Stop Error Problem

MachineGunKellyMachineGunKelly The STICKS, Illinois
edited January 2005 in Hardware
Hey all. Installed a new WD Sata drive today. Hit f6 when prompted, slid in the floppy with the txtsetup.oem files for the Si3112 controller, partitioned the drive as C: 8 gigs, and divided the rest of the disk in half D: and E: of roughly equal size, formatted C: drive in fat32 (I know, legacy floppies...) and when it self-rebooted and started a scan of the drive I got this:

STOP: c0000221 {bad image checksum}
The image comdlg32.dll is possibly corrupt. The header checksum does not match the computed checksum.

Can someone advise me on what the heck that means and how to fix it? ;D

Thanks, MGK

Comments

  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited January 2005
    MS says it means you have to reinstall. I found some other sites that recommended replacing the screwed-up file. You can get comdlg32.dll here.

    D/L it and stick it in your C:\Windows\System32 folder.

    Lots of people with similar problems are finding that their drive is bad. Maybe you got a dud right out of the box. It might head off some aggravation if you ran the manufacturer's diagnostic utility. If it passes, at least it will mean one less thing to worry about.

    Hope this helps. :)
  • MachineGunKellyMachineGunKelly The STICKS, Illinois
    edited January 2005
    Hey prof! Damn! This IS the replacement I just recieved from newegg for the DOA one I bought for my son at christmas. At least I got the comp to 'see' it and format it this time. Alot of probs with that file 'eh? Maybe these new WD Sata drives are the new century's version of the 'deathstar'...

    Thanks for the link brother. Will try. Right now I'm running memtest on the two sticks in the rig and so good for two passes so far.
  • MachineGunKellyMachineGunKelly The STICKS, Illinois
    edited January 2005
    Isn't it awfully odd that a brand new HD that was freshly formatted and partitioned using a brand new copy of XP Pro would corrupt a just-installed file?

    I guess I'll try starting over. Nothing to lose at this point but my temper! :D
  • MachineGunKellyMachineGunKelly The STICKS, Illinois
    edited January 2005
    Ok now, this is getting ridiculous. Now when I reboot with the XP cd in the comp posts, the xp logo comes up black screen then BSOD with the same stop error as before. It will not let me in to the system to repair/replace/reformat or anything. It will not boot into windows from the HD or the CD. I'm not even really sure it was done installing when the stop error came up. What can a guy do now? :scratch:
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited January 2005
    Assuming that memtest and the HD test both pass, my next step would be to do the following:

    1) Check your Windows CD. If it's scratched or smudged it could be as simple a thing as the cdrom drive can't read it to copy the installation files.

    2) Check the cdrom drive itself. Swap it out with a known-good spare, if possible.

    3) Check your cables. Replace those that you have any doubt about.

    4) Test your power supply. Over Christmas I fought a big computer problem my dad was having. After two days (and nights) I stuck a new PS in there and the problem was solved.

    5) Try the install again. This time go into the bios first and crank every performance setting you can find down to the slowest speed available. I've seen systems that didn't want to go together with everything set to optimal performance. If you can get Windows on there (it might take hours on a crippled machine) then you can jack things back up one at a time to the performance level at which you would reasonably expect your hardware to run. Also: remove all auxiliary cards, like sound, NIC, etc. Only leave the bare minimum in there during the install. The less complicated you can make things at first, the better.

    Good luck, Gunner! :wave:
  • MachineGunKellyMachineGunKelly The STICKS, Illinois
    edited January 2005
    Whew! What a pain in the butt. I finally got windows to load. Don't know exactly what was wrong but I reset the cmos again, left everything at fail-safe, set the bios to boot sequence floppy, cd, scsi and ran through it again. This time it allowed me to enter the setup screen (it had before but BSOD'd out on me numerous times) and loaded drivers for Sata, rebooted, and when I saw the format screen come up I knew I was going to be ok. THIS time I formatted C: drive in NTFS (Quick) and windows installed just fine.

    Thanks for all the tips bro! I got a party to go to across the street tonight and I'll enjoy myself knowing that tomorrow I can get the boy his computer back with my head held high!

    Thanks again, MGK :thumbsup:
  • MachineGunKellyMachineGunKelly The STICKS, Illinois
    edited January 2005
    Wrong. The second replacement drive from Newegg is faulty as well. Maybe three's a charm 'eh? At least I know the sequence now of how it's SUPPOSED to work! :rolleyes:

    I'll let you know how the 'third' replacement drive fares when it arrives. Thanks again for the help fellas!

    MGK
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