Windows xp 07e error

I've traced page fault errors back to bad RAM. If you have the hardware, you could move the hard drive into a known good working machine and see if you can install Windows onto the hard drive from there. Don't install any drivers or anything, just lay down the basic OS.

Once it's installed on the hard drive, swap it back into the new case and see if it works. Try using only a single stick of RAM- I've seen this cause blue screens.

Once Windows boots after installation, you can throw the other sticks in and it's golden.. Scan the hard disk with an ultimate boot cd using the manufactures diagnostic scanning software to obtain an error code for RMA. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Best Answer.

It worked in this instance but each situation is different. View this "Best Answer" in the replies below ». I have not installed any hardware or software recently. The second drive was added over a year ago and most everything has been working fine. The Zip drive has been installed longer than that. Joined Apr 23, Messages Thank you for list of links. There were a few I haven't seen yet. Most of them refer to getting the 0x07 error when you upgrade this or install that and so forth, but that has not been my case, exactly.

I haven't upgraded or installed anything recently, other than virus definitions. Worth a look, still, thanks. Stallcup said:. Recording the four 4 parameters after the stop error can, in some cases, be vital in narrowing down the possible causes. If you can repeat that, the following link offers suggestions as to the cause.

If you do not have a password for the default administrator account just hit enter. However, although this should work, there is a bug in WinXP wherein sometimes it will not accept "no password" even though you do not have a password.

That is why, when you get a chance, make the registry edit to which you referred in you last post. This will rebuild the mbr and zero-out the partition signature, forcing WinXP to rebuild the partition signature. This would be a quick fix if the root of your problem is a corruption of this portion of the boot sector. The reason I suggest this is that as you can see in the following link there are two possibilities for stop error 07E: 1 the HDD controller cannot determine which drive is bootable from the HDD ID which is contained in the aforementioned partition signature , and 2 there is corruption in the mbr.

When you were using the CD and trying to get into recovery, I assume the password requested was for the default Administrator account. RT said:. I knew that a wipe of the drive would be mentioned eventually, but I hesitate for now because there is so much stuff on this drive I would like to keep Well, apparently my floppy drive has gone south I haven't used it in ages.

So I made a Win98 bootable CD finally , changed the boot order and powered up. The command prompt was showing A: presumably because I burned an ISO made from the floppy It wouldn't allow me to change directories to C, nor did it say device not ready or anything, just resumed the A prompt. It recognized some other drive letters but said they were not ready. I can't get it to see C. I had no other disks in the drives and the otherhard drive wasn't hooked up. Started by. Dell Precision 3.

Dell Optiplex MT 2. Aurora R9, ran Updates, not connecting to monitors. Mouse scroll wheel works but goes in both directions on screen when scrolling in one direction on mouse. Load more. Top Contributor. Latest Solutions. Dell Support Resources. I agree with first two chaps it's defo sounds like you need to put sata in ide or compat mode I had same issue couple of weeks ago with Dell machine trying to reinstall without original media. When I built my HTPC I ran into the issue where when doing the initial install the computer would go off into lala land.

Turned out I needed to format the hard drive using a separate machine before Windows would install. I would run the checkdisk on your drive to eliminate that as a possible issue. After that I would run a memory check. I've traced page fault errors back to bad RAM.

If you have the hardware, you could move the hard drive into a known good working machine and see if you can install Windows onto the hard drive from there. Don't install any drivers or anything, just lay down the basic OS. Once it's installed on the hard drive, swap it back into the new case and see if it works. Try using only a single stick of RAM- I've seen this cause blue screens.

Once Windows boots after installation, you can throw the other sticks in and it's golden.. Scan the hard disk with an ultimate boot cd using the manufactures diagnostic scanning software to obtain an error code for RMA.