1. Got rid of the DDO and made an 8 GB partition on my HDD and formatted it.
2. I took out everything but the video card and one 128MB RAM chip.
3. I insert and boot from the Windows NT disc.
4. about 30 seconds later, the setup initialization fails with no memory dump, so I haven't a clue what the problem was.
5. I take out the RAM chip and I replace it with the other chip thinking it is a memory problem.
6. I start up with the disc again, and same problem occurs.
I gave up, and I tried the win2k disc and the same problem happens. I try the WinXP discs. I have 3 of them - error free. But, they all have the same problem - file ntfs.sys is corrupt even though they are not. Is this a clue in anything?
what? Windows XP? It is Windows XP with SP2 integrated. So I would assume custom? It works fine on my bro's pc, but all three discs say the same thing...
Try installing ReactOS just to see if installs. That should give a possilble indication of whether or not it's NT, or hardware. If nothing else it would be fun to try (Just make sure there's nothing on the drive you want, etc, etc).
[UPDATE] I downloaded thet ISO and extracted what I needed to extract, but I can't get the setup to start... why?
when u say extract do you mean u extracted the files from the image the burnt them onto CD or did u burn the ISO straight from the burning appplication (eg nero)?
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1. Got rid of the DDO and made an 8 GB partition on my HDD and formatted it.
2. I took out everything but the video card and one 128MB RAM chip.
3. I insert and boot from the Windows NT disc.
4. about 30 seconds later, the setup initialization fails with no memory dump, so I haven't a clue what the problem was.
5. I take out the RAM chip and I replace it with the other chip thinking it is a memory problem.
6. I start up with the disc again, and same problem occurs.
I gave up, and I tried the win2k disc and the same problem happens. I try the WinXP discs. I have 3 of them - error free. But, they all have the same problem - file ntfs.sys is corrupt even though they are not. Is this a clue in anything?
is it a dell, sony, hp, compaq, alienware, ibm, etc... or did you build it yourself?
BUT since its custom built you can rule out that option.
1. I did a BIOS upgrade twice.
2. My CD-ROM drive works perfectly.
-Q
-Q
1. What the hell is ReactOS?
2. Where can I get it?
-Q
[update] Here's what happened:
Searching for boot record on Floppy: Not Found
Searching for boot record on CD-ROM: Not Found
Please insert boot disk into Drive A:
Press enter to continue...
-Q
Hmm, that's strange. If it's the ISO that WinWorld is linking to, then it's a valid bootable image.
-Q
when u say extract do you mean u extracted the files from the image the burnt them onto CD or did u burn the ISO straight from the burning appplication (eg nero)?
My brother is looking into the cd boot problem...
I'm on Windows 2000!!!!!!
I found the problem: one of my processors had died. I removed it and installed windows 2000! Thank you everyone for all of your help.
(woot) (woot) (woot) (woot) (woot)
Well, glad you got it in the end.
-Q
do you have a dual processor system, or did the one processor die?
[update] I have successfully upgraded to Windows XP.
btw how much did your dual system cost, i want one.
i know.
how much did it cost TO BUILD it.