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I have a users computer that doesn't seem to want to boot into Windows XP Pro
SP2 on it's own. I am able to boot it into safe mode and looked in the event
viewer and saw that the problem appears to be an atapi 9 event id. Another
thing I noticed is the CD drive appears to be spinning while trying to boot
into XP under normal conditions.
I have seen many articles on this, but they vary so much, and in trying to
follow the threads to a final conclusion I never get to a "Thanks that
worked".
Possible solutions appear to be anything from a microsoft patch, registry
setting changes, replacing the hard drive, and finally it could be the SCSI
bus controller on the motherboard (which would mean replacing the computer!)
This is a P 3 machine with 512 mb of RAM. It appears to be a custom built
machine as it's got a generic case (I don't have any history on this
particular machine).
Does anybody know of a way to run some diagnostic(s) that may be able to
determine whether it's a motherboard vs. harddrive problem on a "Generic" PC?
SP2 on it's own. I am able to boot it into safe mode and looked in the event
viewer and saw that the problem appears to be an atapi 9 event id. Another
thing I noticed is the CD drive appears to be spinning while trying to boot
into XP under normal conditions.
I have seen many articles on this, but they vary so much, and in trying to
follow the threads to a final conclusion I never get to a "Thanks that
worked".
Possible solutions appear to be anything from a microsoft patch, registry
setting changes, replacing the hard drive, and finally it could be the SCSI
bus controller on the motherboard (which would mean replacing the computer!)
This is a P 3 machine with 512 mb of RAM. It appears to be a custom built
machine as it's got a generic case (I don't have any history on this
particular machine).
Does anybody know of a way to run some diagnostic(s) that may be able to
determine whether it's a motherboard vs. harddrive problem on a "Generic" PC?