Big problem with windows 64bit install-please help "hamsat" <hamsatuk[ at ]hotmail.com> 4/25/2007 8:54:08 PM Hi and thanks for taking the time to look at my plea for help. My problems all started when one morning I went to start up my computer running Windows XP Pro 64 bit, and all it did was to get as far as the screen where the bar goes back and forth and then re-boot without going any further. Checked on the web for various ways's to try and sort this problem out but did not manage to solve the problem. At this point I decided to just re-install Windows, and guess what it got so far and started to do the same thing loop. So I decided to back up as much as I could to my second hard drive but due to it smaller capacity was only able to do so much. The software I used to do this was Paragn Drive Back and the program was run form within a dos environment. All went well and the plan was to start the windows install again only this time to re-format the offending hard drive. Now what happens is the windows install CD says that there is no drive available to install it on. I have checked this out by running the repair option" R" and am able to see a C: drive with all my folders, files and a windows folder. Can anybody help me to get my system up and running again? Thank you Tony

Re: Big problem with windows 64bit install-please help "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie[ at ]mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> 4/25/2007 9:41:39 PM Please provide some details about the system. The chances are that you need a driver for your hard drive to be seen by the install. This is true for most SATA controllers on x64, and all "RAID" IDE controllers. You need to get the drivers for your controller - most likely from the mobo manufacturer - and put them on a floppy. Then, when the setup program first starts as you're booting off the CD - press F6 when prompted. From there be patient and then follow the prompts to load the driver off your floppy drive. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel "hamsat" <hamsatuk[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:NLedncB_Ep5sIrLbnZ2dnUVZ8qqlnZ2d[ at ]pipex.net... [Quoted Text] > Hi and thanks for taking the time to look at my plea for help. > My problems all started when one morning I went to start up my computer > running Windows XP Pro 64 bit, and all it did was to get as far as the > screen where the bar goes back and forth and then re-boot without going > any further. Checked on the web for various ways's to try and sort this > problem out but did not manage to solve the problem. At this point I > decided to just re-install Windows, and guess what it got so far and > started to do the same thing loop. So I decided to back up as much as I > could to my second hard drive but due to it smaller capacity was only able > to do so much. The software I used to do this was Paragn Drive Back and > the program was run form within a dos environment. All went well and the > plan was to start the windows install again only this time to re-format > the offending hard drive. > Now what happens is the windows install CD says that there is no drive > available to install it on. I have checked this out by running the repair > option" R" and am able to see a C: drive with all my folders, files and a > windows folder. Can anybody help me to get my system up and running again? > Thank you > Tony >

Re: Big problem with windows 64bit install-please help "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling[ at ]dbREMOVEmail.dk> 4/25/2007 9:54:43 PM It would seem your HD is a SATA drive and you need to feed a Floppy with the SATA drivers on it to the installation - the first thing that happens when the install routine starts is at the bottom of the screen it asks you to press F6 if you have any SCSI drivers to add to the installation. You may think you don't but my guess is you do. If you cannnot locate your floppy that was used the first time there is likely a utility on the System CD with the Motherboard Drivers that prepares a floppy for you. From then on, it should be rolling. If you don't have any SATA HD's you need to give us a description of that machine and the Hardware. Tony. . .(yes, me too) "hamsat" <hamsatuk[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:NLedncB_Ep5sIrLbnZ2dnUVZ8qqlnZ2d[ at ]pipex.net... [Quoted Text] > Hi and thanks for taking the time to look at my plea for help. > My problems all started when one morning I went to start up my computer > running Windows XP Pro 64 bit, and all it did was to get as far as the > screen where the bar goes back and forth and then re-boot without going any > further. Checked on the web for various ways's to try and sort this problem > out but did not manage to solve the problem. At this point I decided to > just re-install Windows, and guess what it got so far and started to do the > same thing loop. So I decided to back up as much as I could to my second > hard drive but due to it smaller capacity was only able to do so much. The > software I used to do this was Paragn Drive Back and the program was run > form within a dos environment. All went well and the plan was to start the > windows install again only this time to re-format the offending hard drive. > Now what happens is the windows install CD says that there is no drive > available to install it on. I have checked this out by running the repair > option" R" and am able to see a C: drive with all my folders, files and a > windows folder. Can anybody help me to get my system up and running again? > Thank you > Tony > >

Re: Big problem with windows 64bit install-please help "hamsat" <hamsatuk[ at ]hotmail.com> 4/26/2007 9:16:17 AM Hi thanks to everyone who responded to my plea for help, thanks to you all my problem has been solved and all is now working. Once again thank you. Tony "hamsat" <hamsatuk[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:NLedncB_Ep5sIrLbnZ2dnUVZ8qqlnZ2d[ at ]pipex.net... Hi and thanks for taking the time to look at my plea for help. My problems all started when one morning I went to start up my computer running Windows XP Pro 64 bit, and all it did was to get as far as the screen where the bar goes back and forth and then re-boot without going any further. Checked on the web for various ways's to try and sort this problem out but did not manage to solve the problem. At this point I decided to just re-install Windows, and guess what it got so far and started to do the same thing loop. So I decided to back up as much as I could to my second hard drive but due to it smaller capacity was only able to do so much. The software I used to do this was Paragn Drive Back and the program was run form within a dos environment. All went well and the plan was to start the windows install again only this time to re-format the offending hard drive. Now what happens is the windows install CD says that there is no drive available to install it on. I have checked this out by running the repair option" R" and am able to see a C: drive with all my folders, files and a windows folder. Can anybody help me to get my system up and running again? Thank you Tony

Re: Big problem with windows 64bit install-please help "Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling[ at ]dbREMOVEmail.dk> 4/26/2007 10:01:53 AM That is good news, and remember that anytime you put that Installation CD/DVD in a drive it cannot see those drivers. So, a simple repair requires you to have that Floppy ready each time! Vista apparently rectified this with a completely new Installer, so in six month's time nobody will remember any of that old stuff anymore. Tony. . . "hamsat" <hamsatuk[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3Z-dnW32UYN-8K3bRVnyiAA[ at ]pipex.net... [Quoted Text] > Hi thanks to everyone who responded to my plea for help, thanks to you all > my problem has been solved and all is now working. Once again thank you. > Tony > "hamsat" <hamsatuk[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:NLedncB_Ep5sIrLbnZ2dnUVZ8qqlnZ2d[ at ]pipex.net... > Hi and thanks for taking the time to look at my plea for help. > My problems all started when one morning I went to start up my computer > running Windows XP Pro 64 bit, and all it did was to get as far as the > screen where the bar goes back and forth and then re-boot without going any > further. Checked on the web for various ways's to try and sort this problem > out but did not manage to solve the problem. At this point I decided to > just re-install Windows, and guess what it got so far and started to do the > same thing loop. So I decided to back up as much as I could to my second > hard drive but due to it smaller capacity was only able to do so much. The > software I used to do this was Paragn Drive Back and the program was run > form within a dos environment. All went well and the plan was to start the > windows install again only this time to re-format the offending hard drive. > Now what happens is the windows install CD says that there is no drive > available to install it on. I have checked this out by running the repair > option" R" and am able to see a C: drive with all my folders, files and a > windows folder. Can anybody help me to get my system up and running again? > Thank you > Tony > >