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Charles Gilley
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March 9th, 2008 13:00
Repair doesn't work for Dell Reinstallation DVD
Inspiron E1505, XP Media Center Edition.
So, the other day the system has an issue and is rebooted. 60 seconds later, BSOD.
I fixed that by chkdsk from another system - the hard drive is seriously messed up. No task bar at the bottom, etc. So, rather than scrubbing the hard drive and re-installing, I elected to repair Windows. The process chugged along until it reached the point where it was pulling dlls in, configuring things... and bam:
"Setup cannot copy the file migregdb.ex_"
So, I popped out the the official OS repair disk from Dell (grr), and have tried an XP Home, and XP Pro (both with SP2), and in a vain hope, the drivers disk.
migregdb.exe_ is still no where to be found.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
chg
So, the other day the system has an issue and is rebooted. 60 seconds later, BSOD.
I fixed that by chkdsk from another system - the hard drive is seriously messed up. No task bar at the bottom, etc. So, rather than scrubbing the hard drive and re-installing, I elected to repair Windows. The process chugged along until it reached the point where it was pulling dlls in, configuring things... and bam:
"Setup cannot copy the file migregdb.ex_"
So, I popped out the the official OS repair disk from Dell (grr), and have tried an XP Home, and XP Pro (both with SP2), and in a vain hope, the drivers disk.
migregdb.exe_ is still no where to be found.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
chg
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Posted March 9th, 2008 19:00
Rich,
I have a hard time believing this is a memory issue, it smells more of a screwup in the setup software. If it was memory, it would be crashing much more randomly. In any event, I've verified that my backup is good, so I recoverd from the hidden recovery partition (handy that), and I'm applying patches now.
Appreciate the suggestion.
Charles786
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Posted March 9th, 2008 23:00
Charles,
Rich is probably correct, even if you don't believe him. ;)
Read this: Installation from xp disk
Did you disconnect all peripherals, including network connections, except mouse, monitor, keyboard?
Ron
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Posted March 10th, 2008 06:00
Well, no one has ever said I didn't have an opinion :). I'll tell you what I'll do - I have the memory test tools disk around somewhere. I'll dig it up and see if it reports any errors. The unit is still under warranty, so now is a good time todo this.
A couple of notes on the issue in general:
- it does not seem reasonable to me that a "file not found" issue is memory after running bunches of code to reach that point in the repair.... Nevertheless, empirical data is good at this point (I need to run the memory test).
- the article you reference cites no empirical data either, not to dis the author....
I'll make a point to follow up with what I learn. Appreciate the comments.786
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Posted March 10th, 2008 16:00
Really? I thought it was caching to the local hard drive. Interesting. Learned something new today. I'll make a point to find the memory tester. Now I understand the rationale behind why it might be so.
chg786
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Posted March 10th, 2008 16:00
The XP install first loads as much of the installation files into memory as it can . . then installs from there. This stresses the memory more than any other operation and if there is any weakness, it will show up in the installation.
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Posted March 10th, 2008 17:00
Memtest86+
Scroll down to **Memtest86+ V2.01 (21/02/2008) ** and select the format that best suits your needs. Download it and burn on CD, save on USB key* or floppy*, as required, and test away...
*Assuming your model PC can boot from USB and/or has a floppy drive.
Ron
Message Edited by RoHe on 03-10-2008 11:21 AM
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Posted March 17th, 2008 11:00
just to wrap this thread up, I ran the suggested mem test on this laptop - no errors reported.
anyway, an fyi
simpswr
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Posted March 9th, 2008 14:00
Problems copying files during the installation are almost always memory related . . Can you try different memory or installing with hust one stick?