reparing windows xp problems

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I have an inspiron 4100 with XP home edition and recently in the middle of working on my computer without warning the screen turned black with a blue box that says 'a problem has been dectected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to the computer.....check for viruses and remove any installed hard drives or hard drive controllers... check for hard drive corruption, and then restart computer. I ran a virus scan and none were detected. When I start the computer I get a system read write failure at 07ff0024...and a suggestion to run a repair. I then get another error message stating that following systems may be missing or corrupt: systems32\drivers\pci.sys and systems32\drivers
tfs.sys I've tried going to start: run and entering sfc /scannow but that didn't help. When I put in CD and hit any key to read from the CD it starts to go through the configuration and then the blue box appears with windows set up and it goes through the process of loading files but I run into yet another problem here that is: file setupdd.sys could not be loaded, error code 4 and another message after another attmept stating dmboot.sys is corrupted=setup failed. Any suggestions would be most helpful. I have all my files backed up so I'm not afaid of loosing data. I just have a lot of programs on here that I once received for free (education)and will not get them for free now. Thanks for whoever takes the time to read this, hopefully I'm just not getting something that is obvious. Amanda

roggo · Answer

Hi I'm just wondering why no one replied to this message.  I hope that I gave enough information and did not type anything that I should not have.  If this problem on my computer can not be fixed I would like to know, I am about ready to jump up and down on this computer. Thanks

Amservices · Answer

Hello,

I have the exact same dimension 4100 and when installing XP I get that BSOD saying that setupdd.sys could not be loaded or some error like that.

This was in the middle of formatting the drive in NTFS.

Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.

heeresmoes · Answer

Did you check youre device boot order in the bios? this will solve the DMboot.sys error, but youre machine will hang during formating...... is there a Sata controler in the machine? I'm dealing with the same problem right now......and partion magic gave an E50 read error.....

There is a work arround......take an W98 cd....F disk....an setup in W98 and then an update to XP

Amservices · Answer

OK, so it turns out that my mobo/proc aren't compatible with XP.

I tried installing Win2K and it did fine, no bsods, nothing.

This is frustrating because Intel says it's compatible, but I guess my mobo isn't.

HCL is pretty long...try checking it. Good luck.

CTskydiver · Answer

I've installed XP on several Dell Dimension 4100's - it is quite compatible.

Denny Denham · Answer

Amservices, Did you update your BIOS to the latest available before starting to install XP?

Amservices · Answer

Yes, I did flash bios with latest one on dell's website. The drive seemed to format farther than before the update but it still eventually bsod.

That's why it stumped me, as I expected it to work with XP. I swapped out all hardware pieces except mobo, proc, and ps. Ensured that the disc wasn't faulty.

not sure...

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