Trying to re-install Windows XP...

System

Double check that all the connections to the new HDD are Okay and if there were any jumpers to configure make sure they have been done.

Was the new HDD exactly the same make / model as the old HDD and did you simply swap them ?

If the new HDD is different to the old one, did the BIOS on your computer automatically register the correct settings for the new HDD ?

londonman81

aliEnRIK wrote: »

How did you come to the conclusion a new hardrive was required?

Ill reask - have you run a FULL FORMAT before installing? (if not id advise that before trying anything else)

I'm not sure how to do a FULL FORMAT when the computer isn't working in the first place...


I got a new HDD because the old one couldn't be backed up anywhere else as it was already close to full.

londonman81

BAA1 wrote: »

Double check that all the connections to the new HDD are Okay and if there were any jumpers to configure make sure they have been done.

Was the new HDD exactly the same make / model as the old HDD and did you simply swap them ?

If the new HDD is different to the old one, did the BIOS on your computer automatically register the correct settings for the new HDD ?

The new HDD is a different one to the original but it seems to display fine in BIOS (name etc).

aliEnRIK

londonman81 wrote: »

I'm not sure how to do a FULL FORMAT when the computer isn't working in the first place...


I got a new HDD because the old one couldn't be backed up anywhere else as it was already close to full.

ahhh

Its not working at all? Does sound like the jumpers need setting then

(If you can describe exactly what youve done and at what point it fails to work then there should be no more mix ups)

londonman81

aliEnRIK wrote: »

ahhh

Its not working at all? Does sound like the jumpers need setting then

(If you can describe exactly what youve done and at what point it fails to work then there should be no more mix ups)

Thanks - basically it's a long story...


Last week my PC crashed so I physically re-started (by pressing power button).

Then it failed to boot-up. It stopped just before the Windows splash screen (after Dell screen).

I took out the old HDD as I needed some data form it urgently and put it inside a caddy to hook up to another PC which worked fine.

Now I'm trying to get the original PC working again. It was suggested I should re-install Windows XP. To do this I needed a new HDD (as old one was close to full and nowhere else to back-up all of it).

This morning I took delivery of a new HDD and CD/DVD drive (as original one had packed up ages ago and needed replacing too). I installed both and then tried to run the re-install using the Dell Windows XP CD, but it gave this error:

STOP: C0000221 unknown hard error \SystemRoot\System32\ntdll.dll

I then took out the new CD/DVD drive and re-installed old one and tried the re-install again but it gave the same error.

I then re-booted and tried the re-install once more - this time it got further (no error as above) and even formatted the new HDD - this took around 3 hours as it's a 1TB HDD. I was hopeful at this stage but then at one point the set-up needs to reboot and then it gave another error (different one).

Now I'm back to square 1 - when I try to re-install again it gives the above error....

aliEnRIK

Im afraid it sounds like this is one of those problems which is going to require trial and error (Or cut your losses and get a new computer)

First thing id try is disconnect your dvd drive (Sounds crazy, but theres a good chance its not hardrive related)

aliEnRIK

This link might give you some ideas to work on (The UDMA bit looks intriguing) -

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1030972927

londonman81

aliEnRIK wrote: »

This link might give you some ideas to work on (The UDMA bit looks intriguing) -

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1030972927

I'm trying to install Windows using SP2.

Any ideas how I change to UDMA5.....?

londonman81

Next installment....

When I re-power the PC it goes to the point of the Windows XP set-up where it gave error last time.

I've taken a pic of the error screen but not sure how to get it attached to this post.

It essentially says:

"data error (cyclic redundancy check)"

Longer error code in another part of it but too long to type out...

Any clues?

spakkker

When I googled error code the linked page seemed promising though far from conclusive. A dirty/damaged install disk seemed v. likely.