I just upgraded my processor and motherboard and when trying to install windows i get a crapload of errors:
-Errors Partitioning Drive as NTFS Sometimes
-Errors Installing Windows XP Files
-BSOD During Widnows Installation
-BSOD After Windows Installation
-Spontanteous Reboot And "Click" Sound When Windows Is Finally Installed.
-Maxtor Diagnostic Tool PowerMax Cannot Detect Drive
-Maxtor Diagnostic Tool PowerMax Gives Errors Determining the Partition Status of the drive
-ScanDisk Found NO ERRORS On All Tests
I've tried everything i can think of and even if i get windows to install, it just reboots out of nowhere. Theres no BSOD, just the screen goes black and it posts.
Here's my Setup:
-AMD Athlon XP 2500+ *Brand New*
-Gigabyte GA-7VAXP Ultra KT400 *Brand New*
-Chaintek GeForce 4 Ti4600
-Corsair CMX-512C2 Memory (333mhz DDR, CAS 2, 512mb)
-Allied 400W Power Supply w/dual fans
I thought the problem was origionally the hard drive, it's a Maxtor 40gb 7200rpm drive thats about a year old. After many fustrating hours trying to get windows to work, i tried installing it on another drive i have, a Samsung 40gb 5400rpm i had sitting around. The installation went PERFECTLY with the other drive but i still get the spontaneous rebooting. I have no idea what to do! and updating windows doesent seem to do anything about the rebooting.
My guess is that the Maxtor drive IS broken, at least a little bit. I think the partition tables are permenantly screwed up since windows installation sometimes gives errors when trying to partition and format. However, since it still does the
rebooting with the other drive, i'm thinking theres more to this than i can figure out.
please help
-Errors Partitioning Drive as NTFS Sometimes
-Errors Installing Windows XP Files
-BSOD During Widnows Installation
-BSOD After Windows Installation
-Spontanteous Reboot And "Click" Sound When Windows Is Finally Installed.
-Maxtor Diagnostic Tool PowerMax Cannot Detect Drive
-Maxtor Diagnostic Tool PowerMax Gives Errors Determining the Partition Status of the drive
-ScanDisk Found NO ERRORS On All Tests
I've tried everything i can think of and even if i get windows to install, it just reboots out of nowhere. Theres no BSOD, just the screen goes black and it posts.
Here's my Setup:
-AMD Athlon XP 2500+ *Brand New*
-Gigabyte GA-7VAXP Ultra KT400 *Brand New*
-Chaintek GeForce 4 Ti4600
-Corsair CMX-512C2 Memory (333mhz DDR, CAS 2, 512mb)
-Allied 400W Power Supply w/dual fans
I thought the problem was origionally the hard drive, it's a Maxtor 40gb 7200rpm drive thats about a year old. After many fustrating hours trying to get windows to work, i tried installing it on another drive i have, a Samsung 40gb 5400rpm i had sitting around. The installation went PERFECTLY with the other drive but i still get the spontaneous rebooting. I have no idea what to do! and updating windows doesent seem to do anything about the rebooting.
My guess is that the Maxtor drive IS broken, at least a little bit. I think the partition tables are permenantly screwed up since windows installation sometimes gives errors when trying to partition and format. However, since it still does the
rebooting with the other drive, i'm thinking theres more to this than i can figure out.
please help