XP Install problem!

LoopeD · Post by **LoopeD** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 5:07 pm

Hello everyone

Have a problem I've never seen before while installing XP.

Setup:
Dell Dimension @450 Mhz
Drive C = Maxtor 20 GB - Master
Drive D = Maxtor 80 GB - Slave

Formatted using Maxtor's HDD utility program, MaxBlast.
Just a primary partition C and D.

Changed boot sequence to CD-Rom, Hard Drive, Removable Devices.

Booted with XP CD in CDROM, setup started no problem, standard questions were asked, then after initial setup it rebooted. After reboot, here's the message:

"Windows could not start because of the following ARC firmware boot configuration problem:

did not properly generate ARC name for HAL and system paths. Please check the Windows documentation about ARC configuration options and your hardware reference manuals for additional information"

Anyone know what's going on? I figured maybe it was trying to boot from CD again so I changed boot sequence back to default. Same problem.

Thanks in advance

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SICMF · Post by **SICMF** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 5:28 pm

Delete that partion and use the XP cd to partion and format. I've read alot of probs with the max blast software. Any you will get much more stability if you use xp as the partioning and format tool.

The Dude · Post by **The Dude** » Tue Aug 06, 2002 5:39 pm

Here is some reading material on the subject.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... S;Q227704&
I tend to agree with Hybridmonolith, it's probably the Max Blast software that's doing it. Maybe it put a drive overlay on even though it isn't needed.

LoopeD · Post by **LoopeD** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 12:56 am

Much appreciated - will try tomorrow.

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LoopeD · Post by **LoopeD** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 10:00 am

OK, everything is proceeding well, except for one thing:

Formatting using the XP CD. Deleted all partitions and started from scratch. Used maximum space for both drives and selected C (boot drive) to install XP to. It said that to install XP it would require formatting drive D first. Then it asked whether to format using the NTFS (quick) or NTFS. No FAT option.

Chose the NTFS option (since I had no others) and formatted drive D succesfully. Now its trying to format drive C, and it gives me both the FAT and NTFS options!

I suppose I'll have to choose NTFS cause that's what drive D is set up as, but why didn't it give me the option of formatting D using FAT? Does XP only support NTFS, and if so why is it giving the FAT option?

Thanks if anyone knows what's up!

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SICMF · Post by **SICMF** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 10:57 am

It wil only give you a FAT option if you run in windows and choose clean install. i dunno why. NTFS is the best bet anyway.

LoopeD · Post by **LoopeD** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 11:03 am

Originally posted by Hybridmonolith
It wil only give you a FAT option if you run in windows and choose clean install. i dunno why. NTFS is the best bet anyway.

Thanks, I'll go with the NTFS option. Though I'm a little concerned with file sharing with older FAT OS's - we transfer a lot of files here. Any way to convert them to FAT within an NTFS system?

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SICMF · Post by **SICMF** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 11:20 am

That make make any difference. Shouldn't have any prob. It's just the way they stored on the HD>

Could be wrong though

LoopeD · Post by **LoopeD** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 11:26 am

Originally posted by Hybridmonolith
That make make any difference. Shouldn't have any prob. It's just the way they stored on the HD> Could be wrong though

Ah, I was under the impression that a file stored on an NTFS system would be unreadable by a computer running FAT.........

hehe - one of us is wrong, but which one?

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The Dude · Post by **The Dude** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 12:57 pm

if you have two OS's on the same machine it can be a problem. Win 9X can't read NTFS partitions. Win NT4 can't read fat 32 partitions. As far as I know 2k and XP can read fat and NTFS. If you are sharing over a Network it doesn't matter what the partition is formatted in. You can brows the shared folder and transfer from one to the other if you have the permissions. It gets converted to packets on the network and will be saved in whatever formate the destination drive is.

LoopeD · Post by **LoopeD** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 1:46 pm

Originally posted by The Dude
if you have two OS's on the same machine it can be a problem. Win 9X can't read NTFS partitions. Win NT4 can't read fat 32 partitions. As far as I know 2k and XP can read fat and NTFS. If you are sharing over a Network it doesn't matter what the partition is formatted in. You can brows the shared folder and transfer from one to the other if you have the permissions. It gets converted to packets on the network and will be saved in whatever formate the destination drive is.

That sounds more feasible - I can't see them being totally incompatible with each other, or anyo0ne not running 2000, NT or XP would be screwed if they were sharing with anything else..........

Thanks for the replies, man!

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The Dude · Post by **The Dude** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 5:03 pm

Your Welcome.

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Wed Aug 07, 2002 9:22 pm

The reason that you only got the NTFS option is because the drive size is over 32 gb. This is by design! The reasoning is that fat32 waste a lot of disk space over 32 gb and NTFS is more efficient.

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