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9 Replies Last post: Aug 6, 2007 7:48 PM by rgreen4

phillyrider807

4 posts since
Aug 5, 2007

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Aug 5, 2007 7:34 PM

Used windows xp recovery discs. Eveything is messed up.

Ok so about 2 weeks ago my harddrive crapped out and something got corrupted. I had to bu a new hard drive. I bought a new one yesterday. A 40gb ide hdd. The one thatwas corrupted was a sata.

Anyway i installed the hdd and popped in the recovery discs and proceeded to install windows xp(I have the real discs. Not burned ones) After installing all 8 of them(Which took like 2 hours) The computer restarted and windows booted up. It got to the desktop and then a blue screen appears and asked me to put in the supplementy disc or whatever it's called. I did. On the blue screen it said it don't turn off pc,the computer will restart several times,blah blah.

So the computer did restart once. But instead of windows booting up it just gave me a black screen. I let the black screen stay there for about 15 mins before manually restating the computer(Holding the power button)

Computer restarted and same thing happened. Black screen.

So i restart it again this time without the disc. Windows does boot up and i get back to the desktop.However the blue screen comes back. There is a "process logger" window on the top saying time remaning 14:14:53.

What is this timer for?? Do i have to leave my computer on for 14 hours? It takes that lomg to reinstall windows??? Also what about the supplementry disc. Should i put it back in??

On and to top everything off. The sound on my computer no longer works. It's not the speakers but the actual sound card i guess. It says no hardware is installed. Removed by Moderator

Anyway can someone help me out?

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smax013

4,007 posts since
Jan 28, 2007

1. Aug 5, 2007 8:17 PM

in response to: phillyrider807

Re: Used windows xp recovery discs. Eveything is messed up.

phillyrider807 wrote:Ok so about 2 weeks ago my harddrive crapped out and something got corrupted. I had to bu a new hard drive. I bought a new one yesterday. A 40gb ide hdd. The one thatwas corrupted was a sata.

Anyway i installed the hdd and popped in the recovery discs and proceeded to install windows xp(I have the real discs. Not burned ones) After installing all 8 of them(Which took like 2 hours) The computer restarted and windows booted up. It got to the desktop and then a blue screen appears and asked me to put in the supplementy disc or whatever it's called. I did. On the blue screen it said it don't turn off pc,the computer will restart several times,blah blah.

So the computer did restart once. But instead of windows booting up it just gave me a black screen. I let the black screen stay there for about 15 mins before manually restating the computer(Holding the power button)

Computer restarted and same thing happened. Black screen.

So i restart it again this time without the disc. Windows does boot up and i get back to the desktop.However the blue screen comes back. There is a "process logger" window on the top saying time remaning 14:14:53.

What is this timer for?? Do i have to leave my computer on for 14 hours? It takes that lomg to reinstall windows??? Also what about the supplementry disc. Should i put it back in??

On and to top everything off. The sound on my computer no longer works. It's not the speakers but the actual sound card i guess. It says no hardware is installed. WTF??

Anyway can someone help me out?

Um...8 discs? My XP installers are both only 1 disc. What are you "counting" in those 8 discs? Are you including driver and application install discs?

If you are doing a full re-install from "pure" XP install disks, then you will need all your XP drivers ready to go as well. XP may not have specific drivers for all your equipment, so if the computer manufacturer gave you install discs rather than restore disks, then the should have also supplied all the needed drivers for the equipment that originally came with your computer and you should have the driver discs for any equipment that you bought since then.

[soapbox] Backup good...no backup bad!! [/soap box]

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phillyrider807

4 posts since
Aug 5, 2007

2. Aug 5, 2007 8:33 PM

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Damn my bad. They are"restore" disks.

There numbered disc 1 thrugh disc 8. And then i have a 9th disk"Supplemental Recovery disc"

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smax013

4,007 posts since
Jan 28, 2007

3. Aug 5, 2007 8:39 PM

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phillyrider807 wrote:Damn my bad. They are"restore" disks.

