish the install. Is there a type of problem associated with this error message. I attempted to install XP again and began the format as before and the installation skipped that part of install and continued to install and finished ok. Later after a completed install with drivers and SP3 there is ometimes an error message, firmware indicates(or similar)detected cmos battery failure. I installed a new cmos battery , matsushima brand, and the message still appears during start. A reboot loads Windows ok. Hi. -- ....scribble scribble scribble...
From: umwhat on 4 Dec 2009 15:49 ....a dull title...XP install problem with new hard drive. -- ....scribble scribble scribble... "umwhat" wrote: > http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid ... I bought a new hard > drive and installed it properly to the best of my abilities and probably > installed it correctly. The first thing I did when installing Windows XP was > format the hard drive but Windows stopped installing and gave a message > something like, Windows can not finish the install. Is there a type of > problem associated with this error message. I attempted to install XP again > and began the format as before and the installation skipped that part of > install and continued to install and finished ok. > Later after a completed install with drivers and SP3 there is ometimes an > error message, firmware indicates(or similar)detected cmos battery failure. I > installed a new cmos battery , matsushima brand, and the message still > appears during start. A reboot loads Windows ok. Hi. > -- > ...scribble scribble scribble...
From: Ken Blake, MVP on 4 Dec 2009 15:51 On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:40:01 -0800, umwhat <umwhat(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid ... I bought a new hard > drive and installed it properly to the best of my abilities and probably > installed it correctly. The first thing I did when installing Windows XP was > format the hard drive but Windows stopped installing and gave a message > something like, Windows can not finish the install. Is there a type of > problem associated with this error message. I attempted to install XP again > and began the format as before and the installation skipped that part of > install and continued to install and finished ok. > Later after a completed install with drivers and SP3 there is ometimes an > error message, firmware indicates(or similar)detected cmos battery failure. I > installed a new cmos battery , matsushima brand, and the message still > appears during start. A reboot loads Windows ok. Hi. Please, when you describe a problem that has error messages, be sure to exactly quote all the error messages verbatim, not "something like" or "or similar." -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
From: umwhat on 4 Dec 2009 18:15 I did not check up on the error message when it happened and forgot the exact words but it was a short message very similar to ...Windows... or only, install...can not finish... and the choices to Quit were on the screen. The bios defaults were not loaded and I suppose a good idea would be to load the defaults before installing XP and I thought maybe that was the problem. I can run a diagnostics on the hard drive soon. It is installed a computer I sold to someone and he has it in his home. Because it booted into Windows ok and he was in a hurry I let him take it. But the hard drive has a 3 year warranty and I informed the seller. I am still interested to find out what the problem may be. -- ....scribble scribble scribble... "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: > On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:40:01 -0800, umwhat > <umwhat(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid ... I bought a new hard > > drive and installed it properly to the best of my abilities and probably > > installed it correctly. The first thing I did when installing Windows XP was > > format the hard drive but Windows stopped installing and gave a message > > something like, Windows can not finish the install. Is there a type of > > problem associated with this error message. I attempted to install XP again > > and began the format as before and the installation skipped that part of > > install and continued to install and finished ok. > > Later after a completed install with drivers and SP3 there is ometimes an > > error message, firmware indicates(or similar)detected cmos battery failure. I > > installed a new cmos battery , matsushima brand, and the message still > > appears during start. A reboot loads Windows ok. Hi. > > > Please, when you describe a problem that has error messages, be sure > to exactly quote all the error messages verbatim, not "something like" > or "or similar." > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 > Please Reply to the Newsgroup > . >
From: Tim Meddick on 4 Dec 2009 19:26
I doubt whether this error message has anything to do with your hard drive or the Window's installation problem you had. It is more likely to do with a rubbish battery. On replacing the battery it sometimes helps if you keep the PC plugged-in when it's switched off, as, this way, it keeps charging. When the power that the battery provides goes below a certain level, the data in the CMOS memory is degraded and you get an error message similar to : "CMOS Checksum bad / CMOS Battery Failure - Please Replace Battery"... == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "umwhat" <umwhat(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5D4CCD1C-405F-44FE-A7D7-8B050B7A9D28(a)microsoft.com... >I did not check up on the error message when it happened and forgot the exact > words but it was a short message very similar to ...Windows... or only, > install...can not finish... and the choices to Quit were on the screen. The > bios defaults were not loaded and I suppose a good idea would be to load the > defaults before installing XP and I thought maybe that was the problem. > I can run a diagnostics on the hard drive soon. It is installed a computer I > sold to someone and he has it in his home. Because it booted into Windows ok > and he was in a hurry I let him take it. But the hard drive has a 3 year > warranty and I informed the seller. > I am still interested to find out what the problem may be. > > -- > ...scribble scribble scribble... > > > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: > >> On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:40:01 -0800, umwhat >> <umwhat(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> > http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid ... I bought a new hard >> > drive and installed it properly to the best of my abilities and probably >> > installed it correctly. The first thing I did when installing Windows XP was >> > format the hard drive but Windows stopped installing and gave a message >> > something like, Windows can not finish the install. Is there a type of >> > problem associated with this error message. I attempted to install XP again >> > and began the format as before and the installation skipped that part of >> > install and continued to install and finished ok. >> > Later after a completed install with drivers and SP3 there is ometimes an >> > error message, firmware indicates(or similar)detected cmos battery failure. I >> > installed a new cmos battery , matsushima brand, and the message still >> > appears during start. A reboot loads Windows ok. Hi. >> >> >> Please, when you describe a problem that has error messages, be sure >> to exactly quote all the error messages verbatim, not "something like" >> or "or similar." >> >> -- >> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 >> Please Reply to the Newsgroup >> . >> |