Bob Harris
December 7th 03, 10:34 PM
XP is inded sensitive to hardware. When it installs, it
senses what you have and loads drivers and somehting
called a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) that is
appropriate for the hardware. Major replacements of
components will not work directly. However, it is
sometimes possible to "repair" the XP installation by
installing XP on top of itself. This is a special
installation that does not format the disk. For more
inforamtion see the following Microsoft article (Q315341):
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-
US;Q315341&
>-----Original Message-----
>XP fails to start with RAID controller
>
>SYSTEM
>Processor: Intel Pentium 4, 2.2 GHz
>Board: Intel D850EMV2
>Memory: 512 MB PC800 RDRAM
>Operating System: Windows XP Home (incl. all available
>updates)
>
>
>PROBLEM
>I recently purchased and installed a RAID controller
card.
>My intention is to create a mirrored set of my existing
>boot hard drive.
>
>On installing the RAID controller card in a free PCI slot
>(without any drives connected to it yet), Windows found
>the new hardware and the driver installation went through
>without a glitch. The RAID controller can now be found in
>the Hardware Device Manager - fully operational and
>without any conflicts.
>
>In theory (according to the RAID controller manual), I
>should now be able to disconnect my HDD from my onboard
>IDE controller and plug it into the RAID controller's
>primary port. This should allow my system to boot.
>
>However, Windows fails to start properly. XP gets stuck
on
>the black logo screen and then the system all of a sudden
>restarts. It then gets to the point where I can opt to
>start in Safe Mode, which is possible.
>
>
>ATTEMPTS MADE TO SOLVE PROBLEM
>I returned the RAID controller card to the dealer where
it
>was checked and found to be fully functional.
>
>I then changed the plug and play settings in my system's
>BIOS and disabled the onboard IDE controller. None made
>any difference whatsoever.
>
>
>My last resort now is this forum. What could be the
>problem, what else could I try (short of re-installing
>Windows and all application)?
>
>Someone suggested that the hardware change may have been
>too severe for XP so that XP no longer accepts the system
>as the one it was originally installed on. Is this
>possible?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jorg.
>.
>
senses what you have and loads drivers and somehting
called a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) that is
appropriate for the hardware. Major replacements of
components will not work directly. However, it is
sometimes possible to "repair" the XP installation by
installing XP on top of itself. This is a special
installation that does not format the disk. For more
inforamtion see the following Microsoft article (Q315341):
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-
US;Q315341&
>-----Original Message-----
>XP fails to start with RAID controller
>
>SYSTEM
>Processor: Intel Pentium 4, 2.2 GHz
>Board: Intel D850EMV2
>Memory: 512 MB PC800 RDRAM
>Operating System: Windows XP Home (incl. all available
>updates)
>
>
>PROBLEM
>I recently purchased and installed a RAID controller
card.
>My intention is to create a mirrored set of my existing
>boot hard drive.
>
>On installing the RAID controller card in a free PCI slot
>(without any drives connected to it yet), Windows found
>the new hardware and the driver installation went through
>without a glitch. The RAID controller can now be found in
>the Hardware Device Manager - fully operational and
>without any conflicts.
>
>In theory (according to the RAID controller manual), I
>should now be able to disconnect my HDD from my onboard
>IDE controller and plug it into the RAID controller's
>primary port. This should allow my system to boot.
>
>However, Windows fails to start properly. XP gets stuck
on
>the black logo screen and then the system all of a sudden
>restarts. It then gets to the point where I can opt to
>start in Safe Mode, which is possible.
>
>
>ATTEMPTS MADE TO SOLVE PROBLEM
>I returned the RAID controller card to the dealer where
it
>was checked and found to be fully functional.
>
>I then changed the plug and play settings in my system's
>BIOS and disabled the onboard IDE controller. None made
>any difference whatsoever.
>
>
>My last resort now is this forum. What could be the
>problem, what else could I try (short of re-installing
>Windows and all application)?
>
>Someone suggested that the hardware change may have been
>too severe for XP so that XP no longer accepts the system
>as the one it was originally installed on. Is this
>possible?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Jorg.
>.
>