Need some help

Unitearica · 12-08-2005, 12:19 AM

Short Story,
Everything was fine and then my proc started to overheat, no prob, replaced the fan on it and it was fine. Then XP wouldnt boot. Just kept restarting the computer whenever it tried to load XP. Fdisk'd the hd and reformat'd. XP keeps giving me the error "Error on HD at 0 byte 0 sector" after trying to install fresh or upgrade from another OS. I am currently using the same machine after having installed ME on it and it is running fine. But I cannot reinstall or upgrade back to XP as I keep getting this error. I have used spinrite and cannot find any physical problems with the HD at all. Any ideas on how to fix this so I can run XP again? I have specific programs that require XP and I cannot figure this out at all.

AMD 2.0Ghz
1Gig Ram
40Gb WD-Hd
Nvidia GF5200 128Mb

Have installed and ran XP Pro - College Edition with unlimited installs (genuine)
and never had a problem with this machine before. Havent changed any
hardware since the last install.

**linderman** · 12-08-2005, 04:48 AM

I have found zero filling (erasing) the drive each time you want to load an OS very helpful / I have never had an OS fail to install since I adopted that procedure >>>> Download dban boot & nuke (free & in my signature) that will erase your drive completely of all data info bits causing the install failure

download the floppy version is easiest <<< once the dban console is open choose AUTONUKE make sure you unplug the 4 pin power plug from any drives in your system that you DONT want erased / dban is capable of erasing multople drives should you select that option accidentally.

regards

joe

12-08-2005, 12:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
Unitearica Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1 OS: me	Need some help Short Story, Everything was fine and then my proc started to overheat, no prob, replaced the fan on it and it was fine. Then XP wouldnt boot. Just kept restarting the computer whenever it tried to load XP. Fdisk'd the hd and reformat'd. XP keeps giving me the error "Error on HD at 0 byte 0 sector" after trying to install fresh or upgrade from another OS. I am currently using the same machine after having installed ME on it and it is running fine. But I cannot reinstall or upgrade back to XP as I keep getting this error. I have used spinrite and cannot find any physical problems with the HD at all. Any ideas on how to fix this so I can run XP again? I have specific programs that require XP and I cannot figure this out at all. AMD 2.0Ghz 1Gig Ram 40Gb WD-Hd Nvidia GF5200 128Mb Have installed and ran XP Pro - College Edition with unlimited installs (genuine) and never had a problem with this machine before. Havent changed any hardware since the last install. Last edited by Unitearica; 12-08-2005 at 12:22 AM.

12-08-2005, 04:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,437 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	I have found zero filling (erasing) the drive each time you want to load an OS very helpful / I have never had an OS fail to install since I adopted that procedure >>>> Download dban boot & nuke (free & in my signature) that will erase your drive completely of all data info bits causing the install failure download the floppy version is easiest <<< once the dban console is open choose AUTONUKE make sure you unplug the 4 pin power plug from any drives in your system that you DONT want erased / dban is capable of erasing multople drives should you select that option accidentally. regards joe __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial