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Discussion in 'Device Drivers' started by steven0, Aug 17, 2010.

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  1. steven0 Newcomer, in training Posts: 26

    ok, I've just entered fresh install and quick formatted my second harddrive (partition)

    ok the computer is now alive, soon the graphics driver will be installed. updates soon.

    edit: so i tried reinstalling it, but it freezes like last time - it even asked to overwrite previous files, surprised there were even graphics drivers installed before then. its the 42mb one. Uinstall in "Add & Remove"? or too risky, it'll end up frozen again?

    How do I delete the second operating system? That one is corrupted. The screen is black and it has:

    [Please select operating system to start:

    Microsoft Windows XP Professional
    Microsoft Windows XP Professional

    Press up or down to select.

    Press F8 to troubleshoot]
    steven0, Aug 19, 2010
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  2. mailpup TS Special Forces Posts: 7,907   +77

    It's asking to overwrite existing files probably for the old corrupted Windows installation. You should be booting to the new partition and installing the new graphics driver to the new installation of Windows.

    If you've already saved everything you wanted from the old corrupted drive, you can go to Disk Management and format the old partition which will erase everything on it.

    Please use the Edit button instead of adding consecutive new posts.
    mailpup, Aug 19, 2010
    #22

  3. SNGX1275 TS Special Forces Posts: 11,893   +117

    In the System control panel go to the Advanced tab, and click settings on Startup and recovery. Set the timeout to 0 for the one you select that works (probably the top one in the pulldown menu - well it is the top one if you select the top one on boot).

    I think something else is more seriously wrong than just your video drivers though... Like mailpup has mentioned, either hard drive or RAM may be at fault. Or I suppose you could have a dying graphics card. I still think you should give an older driver a shot, like in my link above. There is no real reason that I can think of to be running anything above about the 60 series (and probably 50 really). Back in the day the driver numbers were really related to the card series. So the GF2s had the 20s, 3s 30s, ect. Sure you could run higher on the card, but there was no extra performance gain, and in many cases a performance loss.

    mailpup - I don't think the only way to get that option at startup is to install over an old copy, I think if you don't reconstruct the partitions that happens because the MBR may not get wiped... I've had that happen recently to my GF when she installed server 2008 clean over an OLD corrupt XPMCE install.. At least I think thats what she did :)
    SNGX1275, Aug 19, 2010
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  4. mailpup TS Special Forces Posts: 7,907   +77

    Perhaps it would have been better to reinstall Windows and eliminate the corrupt installation by combining partitions or repartitioning, depending on what the OP wanted.

    BTW, until the OP's last post I didn't realize there was more than one partition.
    mailpup, Aug 19, 2010
    #24

  5. LookinAround TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 7,677   +39

    Hi.. I just quickly skimmed the thread so apologies if i missed other relevant detail... but fyi your "34 minute" problem is telling.. So as others have suggested i also think it might indicate you have some other more fundamental hardware problem that's causing the problem or contributing to it

    fyi. See Setup stops responding with 34 minutes remaining if it applies...

    /* EDIT */
    you might also try disconnecting all un-needed hardware other the minimum essential. And do you have an internal card reader? i've seen a couple times where they've been the source of the problem.. (don't know if true here but disconnect if possible)
    LookinAround, Aug 19, 2010
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  6. steven0 Newcomer, in training Posts: 26

    I've bypassed that, by actually doing a fresh install of XP. Yes I now suspect that some kind of hardware problem may exist. Its always freezing when installing the Windows service packs & graphics driver. The computer is extremely dusty inside (could that be a problem?) and how would I best clean it without damaging anything?

    On unplugging, do you just yank it out, blow it replug, or is it much more complex (yes I am a noob)

    Any suggestions on resolving the graphics driver problem?
    steven0, Aug 30, 2010
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