Can't recover from Dell CD
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From: wm_walsh on 21 Apr 2008 11:56 Hi! > Just to try it, I tried booting from a Norton > Ghost 12 CD. It booted into the program just > fine. It also booted and ran the DBAN program > CD fine. That sounds like the hardware is generally working then. > I tried an old Win 98 CD and it didn't boot > it at all. Windows 98 CDs are generally not bootable. At this point, you might see if you can get a SATA driver--perhaps the system does in fact need one in order to work right. Windows XP setup *should* just give up if it can't find any disks (and a message to that effect should be reported). You might also check system setup for a few options: 1. Processor speed--if there's a choice (my Dim8300 has one), try setting it to "compatible" or "slow". If the problem is one of timing, this might fix it. 2. SATA mode--some onboard SATA implementations (and controller cards) can act as "RAID" controllers. With one disk there is no point in turning this on. Try changing it to work as a regular disk controller. This will almost most likely remove the requirement for special SATA drivers. Finally, are there any expansion cards or additional RAM installed beyond what the system came with from the factory? Try simplifying the configuration to see what happens. William
From: Dave Smith on 21 Apr 2008 20:50 On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:56:19 -0700 (PDT), wm_walsh(a)hotmail.com wrote: >Hi! > >> Just to try it, I tried booting from a Norton >> Ghost 12 CD. It booted into the program just >> fine. It also booted and ran the DBAN program >> CD fine. > >That sounds like the hardware is generally working then. > >> I tried an old Win 98 CD and it didn't boot >> it at all. > >Windows 98 CDs are generally not bootable. > >At this point, you might see if you can get a SATA driver--perhaps the >system does in fact need one in order to work right. Windows XP setup >*should* just give up if it can't find any disks (and a message to >that effect should be reported). > >You might also check system setup for a few options: > >1. Processor speed--if there's a choice (my Dim8300 has one), try >setting it to "compatible" or "slow". If the problem is one of timing, >this might fix it. > >2. SATA mode--some onboard SATA implementations (and controller cards) >can act as "RAID" controllers. With one disk there is no point in >turning this on. Try changing it to work as a regular disk controller. >This will almost most likely remove the requirement for special SATA >drivers. > >Finally, are there any expansion cards or additional RAM installed >beyond what the system came with from the factory? Try simplifying the >configuration to see what happens. > >William Thanks very much. I tried all of those things and no help. I did get the driver that Bill recommended and if I can get a diskette drive installed on this machine I'll try it. The machine is stock from the factory and I have tried removing the RAM sticks one at a time and also inserting them in different slots. Again, I did connect an IDE hard drive to the machine (jumpers properly configured) and got the SAME blue screen message. I don't know if that makes any sense or gives any info, but I thought I'd try it. BTW, the BS message gives no error text about drivers or anything else. Just the: Stop 0x0000007E PCI.SYS - Address F853E0BF Base at F8537000 I also checked the diagnostic lights and read the docs about them. Thanks Pen. When I turn the machine on, the lights blink for a short while and then go off and stay off. The power light on the front is on and the MB light is on.
From: Christopher Muto on 23 Apr 2008 12:17 i haven't seen that. but if that is what you have experianced then this suggets that the op is simply using the wrong cd. and if the home has more than one dell he could have easily be using the wrong one... and that the solution is simply to press f6 durring set up to supply the sata drivers that can be dowloaded from the dell web site. "Tom Scales" <tjscales(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:A48DF26C81C24D529AE5928811CE8C20(a)M2010... > Not true. On my Dimension 9200, the newer disks works fine. The older > disk BSOD's. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Christopher Muto [mailto:muto(a)worldnet.att.net] >> Posted At: Monday, April 21, 2008 6:09 AM >> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell >> Conversation: Can't recover from Dell CD >> Subject: Re: Can't recover from Dell CD >> >> and it wouldn't end with bsod, it would end with no drives found... >> but there may well be something else wrong with the windows cd being >> used. >> i think the op has to boot with the dell diagnostics cd and run them >> continuiously until it reports and error. >> >> "Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_not(a)charter.net> wrote in message >> news:lv9o04dgn1o0mbrrnefe3a9kkmon6emqrb(a)4ax.com... >> > Not necessarily. The latest Windows XP with Service Pack 2C finally >> > integrates >> > SATA drivers. Oh, say can 2-C? ... Ben Myers >> > >> > On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:16:04 -0400, "Timothy Drouillard" >> > <timdrouillard(a)comcast.net> wrote: >> > >> >>If you are using a non-Dell Xp Pro CD, then you will definitely > need >> to >> >>download the drivers for the SATA drives, and install them using F6 >> during >> >>the initial installation . >> >> >> >> >> >>"Dave Smith" <Sallydog(a)cox.net> wrote in message >> >>news:ag0o041hrag0ea1oknnvs9aetu1qf9se3t(a)4ax.com... >> >>> >> >>> Just to try it, I tried booting from a Norton Ghost 12 CD. It >> booted >> >>> into the program just fine. It also booted and ran the DBAN >> program >> >>> CD fine. I tried an old Win 98 CD and it didn't boot it at all. >> Lack >> >>> of SATA support? I tried my non-Dell XP Pro CD again and got to >> the >> >>> "Welcome to Setup" screen and it locked up. >> >>> >> >>> Just a little more info for those who are following this. >> >>> >> >>> Thanks to all. >> >>> >> >>> Dave > >
From: Dave Smith on 23 Apr 2008 19:47 On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:17:54 -0400, "Christopher Muto" <muto(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote: >i haven't seen that. but if that is what you have experianced then this >suggets that the op is simply using the wrong cd. and if the home has more >than one dell he could have easily be using the wrong one... and that the >solution is simply to press f6 durring set up to supply the sata drivers >that can be dowloaded from the dell web site. > Thanks Christopher. I'll ask the owner of the machine to double check that he gave me the right disk. I'll also get the drivers and see what I can do with them. Thanks again. Dave
From: Colin Wilson on 24 Apr 2008 18:19
> >i haven't seen that. but if that is what you have experianced then this > >suggets that the op is simply using the wrong cd. > Thanks Christopher. I'll ask the owner of the machine to double check > that he gave me the right disk. I'll also get the drivers and see > what I can do with them. I have a Toshiba laptop, and neither my Dell XP CD or the normal install disc I use (XP Corp SP2) would work - kept keeling over early in the setup. Bearing in mind these discs work on every other piece of hardware i've thrown them at, I was at a loss too - my mate happened to have a copy that worked on it, not sure what the difference was between them though. There's definitely no SATA config on the laptop, it's an issue with the XP discs themselves. |