BSOD while installing XP [Help with CD/DVD booting]

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With assistance from gtplanet members I have somewhat solved my old problem about booting xp from the CD drive but now I have new problem. Every time I try to install windows XP I get a BSOD. I currently have no OS to boot from. Also I just flashed a new BIOS update. Any help will be greatly appreciated. My problem was solved at around post #23

Thank you

Computer Information

Toshiba Satellite P20-PW
Intel Pentium 4 Processor - 3.20GHz
NVIDIA GeForceFX5200
512 MB Ram
80GB Harddrive
It comes with Windows XP



OLD SOMEWHAT SOLVED PROBLEM, May be useful

Recently I updated the BIOS on my old laptop after that I have been getting many bsod errors and I can't get into windows xp. I reach the XP logo and the bar at the bottom moves but then the screen goes black. When I enter safe mode I get the bsod errors. Also one time when I made it to the desktop it told me my windows XP was not genuine and needed activation.

I tried booting a windows xp iso I had burned it on a dvd. But it wouldn't boot I would get the flashing dash in the top left corner then I get the boot into safe mode screen.

I tried the DVD in another computer and it worked. I tried an Ubuntu DVD in my laptop and it also worked. What could the problem be?

Edit: I was also wondering if I could downgrade my BIOS version because my laptop was running fine before.

 
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I tried disabling everything in the Bios Menu except for the DVD drive.

after restarting I get this error

For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13 (020326)
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM

Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082)
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation


Like I said it works perfectly with an Ubuntu disk.
 
I tried disabling everything in the Bios Menu except for the DVD drive.

after restarting I get this error

For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernet Controller v2.13 (020326)
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM

Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 082)
Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation


Like I said it works perfectly with an Ubuntu disk.

It looks like your computer is trying to boot off the ethernet connection instead of the DVD Drive. Your links aren't working, just take you to an error page on the Toshiba website :/

Do you see an option for PXE-Boot, or LAN-boot or Network? Be sure to check all the sections of the BIOS. Can you try just resetting the BIOS back to factory defaults?

I don't know why Linux would allow booting, except that your XP isn't genuine, however booting off the DVD drive shouldn't be affected by that.

Jerome
 
Order of bootable items is important, too. If the NIX is before the CD drive, it will NEVER try the CD drive.

Should be:

Floppy, CD/DVD, hard drive, NIC.

Might not have floppy as a choice, and if possible, disable NIC boot.
 
But the thing is in this exact setup I can boot into an Ubuntu Linux DVD.

Also the laptop its a Toshiba Satellite p20 it has a Pentium 4 processor if that matters.
 
Ok I tried resetting the Bios still the problem persists. I tried making the boot order Floppy, CD/DVD, hard drive, NIC and the problem remains. I tried pressing f12 so I choose what device to boot from and when I press cd drive it 1 dash appears in the top left corner and then it tries to boot from the HDD again.

I can't get the links to work so here are the specs

Toshiba Satellite P20-PW
Intel Pentium 4 Processor - 3.20GHz
NVIDIA GeForceFX5200
512 MB Ram
80GB Harddrive
It comes with Windows XP
 
A Windows XP ISO would be a CD, not a DVD. Maybe that's an issue with this drive.

I know you said the DVD boots in another machine. Is it really a DVD it's burned on? That would be wrong, because Windows XP never came out on a DVD, it was always a CD.

If it is a CD, well the fact is that some burners just make not-so-universal disks when they burn them. Some drives will read them, others won't.
 
A Windows XP ISO would be a CD, not a DVD. Maybe that's an issue with this drive.

I know you said the DVD boots in another machine. Is it really a DVD it's burned on? That would be wrong, because Windows XP never came out on a DVD, it was always a CD.

If it is a CD, well the fact is that some burners just make not-so-universal disks when they burn them. Some drives will read them, others won't.

I actually downloaded the iso off of the Microsoft website.
 
