Windows XP Pro IN-place upgrade - setup fails, just restarts

[aznphatb0i]

I recently attempted an in place upgrade with windows XP pro, the problem is that at the end of the setup, the computer restarts and i get an incorrect shutdown message and the options of booting up in safe mode, normal, last known config etc. - None of which work. If I boot from the CD again, the installation will just start at step 3 (installing) and the same error happens. I tried the recovery also, that too doesn't help. There is data on the drive so i dont want to do a clean install. The only thing that I have not tried is the recovery console, as it asks for an administrator password - which I had left blank.

-_- I need assistance quite urgently

 

[micker377]

Have you ever run a "memory check" on this system? (memtest86) I found an intermittant boot problem with this.

 

[aznphatb0i]

My problems are 100% gone now =D

To fix the divx problem, which it seems was caused by DR divx's right click menu I used this reg file:

http://www.infestednexus.co.nr/drdivxsp2rightclickfix.reg

Safer than disabling DEM


I think I will recap everything here for anyone with a similair problem who might stumble on this thread:

I *believe* this problem was caused by a conflict with ALCOHOL 120%, so probably it would be wise to uninstall that program before installing SP2.

After doing a inplace upgrade right after installing sp2, i was able to not boot into windows.

I couldnt access recovery console either due to it asking for an administrator password, but I used the utility found at:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

to remove the password so I was able to use recovery console.

I used the DISABLE command to disable two ALCOHOL 120 drivers, A347BUS and A347SCSI, I also renamed the files for good measure.

I copied a fresh ATAPI.SYS from a Windows Server 2003 CD (probably an XP CD would be fine) replacing the one in my drivers directory (This is a file that is locked by alcohol 120 during sp2 installation).

I deleted my boot.ini and did a bootcfg /rebuild to make a new one.

I exited recovery console and proceeded with a repair install using my XP (SP2 Slipstreamed) CD.

The repair install finished and on reboot it went into the xp setup at step 3 with 39 minutes remaining as it had before - BUT THIS TIME IT COMPLETED SUCCESFULLY!

I was able to log into windows completely normally, finding nothing changed - except I was experiencing crashes upon right clicking.

It turns out this is caused by SP2 incompatability in DR. DIVX, simply running this reg file:

http://www.infestednexus.co.nr/drdivxsp2rightclickfix.reg

remedied this problem. (Thanks Infested)

XP is working fine with service pack 2 installed and all my settings etc. etc. are the same as they were before!

 

[jurgen36]

Try to go to start run type sfc /scannow have a Winxp install disk handy. This will check all your importand Winxp files and replace them if necessary. Good luck

Jurgen