Does anyone have access to this “full list of bug check codes, see the bugcodes.h file. This file can be found in the inc directory of the Microsoft Windows Driver Kit (WDK).” Please help me decipher these codes.
After trying to do “repair” installation of XP Media Center 2005, I received the following information:
My desktop is in an endless loop; Install drivers to BSOD to Install drivers. I turned it off. I would like to stop the endless loop, and move onto a complete reinstall. I have already completed my backups.
Have you tried booting in safe mode (F8 before XP starts to load)? That should get you to the desktop with only the drivers built in XP. From there you should be able to open Device Manager and uninstall and reinstall the drivers for your specific hardware. Be good idea to download the drivers you need from the Dell site using another PC and burn them on to CD so they're all ready to be installed. Don't forget chipset driver, which should be installed before the others.
Also, you may want to run a windows system file check (sfc /scannow) in safe mode before reloading the drivers.
BTW: Please post each problem only once, in the most appropriate forum. You posted this one in 3 forums.
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I agree with RoHe that it is most likely a faulty driver for one or other hardware component. Scannow would not correct that as it only checks system files.
Thev minidumps will be in hex, for which you would need a hex editor to read them. However I doubt that would help you. It certainly would not help me as I don't develop software.
If you are getting the same BSODs on 2 PCs, perhaps there is a common component on both (e.g. both have same graphics or sound card or chipset) whose drivers might be at fault?
Otherwise, what RoHe suggested remains your best bet.
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Posted December 8th, 2006 16:00
Have you tried booting in safe mode (F8 before XP starts to load)? That should get you to the desktop with only the drivers built in XP. From there you should be able to open Device Manager and uninstall and reinstall the drivers for your specific hardware. Be good idea to download the drivers you need from the Dell site using another PC and burn them on to CD so they're all ready to be installed. Don't forget chipset driver, which should be installed before the others.
Also, you may want to run a windows system file check (sfc /scannow) in safe mode before reloading the drivers.
BTW: Please post each problem only once, in the most appropriate forum. You posted this one in 3 forums.
Ron
Message Edited by RoHe on 12-08-200610:25 AM