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Nehmo Sergheyev
I've reported about my SP2 installation failure already:
Subject: Re: SP2 Disaster for XP here; Not solved yet.
The previous threads appear dead; I'm continuing my story here.
Briefly, I can't boot form the drive that I installed SP2 to.
To remedy the problem, I tired...
A. system restore
Result: Didn't help
B. uninstalling SP2 using
"1. At the command prompt in Recovery Console, type the following lines.
Press ENTER after each line.
cd $NtServicePackUninstall$\Spuninst
batch spuninst.txt
exit
"
Result: it said
"The system cannot find the file or directory specified"
(System Restore probably already removed the file.)
C. A repair install of Win XP
Result: error code, a stop code, 0x0000007B (4 parameters)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324103
The solution has to be in resolving this.
D. I called and emailed MS, Phone-in Case # SRX040824605385
Result: email back saying it was a duplicate case to the phone-in case,
so they were closing the email case.
So I'm ready to tackle the 0x0000007B problem. I'm going to try the
driver issue possibility first.
On http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324103
"Device Driver Issues
You may receive a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message in the following
scenarios:
A device driver that the computer boot controller needs is not
configured to start during the startup process.
A device driver that the computer boot controller needs is corrupted.
Information in the Windows XP registry (information related to how the
device drivers load during startup) is corrupted.
Windows XP requires a miniport driver to communicate with the hard disk
controller that is used to start your computer. If Windows XP does not
supply a device driver for your controller or if Windows XP is using a
corrupted or incompatible driver, you must replace the driver with a
valid copy that is compatible with your controller and Windows XP.
During the first phase of the Windows XP installation, Setup displays
the following message at the bottom of the screen:
Press F6 if you have to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver.
Press F6 and then follow the instructions to install a mass-storage
device driver from your Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). For
additional information about using F6 to load an OEM device driver to
support, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
314859 Limited OEM driver support is available with F6 during Windows XP
Setup
To determine if your hard disk controller is compatible with Windows XP
and to obtain information about drivers that are included on the Windows
XP CD-ROM or that are available for download, see the latest Windows XP
Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). For additional information about the
latest Windows XP HCL, click the following article number to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
314062 The latest Windows XP hardware compatibility list
If your hard disk controller is not listed on the HCL, contact the
manufacturer of your computer, system board, or hard disk controller for
information about the availability of a driver. Microsoft does not
guarantee that a resolution is available for non-HCL equipment. For
additional information, click the following article number to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
315239 Microsoft support policy for hardware that does not appear on the
Windows HCL
If the System hive in the Windows XP registry is corrupted, Windows XP
may not be able to load the miniport device driver that the boot
controller requires. To resolve this issue, restore a registry backup.
For additional information about restoring a registry backup, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
307545 How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP
from starting "
I have another working non-SP2 Win XP drive that I'm using to operate. I
can attach, as a slave, the problem drive and see everything.
What does "miniport driver" mean? is that different from a regular
driver?
Subject: Re: SP2 Disaster for XP here; Not solved yet.
The previous threads appear dead; I'm continuing my story here.
Briefly, I can't boot form the drive that I installed SP2 to.
To remedy the problem, I tired...
A. system restore
Result: Didn't help
B. uninstalling SP2 using
"1. At the command prompt in Recovery Console, type the following lines.
Press ENTER after each line.
cd $NtServicePackUninstall$\Spuninst
batch spuninst.txt
exit
"
Result: it said
"The system cannot find the file or directory specified"
(System Restore probably already removed the file.)
C. A repair install of Win XP
Result: error code, a stop code, 0x0000007B (4 parameters)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324103
The solution has to be in resolving this.
D. I called and emailed MS, Phone-in Case # SRX040824605385
Result: email back saying it was a duplicate case to the phone-in case,
so they were closing the email case.
So I'm ready to tackle the 0x0000007B problem. I'm going to try the
driver issue possibility first.
On http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324103
"Device Driver Issues
You may receive a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message in the following
scenarios:
A device driver that the computer boot controller needs is not
configured to start during the startup process.
A device driver that the computer boot controller needs is corrupted.
Information in the Windows XP registry (information related to how the
device drivers load during startup) is corrupted.
Windows XP requires a miniport driver to communicate with the hard disk
controller that is used to start your computer. If Windows XP does not
supply a device driver for your controller or if Windows XP is using a
corrupted or incompatible driver, you must replace the driver with a
valid copy that is compatible with your controller and Windows XP.
During the first phase of the Windows XP installation, Setup displays
the following message at the bottom of the screen:
Press F6 if you have to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver.
Press F6 and then follow the instructions to install a mass-storage
device driver from your Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). For
additional information about using F6 to load an OEM device driver to
support, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
314859 Limited OEM driver support is available with F6 during Windows XP
Setup
To determine if your hard disk controller is compatible with Windows XP
and to obtain information about drivers that are included on the Windows
XP CD-ROM or that are available for download, see the latest Windows XP
Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). For additional information about the
latest Windows XP HCL, click the following article number to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
314062 The latest Windows XP hardware compatibility list
If your hard disk controller is not listed on the HCL, contact the
manufacturer of your computer, system board, or hard disk controller for
information about the availability of a driver. Microsoft does not
guarantee that a resolution is available for non-HCL equipment. For
additional information, click the following article number to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
315239 Microsoft support policy for hardware that does not appear on the
Windows HCL
If the System hive in the Windows XP registry is corrupted, Windows XP
may not be able to load the miniport device driver that the boot
controller requires. To resolve this issue, restore a registry backup.
For additional information about restoring a registry backup, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
307545 How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP
from starting "
I have another working non-SP2 Win XP drive that I'm using to operate. I
can attach, as a slave, the problem drive and see everything.
What does "miniport driver" mean? is that different from a regular
driver?