PCI.SYS Windows XP Pro will not install

[Visigoth]

Hi, have been looking for a solution to my problem, and came across this thread.
Seeing as there has been some useful information supplied in helping others solve their unique problem I am hoping someone can assist me.
My laptop was unused for a period of time, approx a month. When I tried to boot it up today, it gave me the error that my windows stopped responding and offered me to boot (a) safe mode (b) safe mode with command prompt (c) safe mode with networking (d) start windows normally
I tried all above and each time it failed to boot up.
Hence as last resort I took out my installation disc and tried to boot from disc, it then gave me error pci.sys corrupt, press any button to exit setup.
All the information supplied in this thread so far relies on me being able to access the HDD which I can't.
Can anyone offer any suggestions?
I am not a techie so please keep it simple

Hi
I summitted your problem to Google search.
Here is the address for the solution on ehow.
http://www.ehow.com/how_7533658_install-pci-sys.html
Hope this will help.
Regards.

 

[Larry63]

I have a Gateway GT5412 that came with Windows Vista. I have two different version of Windows XP a Home edition and a Professional edition. Trying a clean install with either disk I get a blue screen error "PCI.SYS error". I've been reading about slipstreaming a disk and I have downloaded the SP2 file but I want to make sure this will work after I make the new disk.
Does anyone have a Gateway GT5412 that has tried this? The hardware is 2GB ram, 1TB WD harddrive, and PCI-E graphic bus that's empty. I'm using the video chip on the motherboard.

Any help will be great appreciated. I don't like Vista, 7, 8, or 10. I'm old fashioned I guess and I like to use what I know works (Windows XP)!
Thank You,
Larry

 

[bazz2004]

I like XP too but would not want to do a reinstall if the desktops running it fail to boot. Choose a more recent OS, perhaps not Vista though, and use a virtual machine to install XP in. I use VMWare Player which is free and I had no problems with installing XP. It's running great within a Windows 10 environment. It is foolish to make XP your main way of going online. XP is simply not secure enough nowadays.

 

[Larry63]

I like XP too but would not want to do a reinstall if the desktops running it fail to boot. Choose a more recent OS, perhaps not Vista though, and use a virtual machine to install XP in. I use VMWare Player which is free and I had no problems with installing XP. It's running great within a Windows 10 environment. It is foolish to make XP your main way of going online. XP is simply not secure enough nowadays.

Thanks for the info, I will try VMWare. Aside from going online I have enjoyed using Win XP for many other reasons. After MS release SP2 and then SP3 for XP it's a great OS. I'm old fashioned and not crazy about all the bells and whistles that the newer OS's have. Thanks for the advise!