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  • 22-04-2009 11:29pm
    #1
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭


    Lads,

    I installed SP3 for xp this afternoon, and got the lovely bsod right on the xp logo.

    just a flash for 1 second before it rebooted. had to disable that reboot on error thing on start up to see the message

    it basically is a hardware fault. ahci/sata driver issue. i think the new sp3 has no sata drivers included.?

    my laptop is a m1710 with a sata [of course] hdd.

    so what the hell do i do, i have access to an enclosure and a vista laptop to try and fix this without a fresh install as i have too much s*** on my c: drive to go about a clean install.

    any ideas?


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  • #2
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    SP3 definitely has sata drivers so I don't know what is going on there. Go into the bios and change the AHCI to IDE. See if that does anything.


  • #3
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    The sp3 I put on must not, or its a different one? there is no setting on my bios for that at all.

    stupid computers!

    I can add devices and drivers with F6, but I need a floppy disk, of course floppy disks are relics now.


  • #4
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    If I install xp again will all my program files, documents and settings etc be deleted. I will be obviously doing this from boot up.?


  • #5
    gnxx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭gnxx


    Can you boot in safe mode and rollback SP3? Go to control panel / add remove programs?


  • #6
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    x in the city wrote: »
    it basically is a hardware fault. ahci/sata driver issue. i think the new sp3 has no sata drivers included.?
    Give me the full error message.

    =-=

    Does XP have a repair install option like 2K, does anyone know? Forget if there was, as I haven't needed to reinstall for a while.


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  • #7
    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    the_syco wrote: »
    Does XP have a repair install option like 2K, does anyone know? Forget if there was, as I haven't needed to reinstall for a while.

    It does but I've seen some branded copies such as dell ones that didn't have the option


  • #8
    Maximus_Laggus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭Maximus_Laggus


    I agree with previous poster. Try booting up into safe mode (if you can)and restore to a point before the SP3 install. SATA is supported in SP3 btw. If you re-install XP you wont loose and files and your settings should be the same. The XP disk you have should give you a repair option with you load it up. I'd go the restore point route first though then repair route then re-install XP as a final solution. If it boots at all into windows then its not a SATA HDD issue. Hope this helps.


  • #9
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    Safe boot or any other mode was a no no

    I cant boot into windows xp so couldnt go back to a time frame or remove the sp3

    The error message was related to sata as far as google told me, no way around it tbh.


    Had to format and reinstall xp

    hump


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