Can't get passed NTFS format during delivery.

[Joseph A. Crisafulli]

System: ATX MB ASUS A7V8X-X, AMD CPU 2500 (1.83Ghz)
512 mb memory, ATI rage pro video card, Western Digital
120GB hard drive, Cendyne 52x24x52 CDRW drive, 400WATT
PS.

Preparation: With WIN 98SE drive partitioned and
formated to include FDISK for MBR.

CD installed; FAT32 partition deleted, NTFS installed.

Upon reset, system is shut down. Directions to disable
antivirus, defrag or debug are useless. No safe mode
avaialble; disk is cleaned.

Technical info displayed:

STOP: 0x00000024 (0x001902FA, 0xF89B4650, 0xF89B4350,
0xF8170A54)

ntfs.sys address F8170A54 base at F8140000 datestamp
3d6de5c1.

Scandisk and chkdsk do not show any problems.

product key: B9RGJ RM7RJ T4T82 9BFM6 X4T9B

 

[Malke]

System: ATX MB ASUS A7V8X-X, AMD CPU 2500 (1.83Ghz)
512 mb memory, ATI rage pro video card, Western Digital
120GB hard drive, Cendyne 52x24x52 CDRW drive, 400WATT
PS.

Preparation: With WIN 98SE drive partitioned and
formated to include FDISK for MBR.

CD installed; FAT32 partition deleted, NTFS installed.

Upon reset, system is shut down. Directions to disable
antivirus, defrag or debug are useless. No safe mode
avaialble; disk is cleaned.

Technical info displayed:

STOP: 0x00000024 (0x001902FA, 0xF89B4650, 0xF89B4350,
0xF8170A54)

ntfs.sys address F8170A54 base at F8140000 datestamp
3d6de5c1.

Scandisk and chkdsk do not show any problems.

product key: B9RGJ RM7RJ T4T82 9BFM6 X4T9B

Are you saying that you can't format a drive in order to install XP?
Your post isn't exactly clear. Usually failure to install an operating
system is because of bad hardware. Hardware can be faulty even if it is
new. RAM that was acceptable for Windows 98 might really be marginal
and XP won't run on it. Scandisk and Chkdsk aren't the best diagnostic
programs for hardware, either.

Be sure all peripherals (printers, scanners, cameras) are disconnected
and any BIOS-level antivirus is disabled. If you are already doing a
clean install and the installation is failing, you probably have bad
hardware. Start with a RAM test - I like Memtest86 from
www.memtest86.com - and let the test run for an extended time, like
overnight (unless you get errors immediately). If the RAM is good, then
run a hard drive diagnostic utility, which you can get from the drive
mftr.'s website. You will make a bootable floppy. Run the full test.

Malke