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> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
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>> "JeffHatesVista" <JeffHatesVista[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:A7195D6E-DE97-41A2-8921-DE83CDECEB95[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> > Error Message: Page Fault In Nonpaged Area
>> >
>> > STOP 0x00000050 (0xE52A43F8, 0x00000000, 0XF74139A8, 0x00000002)
>> >
>> > setupdd.sys - Address F74139A8 base at F73EC000, Datestamp 41107C8F
>> >
>> > I get this when I try to install XP. When the screen comes up to show
>> > the
>> > hard drives it says there aren't any hard drives. That is if I press
>> > enter
>> > when trying to install it. If I press the UP key I get a completely
>> > different
>> > error.
>> >
>> > Error Message:
>> >
>> > STOP 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0x8081A799, 0xF6F8878, 0x00000000)
>> >
>> > Vista has already caused so many problems for me i'm just trying to rid
>> > my
>> > life of this thing heh. Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
>>
>>
>> It sounds like you may have two problems neither of which is Vista
>> related.
>> XP needs a driver for the hard drive controller. When you boot from the
>> XP
>> CD watch for a message at the bottom of the screen about pressing F6 to
>> load
>> a storage driver. Press F6. Later during the install you will be asked to
>> supply the driver. It has to be on a floppy disk. You may have a bad or
>> dirty XP CD and/or possibly bad RAM. Try cleaning the CD and testing the
>> RAM. It is possible your poor Vista experience may have been caused by
>> faulty hardware.
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
>>
http://www.vistahelp.ca>>
>> Where is the storage driver i need? The disc is a little scratched. And I
>> just tried remounting and swapping out some RAM. But the same thing
>> happened when trying to install XP.