07-12-2000, 01:13 AM
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Location: Irvine, CA, USA
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Hi, I just got a western digital hd from warranty, and I can't install an operating system, I tried to install both win2k and win 98 se, but both of their installation programs lock up. I put my hd ONLY into my roomates' computer, and was able to install windows 98se successfully (did not try to install win2k again). I put my hd back into my comp and it started, I installed a bunch of progs (w/o restarting in between, mind you...) and now my comp doesn't boot up windows at all, I can only boot into command prompt.... So NOW I am back at my roomates' comp, formatting and reinstalling win 98 se again. Any ideas on how I could find out what hardware/software problem I am having? :O Thanx
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07-12-2000, 02:39 AM
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Captain
 Join Date: May 2000
Location: L.A..... Costa Mesa... Whatever, Man!
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Maybe bad IDE on the motherboard? Or maybe your CD drive/connector is bad? Or maybe it's a hacked copy of Windows? Could be any or all of the above.
What kind of motherboard is in there? Is it a socket 7, by chance? Dave. |
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07-12-2000, 02:44 AM
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Lieutenant Junior Grade
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Oh yeah, here are my system specs:
Celeron II 533A, Clocked to 850 384 mb ram Western Digital 27.3 gb HP Cd Writer 9100i Generic 48x CDROM Monster Sound mx300 VooDoo 3 2000 Linksis 10/100 lan card and now I have win98 installed, it can boot in my roomates' comp, but not in mine. I get a windows protection error and it says I have to restart.... |
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07-12-2000, 02:45 AM
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Real copy of windows, socket 370 mobo...
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07-12-2000, 02:46 AM
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Don't overclock when installing an OS.
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07-12-2000, 02:58 AM
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Lieutenant Junior Grade
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Location: Irvine, CA, USA
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Thanx for replying dave, any idea on what I could do?
 UPDATE: Whenever I try to start windows in safe mode, it gives me a different error pretty much every time.. (Normal mode just plain freezes) Like: Restarting unexpectedly Having the windows load screen stay forever (bottom bar always moving) Error initializing device VCACHE Invalid VxD dynamic link call to device number 3, Service B Insufficient memory to initialize Windoes |
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07-12-2000, 03:17 AM
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Leon: So should I install again w/o overclock?
I am very lost and have restarted about 50 times by now  New Errors: While initializing device CONFIGMG Update: My drive starts every time in my friends' comp... HIS drive does not start in my comp.... Also, used my ide cable in his comp, still boots fine... So can I be pretty sure that it is my mobo, or could it possibly be another device? |
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07-12-2000, 11:33 AM
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I agree w/ chosenfool... definitely dropp the processor back down to it's intended speed. Alos, if your still getting errors after "de-overclocking", pull all the cards out of your system except the video card. It just may be a conflict between two of the cards.
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07-15-2000, 05:20 PM
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Lieutenant Junior Grade
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Thanx all, my comp is ok now, except I have a new, more annoying problem...
Check the base thread for more info pls... |
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