There numbered disc 1 thrugh disc 8. And then i have a 9th disk"Supplemental Recovery disc"

OK, that makes more sense.

Doesn't help with your problem.

The only "grasping at straws" thought that I have is the IDE vs SATA drive. It is possible that somehow the restore discs assume a SATA drive and it is screwing stuff up. I don't really think that would be it, but it is something rattled around my head (since there aren't any other thoughts on your issue, there is more room for this to rattle around

).

[soapbox] Backup good...no backup bad!! [/soap box]

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phillyrider807

4 posts since
Aug 5, 2007

4. Aug 5, 2007 8:48 PM

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Damn. Im just going to leave it on til the timer runs out and see what it does. I mean the computer does work(Aside from my sound problem)
When i 1st boot up my computer the blue screen will come up and cover the whole screen. I have to press the windows key on the keyboard then go to logout and then log back in so the blue screen can go away and i can acess my desktop.

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smax013

4,007 posts since
Jan 28, 2007

5. Aug 5, 2007 9:15 PM

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I believe if you open up the Device Manager, you can check if any of the devices are having driver problems. I believe if they are having a driver problem, then they will show up with a yellow question mark. To get to Device Manager, right-click My Computer and selelct Properties. Then go to the Hardware tab. Should be a button labelled Device Manager. Can also get to from Start Menu > Settings > Control Panel > Adminstrative Tools > Computer Management. In the Computer Management screen, there should be an item called Device Manager.

Maybe you have some drivers that are not working correctly and need to be replaced/reinstalled/updated.

[soapbox] Backup good...no backup bad!! [/soap box]

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mphenterprises

9,160 posts since
Feb 19, 2007

6. Aug 5, 2007 11:24 PM

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Also, what is the exact error message that comes up when the BSoD appears? I am with Smax on this one. That countdown may be a unique feature for your computer's manufacturer. I just had to reinstall Windows on a client's computer today and the reinstallation only took about an hour. Reinstalling all of the programs took another three hours.

This is my personal Dream PC: http://forums.pcworld.com/blogs/mphenterprises/2007/12/21/my-gift-to-myself

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phillyrider807

4 posts since
Aug 5, 2007

7. Aug 6, 2007 2:40 PM

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I wouldn't say it's a bsod.It's a compaq screen that says

"This is a one time install. Don't turn off pc. Your computer will restart several times during this process"
Or something like that.

I think what happened was something got messed up the 1st time the computer restarted. It just got stuck at a black screen and i manually restarted the computer. I think that messed everything up.

O well.

When i go to device manager my sound card do have a yellow icon on it so yea something is wrong with it. But i spent over a hour trying to get it working. Downloading numerous drivers and trying to roll back and update. Nothing worked.

I never tried one of these but would a external sound card work? You know one of those usb ones?? Like i said my computer works besides my sound problem. I just need to do a few things when my computer 1st boots up to get out of that blue screen.

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mphenterprises

9,160 posts since
Feb 19, 2007

8. Aug 6, 2007 3:27 PM

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phillyrider807 wrote:I never tried one of these but would a external sound card work? You know one of those usb ones??

:shock: I have never heard of such a thing. To be honest, why use an external sound card, when you can just replace the onboard sound card with one that you install? If you go with an external sound card, that would mean your audio devices would have to go into an external device....not very appealing even if it is in the back of the computer.

I do not believe you have told us the manufacturer and model number of your computer. Also, you say you spent some time uploading drivers, from where did you go to get these drivers?

This is my personal Dream PC: http://forums.pcworld.com/blogs/mphenterprises/2007/12/21/my-gift-to-myself

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rgreen4

4,595 posts since
Oct 22, 2006

9. Aug 6, 2007 7:48 PM

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Restoring PC

What is the make and model of the PC?

Is it an integraged sound card or separate. You can look at the back and if the sound connections are in the large rectangular area called the back plane, then it is integrated. If the sound connections are in one of the slotted areas toward the bottom of the computer (if its a tower) then its a separate card.

If it is a separate card, is the sound card the original sound card that came with the PC?

RGreensig2B

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