Inu_Yasha Posted June 11, 2005 Posted June 11, 2005 I've been trying to install windows on my new 160gb sata hd; my config is stated below. Basically, I format the hd under windows install and everything goes up till that point, I reboot, and then when it goes to get to the point that it asks for the serial number, before it gets there it says its missing hal.dll. I've tried it with both Windows Media Center 2005 and with XP Pro and it gives the same error. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted June 11, 2005 Posted June 11, 2005 DL and run MemTest... sounds like it'ls gonna fail to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inu_Yasha Posted June 11, 2005 Posted June 11, 2005 Ok, this is kinda strange... I ran memtest86 under dos and it ran with no errors what so ever, but when I ran the windows version of memtest, I got a ton of errors... The first run I was overclocked, so I reverted my clock to normal and still, no errors with memtest86 (dos) but when running memtest under windows, I got a ton of errors. Does this explain what's going on when I'm trying to install windows? Also, is there some way to fix this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazmire11 Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 not realy you can try some other ram if you have it laying around or if you have 2+ modules you can try it one at a time and see witch one is bad other than that you may have to buy some new ram Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FxXP Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 You don't run memory tests under Windows anyways. That means nothing. If Memtest86/+ reports no errors after 5 passes, you have a worser problem. Possibly the hard drive is kaput. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martymcfly Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 You don't run memory tests under Windows anyways. That means nothing. If Memtest86/+ reports no errors after 5 passes, you have a worser problem. Possibly the hard drive is kaput. 490598[/snapback] that is not worse. HDs are cheaper than RAM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FxXP Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 Hard drives may be cheaper then RAM, but whats more easier to replace? Most RAM manufacturers have lifetime warranties on their memory versus hard drives that have one to five years. This is why hard drives are a worser problem, especially with reliability. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 Just curious, did you press f6 and install the sata drivers at the begining of the xp installation? It will go through the motions of formattin, copying setup files and installing even if you dont install the drivers, but then when you reboot it will go right back to the setup screen I fooled around with that for two days before I knew about the f6 thing, (about three years ago.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inu_Yasha Posted June 12, 2005 Posted June 12, 2005 (edited) I thought about installing the sata drivers, but when I looked on my disk, it shows that its for sata raid, so I didn't install it... I will go download the new ones and give it a try though... tried the drivers and i still got the error . I'll try using just one stick and see what happens Edited June 12, 2005 by Inu_Yasha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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