Need help with clean installation of OS

sindersoot

OMG, I'm so sorry, Won't say what I'm saying at this end. Honestly I can assure you I am never this dim usually!!!!

Can I ask one question before I commence. There are two accounts showing when I open up Windows, one with my name and another not in my name.

Could this be causing me some of the problems as it looks like some things are going to my account and others to the other account. Both passwords are the same although both accounts have different things within them.

Can I remove these accounts to enable me just to come on pc and do the things you are instructing in the same place. Hope that makes sense.

closed

Just concentrate on the instructions, you are about to wipe the thing (hopefully)

sindersoot

Should say, I hadn't burned the first disc correctly - didn't wait until it had completely finished - stupid me!

Here is report, couldn't get USB to take it, wrote it down and typed it up!

DISK 80 FOUND, MASTER DEVICE @ port 01F0
48-bit user secs: 153356490 (78GB)
48-bit max secs: 156301488 (80GB)
i13/48 user secs: 153356490 (78GB)
disk cyls/hds/secs: 9546/255/63

alert: boot code does not match dell mbr
alert: pbr descriptor 1 is type 07, not DE
good: pbr descriptor 2 is type 07
alert: pbr descriptor 3 is type 00, not DB
info: pbr descriptor 4 is type 00
!!fatal: pbr1 is not fat 16
!!fatal: pbr3 is not fat 32
alert: reference partition table not in sync
info: sector 1 ba-3 is not empty

Donnie

Was doing a bit of gardening...will take a look now.

sindersoot

Donnie wrote: »

Was doing a bit of gardening...will take a look now.

Thanks Donnie, it is appreciated.

Donnie

I had an Internet connection problem. Ok, can you run test again? This time without the USB drive attached. If the results are exactly the same, let me know; there will be no need to write them out again.
If they are different, write them out again.

If they were the same, run the test again, but this time enter; DSRFIX /PBR4 (The space is important).

Publish the results here. Boring I know. Won't be long now.

Check your Private Message box.

sindersoot

Donnie wrote: »

I had an Internet connection problem. Ok, can you run test again? This time without the USB drive attached. If the results are exactly the same, let me know; there will be no need to write them out again.
If they are different, write them out again.

If they were the same, run the test again, but this time enter; DSRFIX /PBR4 (The space is important).

Publish the results here. Boring I know. Won't be long now.

Check your Private Message box.

Okay, will do. Have sent you PM.

Donnie

If you only have the one machine, no. Just start the download before you go to bed, but after you have completed the tests.

sindersoot

RESULTS WERE THE SAME AS FIRST TIME.

THESE ARE RESULTS FOR DSRFIX /PBR4

alert: boot code does not match dell mbr
alert: pbr descriptor 1 is type 07, not DE
good: pbr descriptor 2 is type 07
info: pbr descriptor 3 is type 00
alert: pbr descriptor 4 is type 00, not DB
!!fatal: pbr1 is not fat 16
!!fatal: pbr4 is not fat 32
alert: reference partition table not in sync
info: sector 1 ba-3 is not empty

Donnie

Ok, let forget about the Recovery Partition We'll go ahead with the XP MCE 2005 installation.. Did you download and save the Drivers from the website and save them to CD? There were a lot of them. At a minimum, you need to have done so with the Network Drivers. You really need to do this or you might not have any Internet access once you have completed installation of XP MCE.
What method are you currently using to connect to the Internet?