Windows XP Pro booting error

[PGoRule]

I'm having Win-XP Pro installed on a new machine with Spyware Guard and Antivirus on FAT32. Yesterday at working time, 3 IE windows were open along with MS-Word. Due to some power fluctuation, it went OFF and started again. Now it's giving error for PCI.sys.
How do I repair this? Do I require a Win-XP bootable CD?...I don't have this right now...
Are there any chances of failure of other files too?
Thanx...

Sharing the best from my side...

--Prashant--

 

[bcastner]

Either of these memory testers will create a bootable floppy to use for a thorogh test of your RAM. In all likeliehood you have had a RAM failure on your new machine.

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

http://www.memtest86.com/#download0

 

[PGoRule]

After the power fluctuation, it went down and then started beeping with screen showing blinking LED...So I interchanged the RAM modules, means 256MB from slot1 to slot2 and 256MB of slot2 to slot1. Then the machine got it's display back showing this error. So shall I go with above solutions in such a case?

Sharing the best from my side...

--Prashant--

 

[bcastner]

Yes.
It would help if you could provide the complete error message. But generally, pci.sys errors indicate a problem with RAM.

 

[PGoRule]

Thanx Bill...
I'll check it out and let you know the correct error. In mean time I'll apply this links and try to recover the machine.


Sharing the best from my side...

--Prashant--

 

[linney]

Running ChkDsk /r from the Recovery Console might be worthwhile. You will need to find, beg, or borrow a XP or 2000 CD to load it, unless you try the link supplied.

As you are FAT32 (why?) you might get away with running ScanDisk from a 9x Startup floppy?

How to install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

310994 - Obtaining Windows XP Setup Boot Disks

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310994&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxprcons.htm

XP cannot start. Windows\Drivers\PCI.SYS corrupt or cannot be found
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Some general things to try.

Try Safe Mode (Do you have this problem in Safe Mode?).

If in the unlikely situation Safe Mode works, see if System Restore will get you back to a restore point before your problem with XP.

If they don't work you could try repairing windows by running it over itself. You will lose all your windows updates but your files will be untouched.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP (Q315341)

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q315/3/41.asp