Hung up !

[Ericuhl]

I made it all of the way to formating my hard drive and then my help ended. I keep getting e-mails tp pick the best
answere given to me, just as it looked like we were going to solve the issue it was the end of my help. How do I pick
the best answere when I still have an unresolved issue? My help got me to a point that some of the advise was working and I have been hung up every since with no following steps to finish.

 

[verbalizer]

doesn't it let you to proceed anyways.? an option too.?

 

[Ericuhl]

Best Buy the geek squad said, they would be more than glad to put this xp on
my computer for $214.00, the xp program and all acer driver that will funtion with
xp cost me $140.00, for the program and custom download of special drivers. I can't
seem to win!

 

[Ericuhl]

The computer will but from the cd it says to press any key to continue and then
it shows the files being loaded and then it goes blue screen on me. It says an error
occured and windows shut down to prevent any damage to my computer.

 

[Ericuhl]

I had Microsoft check the cd and they said that is was the full version with service
pack two and with a valid license, I do not know what to do about this headache!

I have a USB 2.0/eSATA DESKTOP HDD DOCK, do you think it would be easier to remove the hardrive and reformat the drive using my wifes desktop? Could I have
motherboard issues as well?

 

[verbalizer]

The computer will but from the cd it says to press any key to continue and then
it shows the files being loaded and then it goes blue screen on me. It says an error
occured and windows shut down to prevent any damage to my computer.

that could be a hardware issue.....
bad HDD or RAM is a possibility.

 

[Ericuhl]

It only takes about 10 minutes to remove the drive from my laptop. Do you know
the way to use another computer to do this, desktop is xp, laptop vista as you know.

 

[Ericuhl]

that could be a hardware issue.....
bad HDD or RAM is a possibility.

The computer is about three months old, and I just had a test on the HDD and it said that is was working
correctly.

 

[verbalizer]

motherboard maybe even run a memtest..

 

[Ericuhl]

I ran a memtest and test said all is well with no errors!
Thank you for your suggestion.

 

[verbalizer]

this is crazy.
let me read this thread again and get a fresh approach..

 

[Ericuhl]

The test said, if you dont come up with any errors at the end of the
test that all is well. The RAM is working correctly and handling the data
just fine.

 

[Ericuhl]

This crazy Vista has throw me another curve ball, it shows:

NTLDR is missing, so I ran my three restore disc's and I am also getting,
WIMAPPLY Image fail. Error: 0x70
What is all this crazyness?

 

[Ericuhl]

On the NTLDR is missing area, It tells me to Press Ctrl +Alt + Del to restart and
all it does is return to the same screen again. Thank you for any assistance with this
new headache.

 

[Ericuhl]

I was just sitting here trying to recall as much as possible, on the Wimapply issue every
restoration disc loaded with out issues except, the third disc, it loaded three quarters of the way maybe a little further. The third disc finishes rather quickly, and then the error window appears.This is really strange, I can still access the setup menu F2 and still the F12 Boot menu, what I do not understand is how can all of that be there and no Bootup ability.

 

[Ericuhl]

Signing off, I guess I have made a mess, thank you for the help.