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I need some serious help. My Win XP Home Upgrade CD may be corrupt
Hello. I have performed and succefully installed Windows XP Home Edition many
times over the years with the 2002 version. However the last two installs while it was still installing the monitor screen went all crazy and one of my brothers friends said its was something related to buffer overflow or something along those lines. Also after each of the last two times, Windows just will not read any CD's/DVD's that are in perfect condition EVEN THOUGH it reads in DOS and let me install windows from this same DVD Burner. That has also never happened before. And, I have a regular CD-ROM Drive connected through the same IDE Channel and it works like a charm. So I'm rather confused as to why now it refuses to work. What options are there and can Microsoft possibly send me a replacement disc with all the latest updates as well? I would like help as soon as possible. Everything else works great. Even after running the Hardware INF Updater on my motherboards Software CD didnt solve the problem. The 2002 was moderately scratched. However, they were only surface scratches which today I was able to completely remove through the use of a local store's professional buffing machine. Even That didn't help. So I am at a loss now. And, I think the only way I will be able to install windows no problems is if I can somehow recieve a replacement disc that isnt corrupted and is hopefully updated. (It can be streamlined) which I was actually trying to set up on making a Streamlined Install CD before this happened, but my main IDE Hard Drive had stopped working, so I had to install Windows on my SATA Drive. Then I had to install again on the FRESH OLD IDE Hard Drive because my motherboard JUST WOULD NOT boot Windows from the SATA Drive while an IDE Drive was connected. And those installs had run perfectly fine no corrupted grafics or no reading/ light on/off blinking of my DVD Burner problems. I have listed all the steps I have done, and hope somone can provide some help. Because really, I am at a loss. And the CD is Retail Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade Edition Version 2002. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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I need some serious help. My Win XP Home Upgrade CD may be corrupt
Have a look here..
How to replace lost, broken, or missing Microsoft software or hardware http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246 "Master Jedi" wrote in message ... Hello. I have performed and succefully installed Windows XP Home Edition many times over the years with the 2002 version. However the last two installs while it was still installing the monitor screen went all crazy and one of my brothers friends said its was something related to buffer overflow or something along those lines. Also after each of the last two times, Windows just will not read any CD's/DVD's that are in perfect condition EVEN THOUGH it reads in DOS and let me install windows from this same DVD Burner. That has also never happened before. And, I have a regular CD-ROM Drive connected through the same IDE Channel and it works like a charm. So I'm rather confused as to why now it refuses to work. What options are there and can Microsoft possibly send me a replacement disc with all the latest updates as well? I would like help as soon as possible. Everything else works great. Even after running the Hardware INF Updater on my motherboards Software CD didnt solve the problem. The 2002 was moderately scratched. However, they were only surface scratches which today I was able to completely remove through the use of a local store's professional buffing machine. Even That didn't help. So I am at a loss now. And, I think the only way I will be able to install windows no problems is if I can somehow recieve a replacement disc that isnt corrupted and is hopefully updated. (It can be streamlined) which I was actually trying to set up on making a Streamlined Install CD before this happened, but my main IDE Hard Drive had stopped working, so I had to install Windows on my SATA Drive. Then I had to install again on the FRESH OLD IDE Hard Drive because my motherboard JUST WOULD NOT boot Windows from the SATA Drive while an IDE Drive was connected. And those installs had run perfectly fine no corrupted grafics or no reading/ light on/off blinking of my DVD Burner problems. I have listed all the steps I have done, and hope somone can provide some help. Because really, I am at a loss. And the CD is Retail Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade Edition Version 2002. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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I need some serious help. My Win XP Home Upgrade CD may be corrupt
OEMs still ship pcs with xp 2002 edition +SP2 installed,if youre xp cd is
caput then contact microsoft for a replacement.However,if youre pc hardware isnt running & needs replacement,a xp cd wont help.Why wont the board boot to a SATA hd with xp installed,sure the board is set up right.PCs ship with the SATA controller disabled,+ once enabled,adding a IDE hd,reverts the board to its default setting (set to boot to new IDE hd,moving SATA down the list on priority boot device)..... "Master Jedi" wrote: Hello. I have performed and succefully installed Windows XP Home Edition many times over the years with the 2002 version. However the last two installs while it was still installing the monitor screen went all crazy and one of my brothers friends said its was something related to buffer overflow or something along those lines. Also after each of the last two times, Windows just will not read any CD's/DVD's that are in perfect condition EVEN THOUGH it reads in DOS and let me install windows from this same DVD Burner. That has also never happened before. And, I have a regular CD-ROM Drive connected through the same IDE Channel and it works like a charm. So I'm rather confused as to why now it refuses to work. What options are there and can Microsoft possibly send me