XP Install failures...

[Guest]

I have been actively upgrading systems from 98, 2000, and XPH to XPP to get a client up on Server 2003 and AD. The problem(s) that I am running into are with machines that were running XPH with NTFS. These systems (toshiba, hp, compaq) when upgraded are dying at an alarming rate - drives just seem to go poof with a variety of stop messages (0x0000008E or and old fave - c000021a) laptops have been the biggest problem, but it is beggining to happen on some solid desktops as well.

all the the systems I cannot now format with a bootable install disk from 2000, XPPSP1-1A VLA, Server2003, Sever2000, XPH, etc, were running just fine on 2000, and XPH prior to bringing them onto a VLA with a partition deletion and creation. The format fails or takes 3-8 hours to run on everything from 10gb to 80gb drives from a variety of manufacturers.

I have tried pulling memory to base 128 or 256 (toshiba will not like me pulling the soldered on stuff) to see if I had memory problems - to no avail.

Does Microsoft have a current problem with NTFS formatting (Quick, Long, or from the command line) that anyone knows of?

I have a pile of systems beside me that is growing, and unless we can figure this out there will be no more XP installs.

Thanks for any information anyone can provide.

 

[Malke]

I have been actively upgrading systems from 98, 2000, and XPH to XPP
to get a client up on Server 2003 and AD. The problem(s) that I am
running into are with machines that were running XPH with NTFS. These
systems (toshiba, hp, compaq) when upgraded are dying at an alarming
rate - drives just seem to go poof with a variety of stop messages
(0x0000008E or and old fave - c000021a) laptops have been the biggest
problem, but it is beggining to happen on some solid desktops as well.

all the the systems I cannot now format with a bootable install disk
from 2000, XPPSP1-1A VLA, Server2003, Sever2000, XPH, etc, were
running just fine on 2000, and XPH prior to bringing them onto a VLA
with a partition deletion and creation. The format fails or takes 3-8
hours to run on everything from 10gb to 80gb drives from a variety of
manufacturers.

I have tried pulling memory to base 128 or 256 (toshiba will not like
me pulling the soldered on stuff) to see if I had memory problems - to
no avail.

Does Microsoft have a current problem with NTFS formatting (Quick,
Long, or from the command line) that anyone knows of?

I have a pile of systems beside me that is growing, and unless we can
figure this out there will be no more XP installs.

Thanks for any information anyone can provide.

As said by others in response to your first post, the problems you are
experiencing have nothing to do with Windows XP or any file system.
Rather, I'd look at what other common factors exist in your setup.
Shoddy electrical wiring, possibly? Dirty environment? A lot of older
machines with hard drives older than 5 years? Users that pull the plug
rather than shut down properly? Machines that are subject to
environmental shaking as in a factory? I'm sorry and I understand your
frustration, but even if XP wasn't the best operating system for your
needs (and I have no idea if that is true), just changing an operating
system wouldn't destroy a hard drive. Maybe calling in a local computer
repair person might be a good idea. Sometimes someone on-site will
immediately understand what's going wrong where people reading Usenet
postings won't. But certainly repost if you think it will help.

Sympathetically,

Malke