cant boot/reinstall?

CharmPeddler · 05-16-2008, 04:00 AM

hi guys, im trying to reinstall my cousins computer and when i start the machine with the xp disk in the drive i get this message:
" An unexpected error (528286608) occurred at
line 1768 in d:\xpclient\Base\Boot\Setuparcdisp.c.

Press any key to continue"

i there is no boot up at all with out the disk in the machine.

it is a HP pavilion: a1000y

i have tried two dif xp install disks, thinking i might have a bad one, but i get the same msg.

any ideas?

PC eye · 05-16-2008, 04:20 AM

Sounds like the optical drive at least needs a good lens cleaner if that isn't on the way out and no longer able to read disks. You can try swapping if not cleaning drives to see if that's where the problem is.

CharmPeddler · 05-19-2008, 02:32 PM

thanks for the reply. i'll pop in a dif reader.

BTW it is has a sata HDD(the very wide one, not the small red cable, its blue) and i have never reinstalled on a Sata. do i need to have a floppy and find some kind of drivers? OR is there some way i can bypass that with a modified version of the windows disk?

thanks again

PC eye · 05-19-2008, 09:02 PM

That would likely be a Sata I type drive if you see the standard 4 wire molex for power as well as the thin wide connector standard on Sata II drives. For reinstalling XP that will primarily depend on the board and Socket type since the new Intell 775s and AMD AM2s AM2+s simply see XP go right on while older boards often need a driver floppy or you wait until the second screen bypassing the F6 option to press the S for special devices and select the chipset.

I ran into that on a friend's Asus A8V board seeing a VIA chipset there where a driver floppy was useless and he actually borrowed an ide drive I had leftover from an older build. When he never cleaned the case and the drive cooked the Sata I was what I looked at then and saw XP go on with the press S option and selecting one of the VIA chipset items out of the nForce and others seen. XP saw the drive instantly.

05-16-2008, 04:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
CharmPeddler Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 338	cant boot/reinstall? hi guys, im trying to reinstall my cousins computer and when i start the machine with the xp disk in the drive i get this message: " An unexpected error (528286608) occurred at line 1768 in d:\xpclient\Base\Boot\Setuparcdisp.c. Press any key to continue" i there is no boot up at all with out the disk in the machine. it is a HP pavilion: a1000y i have tried two dif xp install disks, thinking i might have a bad one, but i get the same msg. any ideas? __________________ Dell XPS M1710 17" Wide Screen (used as a Tower) Logitech G15 Keyboard, and MX1000 Laser Mouse Monitor: Chimei 22" WideScreen 800:1, 5ms CPU: 2.16GHz,T7400 Intel Core 2 Duo 4MB Cache RAM: 2GIGs DDR2 667MZH GPU: 512MB GeForce GO 7950GTX HDD: 100GB 7200rpm 8mb cache SATA "Screw tech support..... This is what CF.com is for......" ~bumblebee_tuna http://www.speedtest.net/result/223551258.png

05-16-2008, 04:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	Sounds like the optical drive at least needs a good lens cleaner if that isn't on the way out and no longer able to read disks. You can try swapping if not cleaning drives to see if that's where the problem is. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

05-19-2008, 02:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
CharmPeddler Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 338	thanks for the reply. i'll pop in a dif reader. BTW it is has a sata HDD(the very wide one, not the small red cable, its blue) and i have never reinstalled on a Sata. do i need to have a floppy and find some kind of drivers? OR is there some way i can bypass that with a modified version of the windows disk? thanks again __________________ Dell XPS M1710 17" Wide Screen (used as a Tower) Logitech G15 Keyboard, and MX1000 Laser Mouse Monitor: Chimei 22" WideScreen 800:1, 5ms CPU: 2.16GHz,T7400 Intel Core 2 Duo 4MB Cache RAM: 2GIGs DDR2 667MZH GPU: 512MB GeForce GO 7950GTX HDD: 100GB 7200rpm 8mb cache SATA "Screw tech support..... This is what CF.com is for......" ~bumblebee_tuna http://www.speedtest.net/result/223551258.png

05-19-2008, 09:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	That would likely be a Sata I type drive if you see the standard 4 wire molex for power as well as the thin wide connector standard on Sata II drives. For reinstalling XP that will primarily depend on the board and Socket type since the new Intell 775s and AMD AM2s AM2+s simply see XP go right on while older boards often need a driver floppy or you wait until the second screen bypassing the F6 option to press the S for special devices and select the chipset. I ran into that on a friend's Asus A8V board seeing a VIA chipset there where a driver floppy was useless and he actually borrowed an ide drive I had leftover from an older build. When he never cleaned the case and the drive cooked the Sata I was what I looked at then and saw XP go on with the press S option and selecting one of the VIA chipset items out of the nForce and others seen. XP saw the drive instantly. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

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