a replacement disc with all the latest updates as well? I would like help as soon as possible. Everything else works great. Even after running the Hardware INF Updater on my motherboards Software CD didnt solve the problem. The 2002 was moderately scratched. However, they were only surface scratches which today I was able to completely remove through the use of a local store's professional buffing machine. Even That didn't help. So I am at a loss now. And, I think the only way I will be able to install windows no problems is if I can somehow recieve a replacement disc that isnt corrupted and is hopefully updated. (It can be streamlined) which I was actually trying to set up on making a Streamlined Install CD before this happened, but my main IDE Hard Drive had stopped working, so I had to install Windows on my SATA Drive. Then I had to install again on the FRESH OLD IDE Hard Drive because my motherboard JUST WOULD NOT boot Windows from the SATA Drive while an IDE Drive was connected. And those installs had run perfectly fine no corrupted grafics or no reading/ light on/off blinking of my DVD Burner problems. I have listed all the steps I have done, and hope somone can provide some help. Because really, I am at a loss. And the CD is Retail Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade Edition Version 2002. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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I need some serious help. My Win XP Home Upgrade CD may be corrupt
"Master Jedi" wrote in message
... Hello. I have performed and succefully installed Windows XP Home Edition many times over the years with the 2002 version. However the last two installs while it was still installing the monitor screen went all crazy and one of my brothers friends said its was something related to buffer overflow or something along those lines. Consider that the video hardware or memory faults may also be contributing to this. Also after each of the last two times, Windows just will not read any CD's/DVD's that are in perfect condition The drive may be failing. EVEN THOUGH it reads in DOS and let me install windows from this same DVD Burner. That has also never happened before. And, I have a regular CD-ROM Drive connected through the same IDE Channel and it works like a charm. Is the setup CD readable in any other drive? If so, consider replacing the drive; they are not expensive, and they do fail. So I'm rather confused as to why now it refuses to work. What options are there and can Microsoft possibly send me a replacement disc with all the latest updates as well? Probably not. MS generally sends an SP2 disk, *if* they send you a replacement. You still will need updates, and last time I checked, there were about 80. You can, however, get replacements if are the original purchaser, if you have a retail license AND if you (still) have proof of purchase - and it'll cost you. From a post by Bruce Chambers: "How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-us;326246 " If it isn't a retail CD, you won't get a replacement from MS. I would like help as soon as possible. Everything else works great. Even after running the Hardware INF Updater on my motherboards Software CD didnt solve the problem. The 2002 was moderately scratched. However, they were only surface scratches which today I was able to completely remove through the use of a local store's professional buffing machine. Even That didn't help. So I am at a loss now. And, I think the only way I will be able to install windows no problems is if I can somehow recieve a replacement disc that isnt corrupted CDs don't generally corrupt, as the data cannot be changed. The disc can, however, become damaged. There is a difference, and not just in the words used. and is hopefully updated. (It can be streamlined) Slipstreamed, you mean. Take your CD to another system with plenty of drive space and known-good CD drives, and CD copying software (for example, Nero). Use this CD software to make an exact copy of yours. Use the lowest speed. If you can, create an ISO or NRG or whatever disk image on the hard disk, then burn that image at low speed to a new CD. Watch carefully for error messages; these will appear during the initial copy. To test it, after burning, shut the system down and reboot from the CD. When it comes to the point where you get into Setup, cancel. The disk is working. Use this copy and the full download SP2 file, and Autostreamer, to create the slipstreamed CD. SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en Autostreamer: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562 which I was actually trying to set up on making a Streamlined Install CD before this happened, but my main IDE Hard Drive had stopped working, so I had to install Windows on my SATA Drive. Then I had to install again on the FRESH OLD IDE Hard Drive because my motherboard JUST WOULD NOT boot Windows from the SATA Drive while an IDE Drive was connected. You need to check the motherboard manual, as some boards require special settings to boot from (or even recognise) SATA in this circumstance. It's no big deal, as long as you know what and where the settings *are*. And those installs had run perfectly fine no corrupted grafics or no reading/ light on/off blinking of my DVD Burner problems. I have listed all the steps I have done, and hope somone can provide some help. Because really, I am at a loss. And the CD is Retail Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade Edition Version 2002. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Try making a copy of the CD. As long as it's properly readable and copyable, the contents are the same as they always were. If anything, the disk is physically damaged, not corrupted. Alternately, there's another approach. If you have a genuine retail XP install CD - these are all the same. You can use any copy, as long as it's the same type - in your case, a retail upgrade XP Home CD. If it's a new SP2 disk, that should work too. What's important here is that the install key match the CD type. HTH -pk |
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