Need to Reinstall XP after SP2 Blue Screen

[koala15]

I installed SP2. On reboot got the Blue Screen (of Death) - Stop 8E.

Tried many things.

I decided to reinstall XP (home) from CD. Booted to CD and told it to reinstall (not though the Recovery Console). On first reboot got Blue Screen but this time the Stop is 7B.

The system is running Raid 0.

Can someone advise how to perform a clean install, hopefully keeping data files, but if they have to go then so be it.

Thanks ...... Greg.

 

[BernardStewart]

Not sure if you set up is quite the same but I have RAID 5 running via a Promise Controller board. On installing XP Pro one of the questions asked is whether you want to install a SCSI driver or some other device. I have to anwser yes and install the RAID 5 drivers from a floppy. The installation process then recognises the RAID contoller and then procedds to install XP as usual. Don't know if this points you in the right direction.

 

[bcastner]

They are very different errors. The first error suggests you need an update to your RAID driver:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315335

The second error suggests a problem with RAM:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmd_stp_xlxv.asp

I would:

. Download newer RAID drivers. Both Promise and Adaptec offer SP2 compliant drivers;
. Test system RAM:

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp42vuz4yzqxzxui)/default.aspx

Repair if necessary
. Do an over-the-top reinstallation of XP, not a repair reinstallation. Just be sure to not use the repartition or format options, just write a new install over the top of the existing one.