barkandhowl&(E-Mail Removed) schreef:
> I'm sick of Windows. I want to dump my hard drive and start over. The hard
> drive works, it has Windows XP Pro on it. I wanted just to reformat and
> start over. I backed up the drive (just My Documents) on another hard drive
> and stuck My window CD in and rebooted. I went to the Bios and changed the
> first boot device to CD and booted again. The computer booted and I started
> a new install on C:. I went through all the warnings and verified that I
> wanted to format the drive as NTSC (quick). It started and I went to get a
> glass of water. When I came back, I had a blue screen. It said:
>
>
> A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage
> to your computer.
>
> MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION
>
> If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your
> computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps:
>
> Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. If
> this is a new instllation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for
> any windows updates you might need.
>
> If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or
> software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you
> need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart your
> computer, press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select Safe
> Mode.
>
> Technical information:
>
> ***STOP: 0x0000009c (0x00000004, 0x808855f0, 0xB2000000, 0x00070F0F)
>
>
> with that when I bought the drive
>
>
> My guess is that it didn't finish the format and that when I reboot, there's
> going to be that little bit at the edge of the hard drive that Windows can't
> read or remove. I will have to pull some utility like KILLDISK out and spend
> half a day wiping it, then going through God knows what just to get the
> Windows CD to work. God knows I don't want to use the software that came
> with the drive to diagnose or wipe or install Windows. I've had disasterous
> results with that when I bought the drive. My question is, why? What causes
> this? How can I avoid this error in the future? And how can Microsoft avoid
> puting me in this situation in the future?
Hi,
I understand your frustration, but I don't think it has got anything to
do with Windows or Microsoft. Chances are that you have an faulty
piece of hardware. Perhaps you should read this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329284/en-us
I advise you to repeat the installation procedure and monitor the whole
proces. Perhaps the point where it goes wrong, that is where the BSOD
appears, will give you an indication of the source of the problem. You
could also try not to quick format the drive, but remove the partition
and create a new one. I don't know the exact English commands, because I
am dutch and so is my copy of Windows XP.
Best regards,
Bjor
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