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Solve : Help, please. stop: 0x0000008E, white screens at windows update, no disk presen? |
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Answer» I'd be grateful for any help I can get regarding this matter. I cannot reformat, as it tells me that there is no disk present.How exactly are you trying to do it?Since it won't let me just update or repair windows, I boot from cd and install with the windows xp cd. it loads, and when it gets to the install or repair part, whatever i press (R or enter), it tells me that there is no disk detected (or no hard drive installed is what it told me after i took the entire thing apart and put it back together). It will still turn on and I can get on line, I am using the pc to ask questions here, and I can still run most programs, but when ever i try to do anything with windows/ microsoft, be it log into hot mail, or messenger, or try to get downloads or uipdates at their sites, I get white screens that say done. Quote I boot from cd and install with the windows xp cdDo you remove all partitions, create new one and format it first?I cannot even get that far. This is what happens when I boot from cd. I click boot from cd, the setup inspects hardware configuration, windows setup loads files windows setup starts windows I have the option to press enter to set up windows xp, or to repair the installed windows xp Which ever option I choose I get the same message: Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed on your computer. and I am advised to check the driver power, etc and if it's all connected to check the disk related hardware configuration. If I start the MACHINE regularly, through the hard *CENSORED*, the computer starts up and I am able to access the internet and run a game that I play over the web. However, I cannot download anything from microsoft, cannot access my hotmail/login. I am directed to a blank white page with the correct address but nothing on it. Also, RUNNING yahoo messenger, I can send messages and apparently receive them, but the message screen is white, so I cannot read them. I cannot access search on my machine and also cannot access user accounts, same issue, blank screens. I cannot use my McAfee also, starting it gives me a blank screen. This is driving me crazy. Do you have a SATA hard drive? How is the hard drive reported in BIOS?I do have a sata 500 GB, SATA/16MB cache WD5000AAKS I"m not sure how to find out how it reads on the BIOSDo you have a floppy drive?Yes, but I have never used it. My motherboard is biostar amd socket am2 my drive is WD5000AAKS, 500MB/16MB cache I am also using an nvidia geforce8800 gts graphics card I do not know how much more information I can give, but I am happy to answer any questions that get me closer to a solution.Also, in my device manager under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers I have 3 primary IDE channels 3 secondary IDE channels 3 standard dual channel PCI IDE controllers under SCSI and RAID controllers are listed Promise SATA CONSOLE SCSI processor Windows Promise SATA300 TX4/TX2/7799(tm) IDE controllerYou need to go to your computer manufacturers website and download the sata driver and put it on a floppy. Very early on in the install you will see a message at the bottom of the screen that says to press F6 to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press F6 there and insert the floppy. Thanks, I will do that. If JJ 3000 suggestion doesn't help (but I'm pretty sure it will) it could be a HaxDoor virus: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903251/en-us I was unable to dl the driver fromt he site, but I did get some of their diagnostic software and have since learned I have a defective hard drive. I am in the process of having it replaced. I thank you for your suggestions. |
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