Attachment uploads are currently disabled. This is a temporary situation and will resume as normal in the coming days.
UNSOLVED
dimension 9200 & windows xp install
Hi all, just taken delivery of dimension 9200, spec:
1 TB raid0 sata (2x500gb)
dual core 2
2 gig ram
nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX
Problem:
I cannot install windows xp (service pack 2) it goes in to a blue screen and I think the problem is missing raid drivers. I tried to install by prompting for driver CD but that freezes on screen "insert driver CD into drive A".
It is currently setup as default raid 0 configuration. (Is this faster/better than having 2 separate sata drives? )
If I delete raid 0 configuration in bios it does not boot up windows XP CD - It goes into a black screen. (I checked bios boot options & CD is selected as first boot option.)
Can anyone advise how to install windows XP and what changes are needed in BIOS.
Thanks
1 TB raid0 sata (2x500gb)
dual core 2
2 gig ram
nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX
Problem:
I cannot install windows xp (service pack 2) it goes in to a blue screen and I think the problem is missing raid drivers. I tried to install by prompting for driver CD but that freezes on screen "insert driver CD into drive A".
It is currently setup as default raid 0 configuration. (Is this faster/better than having 2 separate sata drives? )
If I delete raid 0 configuration in bios it does not boot up windows XP CD - It goes into a black screen. (I checked bios boot options & CD is selected as first boot option.)
Can anyone advise how to install windows XP and what changes are needed in BIOS.
Thanks
- www.msfn.org has a good tutorial for setups.
- Well a slipstream windows xp with intel matrix storage driver has failedIs there anyone from dell reading this?how do i get tech supp on the first day!i get the following blue screen message when installing windows xp pro (after stage 1 installing device drivers):" a problem has been detected and Windows has ben shut down to prevent damage to your computer.Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers.Check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated"Technical information:*** STOP: 0x00000007B (0xF78D2524, etc etcI assumed this was missing raid drivers from winxp cd so i slipstreamed it in. Same message.When i press F6 it asks for drivers in drive A. Of course i don't have a floppy drive so drive A does not exist.The dell has been reconfigured as sata (still no winxp install only black screen) & reconfigured as raid.All factory default data is now lost.Can anyone advise how to get win xp installed with perhaps missing raid drivers.
- You might try looking over the Windows re-installation guide found here:This is an interactive guide so you might take a while to find the path that you want to use. The D9200 is down toward the end labeled "XPS/Dimension 410/9200". If nothing else it should help you arrive at a reason you're having trouble. According to your service guide, the only settings you have in bios for RAID is "RAID On" and "RAID Autodetect/ATA". I know that the second setting is used if you are NOT using RAID. I'm afraid I don't know the advantage of the first. You can view your service guide here:
<ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>
Insofar as RAID 0, this is a "striping" arrangement where the data is fed alternately to the two drives so that the two together appear as one large drive. It is supposed to make data access quicker in the same way that dual channel memory controllers retrieve data from RAM. The drawback is that you loose your data if either drive fails since neither has a complete data set. You will see RAID 1 mentioned a lot on the forum as well; this arrangement is a "mirror"; the same data is written to both drives so that if one fails you still have a complete data set. Essentially it is automatic backup to the extreme.So far as the floppy, many Dells won't load the RAID drivers from a USB floppy, insisting instead that it be a regular internal drive.Sorry you're having trouble; best of luck to you.Message Edited by JackShack on 10-18-2006 03:50 PM
- Thx 4 reply JackI've sorted the problem by making a slipstream windows xp with iastor RAID drivers built in.It's now working.If anyone else is reading this because they have missing RAID drivers I fixed this by including 2 sets of drivers that were provided by Dell on the original hard drive. There's also a cool freeware utility called nlite which is very useful.The RAID setup is fast. If I revert back to 2 sata drives do u know what changes I will need to make in the BIOS & changing the setting on the drives.
Message Edited by zuben on 10-19-2006 02:08 PM
Message Edited by zuben on 10-19-2006 02:12 PM
- If you decide to go back to two individual drives from a RAID 0 you will need to re-install Win XP since neither disk has a complete file on it. The bios setting is the second one I mentioned in my previous reply, RAID Auto/ATA. I don't think any other adjustments are required.
zuben
12 Posts
778
0
Posted October 18th, 2006 08:00