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| klassen |
| Posted: Oct 23 2002, 11:17 AM |
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Joined: 22-October 02
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I'm trying to install Windows ME
on a new system (AMD 900 Mhz processor)
with an older (and slower) 2GB IDE hard-drive.
Everytime that Windows restarts,
during the installation process,
the file-system on the hard-drive
seems to get corrupted.
Microsoft has a fix, but the fix can be applied
only on a working system,
so it's a "Catch 22" situation -- cannot apply the
fix until the system is installed, and cannot install
the system until the fix is applied.
Also, in the many attempts that I've made to try
to install, if I somehow have been apply to apply the patch,
and have further updated the Windows Registry to force Windows
to wait longer (5 seconds, rather than the 2 seconds
defaulted in the patch) before shutting-down,
the code within the patch does _NOT_ always seem to be
invoked, when forced to restart during the installation
of updates (either from Microsoft Update) or while
installing third-party software (DisKeeper Lite).
So, after rebooting during that installation,
the file-system is corrupt, and SCANDISK cannot "fix"
the corruption (I get many 'DIRnnnnn' directories,
and hundreds of 'FILEnnnn.CHK' files).
Obviously, if the file-system can be trashed by a simple
shutdown or reboot of Windows, I cannot use this computer.
Any ideas, other than hoping that a newer, faster, hard-drive
will bypass the problem?
Thanks.
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| Marcin |
| Posted: Oct 23 2002, 01:02 PM |
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Thank you for your question.
I would suggest running a diagnostic on the system hardware - corruption of HDD data may indicate a faulty HDD, HDD controller or possibly RAM.
Provided that the hardware checks out, new HDD will most likely fix your problem. I'd installed WindowsME many times without any problems on AMD systems ranging from 350 to 2000 Mhz. In the rare cases where an install would not complete without a patch applied, I'd install windows on a different system (Intel CPU) and apply the patch, then put the HDD into the AMD system - as a way of getting around this problem.
Good luck, and do let us know how this turns out for you.
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Marcin Zaranski
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