Neede to rebuild an XP/Pro SP2 HP workstation that has been running fine. The XP install runs fine until it starts windows after the initial file loading of drivers, etc. At that point I get a BSoD. Failed to bring back the errors codes. I have tried several different sources of media and five different drives both IDE and SATA, all were working when pulled from other systems. I have done quick and long formats, no difference still BSoD. The old C: partition was on a Seagate 400GB IDE. Do I need to low level format these drives? Any other ideas how to get past the BSoD?
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I have plenty of drives, as I said I've already tried 5 different drives. All drives were working fine just minutes before the re-install. I have a hard time thinking that this is just cable that bad in the time of a reboot. I''ve used both IDE and SATA drives, to ellimate the possibility of controllers, cables, drives, etc. I get the same result every time.
No, it's one of a kind on that site. I'd also considered that as an option. It was a fully functional system, but needed a rebuild. Did a restart and put in a CD to boot from. The standard windows file/driver loading completes, Windows is starting just prior to the license agreement and pop the BSoD.
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by: djhathPosted on 2009-02-25 at 19:26:48ID: 23741269
I've never low-level formatted a drive in hopes of using it again. Having encountered this many times over the years, I've found the easiest, and actually cost-effective way to deal with this is to simply have a spare drive on hand.
If you have access to one, I would try installing on another hard drive, which could help isolate something in the chain (bad cable, bad on-board controller).