Blue Screen Trying to reinstall windows

[leeboy1411]

Hi guys

I posted this in the XP forums but I've had no luck there so I thought someone in here may know.

Im trying to Re-format my computer and install XP Pro SP3 on it, When I boot from the disc the drivers and system components load correctly however when I select the partition I want to delete I get a blue screen 'STOP' message. Before the Partition selection menu my monitor quickly goes off and adjusts itself so I thought it may be a Video adaptor issue however I've tried both PCI and AGP/Onboard with various memory settings but still no avail, I have also updated the bios as instructed in the blue screen.

Any Ideas


Liam

 

[Boon72]

whats the stop code? 0x0000007e etc

 

[leeboy1411]

yeah its a group of the following codes

STOP: 0x0000008E (0x0C0000006,0X809054A5, 0XF72346EC, Ox00000000)

there's no mention of any failed devices or drivers just the above codes


Liam

 

[Dasnipa]

Sounds to me like a partition error, grab a copy of Hiren's boot CD from the net and run some diagnostics on the partition.

Are you upgrading or doing a fresh install, If your doing a fresh install, fdisk the partition and format this way.

 

[Boon72]

whats the spec of the pc?
are you overclocking anything?
how many sticks of ram to you have?

 

[leeboy1411]

PC Spec is

2003 HP Compaq Presario
80GB HDD (IDE)
768 MB RAM (one 256 and one 512)
Pentium 4 Processor

I've looked at the RAM and everything appears to be in order

 

[Boon72]

try with 1 stick in slot 0

 

[ollie2001]

A quick google brings up MS's site with this:

"STOP 0x0000008e" error message during Windows XP setup

So sounds RAM related I'm afraid, might be worth getting a copy of this: Ultimate Boot CD - Overview and running the memtest86 program on it, should flag on RAM issues.

Good luck!

 

[chris_f]

ideally you should not mix the RAM sizes, and 768 is a bit low, try buying a 1gb stick and putting that in the first slot, its very cheap now online.

 

[FireKracker]

Could be a memory issue try either stick but if that fails...

If you're in the process of reinstalling, either:
- use the utilities that your hard drive manufacturer has provided to run diagnostics on the drive
- use Hiren's BootDisk as somebody has mentioned to run diagnostics
- if all else fails, perform a low level format of the drive.

Hope that helps!

 

[leeboy1411]

Hi guys thanks for the responses

I've been running a few tests from the Ultimate boot CD and so far its found nothing memory wise.


Liam

 

[Dasnipa]

Have you run Partition Magic from Hiren's to confirm that the drive is sound.

Do you have a spare HD to try in it?

 

[leeboy1411]

yes I've ran that and the Hard Drive manufacturers own diagnostic software and both have found nothing wrong with the drive, the current operating system works fine but has a few issues hence the re-format, Im probably going to reformat the HD using one of the partiton software on the ultimate boot cd disc and then try and reinstall windows from the disk instead of re-formatting the drive using the XP CD



Liam

 

[Lampshader]

have you tried formating the drive first before you try to install