Windows Installation Errors

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2014-07
  • Iqbal Khan

    Since yesterday I have been trying to install Windows on a Laptop I have. It used to have it, but for some reason when I booted up, it wouldn't boot, and it wasn't recognizing the hard drive.

    I replaced it and tried re-installing Windows 7, and everything goes well, until l it reboots and says Some files are corrupt, or some specific driver is missing, or there is a hardware error. The specific error was, 0xc00000e9.

    I tried different installation disks, and that didn't work, then I tried switching out the dvd drive for another one, didn't work. And then I switched the hard drives, and It didn't work. All the hard drives I tried were working, and the Disks I knew were for sure working too.

    Now, I tried installing Win7 on a new hdd, and it says Some installation files are missing, and it cancels the install. Same problem.
    Then, I tried installing Windows XP, and it all goes good until reboot, and it says it can't start because some file is missing or corrupt, such as (ntoskrnl.exe) But a lot of the time there are others that it says are missing too.

    I have no idea what could be causing this, maybe could it be the RAM or something?

    EDIT After some tries, I successfully installed Windows Xp, and it works, but now When i try to install windows 7 from inside it, it did not work, and when I try the normal Installation again, it says windows cannot install the required files because they may be corrupt or missing, error 0x80070017.

    • Answers
  • Mixxiphoid

    A few years ago I had the same issue with a desktop while installing Windows XP. Though my case was a bit different because some times it would 'crash' while installing and some times I had no error at all. At some point it all worked again, but I never knew why. However, I did some extra steps beside what you already tried.
    - Cleaned all the dust from the computer case
    - Reseated all connectors in the case (also all cards).
    - Changed my monitor (after I did this (beside other things) it worked, maybe the monitor driver was missing).
    - Swapped memory slots between already seated memory (I had no backup memory).
    - Turned off the power and held the on button pressed for 10 seconds to make sure there was no power on/in the case.
    - Created a new installation image using NLite.

    In the end, I was able to use the NLite image with most of the drivers for my hardware present on it. After this I had no problems any more.

    I know my answer may be a bit vague, but at least you could try some of these options.

    Another thing may be to upgrade your BIOS version to the newest version to be sure there are no bugs on the initializing of disks and other hardware.

  • matan129

    Please test the RAM by using memtest. I had a similar problem , checked the RAM and it failed the tests. If this is your case, changing the RAM fixed the problem.

  • Nam Phung

    Have you tried to install on a external HDD? Might be your SATA chipset has some problem?


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  • Frank

    I am not expecting an exact answer here but a just a list of things to troubleshoot would be good. I am trying to fix a friend's computer and thought I almost had it. Here's what has been done up to this point:

    The graphics card was loose and the hard drives were not being recognized - could not load windows. I secured the graphics card and after searching around discovered that if I take the drives out of the RAID they were in and put them into ATA mode then they are detected. So far so good.

    I then insert a copy of Windows XP Media Center 2005 as was on it before and boot from CD. I select one of the two hard drives to install windows on. I format the drive and it proceeds into copying the files - all done with no complaints. Then, it must restart, it says to leave the CD in the drive and press enter to restart or it will do it itself after 15 seconds. Here is where I am having trouble. Normally, it starts up (this time it should want to boot from the HDD if the boot order is correct in the BIOS - is this correct?) and we progress to Windows Setup etc. However, all I'm getting is a too-quick-to-read flash of an error 'Cannot read C:/Windows' I think. Then automatically restarts and repeats. If I boot from disk I'm back into the beginning of installing windows.

    Just in case the install was bad I formatted the drive again and let it copy the files but the same thing happened on restart. My copy of Windows is spread across two disks but I noticed it never asked for the second disk, I thought it might be needed once we get into the Windows setup part.

    Now when I power up I am getting nothing. No too-quick-to-read error message nothing but a flashing underscore and no response. In case it indicates anything, one press of the power button does not shut it down I have to hold it in for the full 6 seconds.

    There are the facts. If anyone can Sherlock Holmes some ideas about what might be wrong I will be very grateful!!

    Thanks

    Frank


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  • Austin V

    My first suggestion would be to double check the BIOS to make sure you've changed the HDD config from RAID to ATA, also check your pinout on both drives. Chances are that although you can read/write Windows to it during install, the drive you installed it on may be set to "SLAVE" or not set at all. Hope this helps.