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error installing windows
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goombawaho
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Full install or repair install??
If you can boot up to a windows recovery console using the windows CD, you could view the setupperr.log in the Windows folder to see what's bugging the install.
If you're unable to do that, then troubleshooting is
Run: 1. Memory test
2. Manufacturer's Hard drive test utility
If you can boot up to a windows recovery console using the windows CD, you could view the setupperr.log in the Windows folder to see what's bugging the install.
If you're unable to do that, then troubleshooting is
Run: 1. Memory test
2. Manufacturer's Hard drive test utility
For a cross reference, same user posted basically a more detaield, yet very jumbled, request in the following thread:
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sparda7,
So far from what I can tell, it almost sounds as if you're trying to do all this remotely, or did I misread that in the other thread?
Regardless, the easiest thing at this point will be a clean/fresh install of Windows. If that's what you've been trying, then try running some scans on the PC hardware to verify that nothing is amiss there (RAM, Hard drive, specifically).
To do this, the quickest/easiest way will probably be to download UBCD - Download it, burn to CD, boot the damaged computer from the new CD, run some various scans - start with the HDD manufacturer scans... specifically find out the mfg of your hard drive if possible... then move on to a memory/RAM scan or two as well.
Report back from there. If all the scans check out, and you've no good reason to suspect hardware, then you can try reinstalling Windows. Before a reinstall, though, it may be best in this situation to do a clean-wipe of the drive. You can use DBAN (Darik's Boot 'n' Nuke) or Active KillDisk from the UBCD. Then after that, try to install Windows.
Post back with your progress.
But mainly - keep calm, try not to panic over computer problems.![[wink]](/data/assets/smilies/wink.gif "[wink] [wink]")
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thread779-1592560
sparda7,
So far from what I can tell, it almost sounds as if you're trying to do all this remotely, or did I misread that in the other thread?
Regardless, the easiest thing at this point will be a clean/fresh install of Windows. If that's what you've been trying, then try running some scans on the PC hardware to verify that nothing is amiss there (RAM, Hard drive, specifically).
To do this, the quickest/easiest way will probably be to download UBCD - Download it, burn to CD, boot the damaged computer from the new CD, run some various scans - start with the HDD manufacturer scans... specifically find out the mfg of your hard drive if possible... then move on to a memory/RAM scan or two as well.
Report back from there. If all the scans check out, and you've no good reason to suspect hardware, then you can try reinstalling Windows. Before a reinstall, though, it may be best in this situation to do a clean-wipe of the drive. You can use DBAN (Darik's Boot 'n' Nuke) or Active KillDisk from the UBCD. Then after that, try to install Windows.
Post back with your progress.
But mainly - keep calm, try not to panic over computer problems.
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"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me
Have you run any RAM and hard drive diagnostics on this machine, often such faults can bring up many strange errors and frustrate any Setup attempts.
All of these diagnostics are bootable and do not require any operating system installed to run.
Your hard drive manufacturer will have free diagnostic software to thoroughly check the condition of your hard drive.
You could also look at the condition of any CD and the CD Drive itself as being a cause.
All of these diagnostics are bootable and do not require any operating system installed to run.
Your hard drive manufacturer will have free diagnostic software to thoroughly check the condition of your hard drive.
You could also look at the condition of any CD and the CD Drive itself as being a cause.
goombawaho
MIS
Someone smart had already mentioned RAM and HDD testing. Oh wait, it was my alter ego. Those would still be my number one action items.
A bad windows CD or bad optical drive could also be a culprit, but bad memory can LOOK like it's a bad CD ("failed to copy abcxyz.dll" type of error).
A bad windows CD or bad optical drive could also be a culprit, but bad memory can LOOK like it's a bad CD ("failed to copy abcxyz.dll" type of error).
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After this problems i make a great mistake i try to search in Bios but after is worse than ever 
((( it keep restarting again and again i see the setup for 4 seconds the screen go black and after blue ,show the setup for few seconds and restart i dont press any button it keep restarting. I will change the Ram maybe this will help
((( it keep restarting again and again i see the setup for 4 seconds the screen go black and after blue ,show the setup for few seconds and restart i dont press any button it keep restarting. I will change the Ram maybe this will help- Thread starter
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i dont have in Bios this settings, Load Default Settings Load Previous Values, and another problem is the drive is renamed to IDE DRIVE1:-(PM)] i dont know what is this, the drive had another name before this before i entered in bios options ((((((((((((((((
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goombawaho
MIS
There is no "load optimized" or "default" or "safe" setting in the BIOS??
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goombawaho
MIS
Can you create the Ultimate Boot CD and boot up to it and browse onto the C: drive and look for the C:\winodws\setuperr.log
I'm beginning to suspect most definitely that it's your hard drive. Especially since it changed what it's reported as to the BIOS. The Windows Setup, etc, would have no affect on the BIOS directly.
My suggestion is to start shopping for a new hard drive - it COULD be your motherboard, but based on the symptoms, I think it's simply the hard drive...
To test this theory, see if you can boot from ANY other CD other than the Windows CD. Even do it this way to be absolutely certain:
1. Power down PC if running.
2. Open case (side panel usually, but on some cases, it's more complicated).
3. Disconnect the hard drive(s)
4. Close PC case.
5. Boot machine from the Ultimate BootCD, or a LiveCD version of Linux, or any other bootable CD (except Windows install disk).
6. Do a little messing around from that CD - whatever you do at this point should be fine, pretty much...
7. If no problems at all there, then I'd be 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999% sure that it's your hard drive.
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"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me
My suggestion is to start shopping for a new hard drive - it COULD be your motherboard, but based on the symptoms, I think it's simply the hard drive...
To test this theory, see if you can boot from ANY other CD other than the Windows CD. Even do it this way to be absolutely certain:
1. Power down PC if running.
2. Open case (side panel usually, but on some cases, it's more complicated).
3. Disconnect the hard drive(s)
4. Close PC case.
5. Boot machine from the Ultimate BootCD, or a LiveCD version of Linux, or any other bootable CD (except Windows install disk).
6. Do a little messing around from that CD - whatever you do at this point should be fine, pretty much...
7. If no problems at all there, then I'd be 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999% sure that it's your hard drive.
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"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me
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