Here's the system:
Antec Mini P-180
AMD 5400+
ASUS M3A78-EM
A-Data 2G DDR2 800
Samsung SH-S223F
Zerotherm BTF95
FSP BlueStorm 400W
WD 80G IDE
All items new except PS (3 months old) and HD (6 months old). Just got the ASUS today.
Got everything connected but wouldn't boot into WinXP. The message, "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM". Booted the WinXP CD and tried repair. Didn't work, so I installed a new XP. Booted into Windows and ran the Asus CD. Left everything at default. Booted into Express Gate, checked it out and then booted into XP. Weird... no more XP. I got the same message about "file is missing or corrupt." The BIOS 'sees' the HD and the CD/DVD.
Booted from PartedMagic (a Linux live CD utility) but that didn't work. Got the message, "Failed to find the media! Your drive is not supported." Tried the live Knoppix CD and got a similar message, "Can't find KNOPPIX filesystem, sorry. Dropping you to a (very limited) shell." Odd that the WinXP install CD boots fine.
Three days ago I had a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H installed and experienced none of these problems; it booted to the existing XP on the HD before and after installing the drivers... and booted to a Linux live CD. I returned it because the NB (85c at idle) required too much active cooling for a quiet system.
Any idea why XP keep getting corrupted, or why won't it boot to a live Linux CD? Are these known issues that have workarounds?
Thanks!
Antec Mini P-180
AMD 5400+
ASUS M3A78-EM
A-Data 2G DDR2 800
Samsung SH-S223F
Zerotherm BTF95
FSP BlueStorm 400W
WD 80G IDE
All items new except PS (3 months old) and HD (6 months old). Just got the ASUS today.
Got everything connected but wouldn't boot into WinXP. The message, "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM". Booted the WinXP CD and tried repair. Didn't work, so I installed a new XP. Booted into Windows and ran the Asus CD. Left everything at default. Booted into Express Gate, checked it out and then booted into XP. Weird... no more XP. I got the same message about "file is missing or corrupt." The BIOS 'sees' the HD and the CD/DVD.
Booted from PartedMagic (a Linux live CD utility) but that didn't work. Got the message, "Failed to find the media! Your drive is not supported." Tried the live Knoppix CD and got a similar message, "Can't find KNOPPIX filesystem, sorry. Dropping you to a (very limited) shell." Odd that the WinXP install CD boots fine.
Three days ago I had a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H installed and experienced none of these problems; it booted to the existing XP on the HD before and after installing the drivers... and booted to a Linux live CD. I returned it because the NB (85c at idle) required too much active cooling for a quiet system.
Any idea why XP keep getting corrupted, or why won't it boot to a live Linux CD? Are these known issues that have workarounds?
Thanks!
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