A Windows XP ISO would be a CD, not a DVD. Maybe that's an issue with this drive.

I know you said the DVD boots in another machine. Is it really a DVD it's burned on? That would be wrong, because Windows XP never came out on a DVD, it was always a CD.

If it is a CD, well the fact is that some burners just make not-so-universal disks when they burn them. Some drives will read them, others won't.

+1.

Sounds to me like an error with disk.
 
I will try that right now but can you explain why ram would be related to my problem?

You said you are getting blue screens.


A Windows XP ISO would be a CD, not a DVD. Maybe that's an issue with this drive.

I know you said the DVD boots in another machine. Is it really a DVD it's burned on? That would be wrong, because Windows XP never came out on a DVD, it was always a CD.

If it is a CD, well the fact is that some burners just make not-so-universal disks when they burn them. Some drives will read them, others won't.

I have loaded xp off a dvd and installed as well.
 
I'm still running the memtest but I was wondering if there was a way I could revert my bios back to the older version. I had no problems before the bios update.
 
Don't know if you can

Why did you flash the BIOS?

BIOS flashing should only be done if you are having an issue with the bios itself.
 
Don't know if you can

Why did you flash the BIOS?

BIOS flashing should only be done if you are having an issue with the bios itself.

My laptop did not support booting from usb so I checked around and I saw the update it didn't say what features it added so I thought there is nothing to lose and it might allow booting from usb.

I am positive that I downloaded the right bios update. One thing that scared me was during the update the laptop just turned off. I thought maybe it was restarting I checked in the BIOS and it was updated to the latest version so I don't what happened I think it was successful. Maybe that sudden shutdown damaged the ram?
 
I don't think that is a RAM issue, seems more like a badly recorded boot disk, or a failure when flashing the BIOS. Those computers uses CD format to boot, and the iso is design to be boot from a normal disk(CD of about 700MB, not DVD with longer space and different format).

My advice is that you should:

>Install new bios.
>Create a boot CD of winXP, however I recommend you to use tools to create a USB boot, which seems way easier, instead of burning disks.
>Try with each.

It happens some times, the bios do not recognize other bootable disks, there area also other options within the bios like reset to defaults, you should pick that too and revise all the list of possible bootable devices, than check the ones you need.

If that doesn't work then I don't know, I will check that model to see what could be the problem.
 
I don't think that is a RAM issue, seems more like a badly recorded boot disk, or a failure when flashing the BIOS. Those computers uses CD format to boot, and the iso is design to be boot from a normal disk(CD of about 700MB, not DVD with longer space and different format).

My advice is that you should:

>Install new bios.
>Create a boot CD of winXP, however I recommend you to use tools to create a USB boot, which seems way easier, instead of burning disks.
>Try with each.

It happens some times, the bios do not recognize other bootable disks, there area also other options within the bios like reset to defaults, you should pick that too and revise all the list of possible bootable devices, than check the ones you need.

If that doesn't work then I don't know, I will check that model to see what could be the problem.

Well I just updated the Bios to the latest version (before the problems started happening) Is there any way to know if the Bios update installed correctly?

I already reset my bios settings.

I have been running memtest86+ for around 2 hours no errors yet.
 
What is the model code of your unit.?

Don't know how old toshiba codes are like but it may be one of the following.

PSP20C-01UGPV
PSP20C-1U8PW
PSP20C-1UGPV
PSP26C-0JQR7
 
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what is the model code of your unit.?

Don't know how old toshiba codes are like but it may be one of the following.

Psp20c-01ugpv
psp20c-1u8pw
psp20c-1ugpv
psp26c-0jqr7

psp20c-1u8pw

Also I purchased it in Canada if that matters.
 
Grayfox
I used the canadian toshiba website.
What version did u flash to?

I flashed to version 2.10 I just checked in the bios settings and it also says that I am on version 2.10 so I think it installed correctly
 
I have managed to get windows xp to boot but every time during installation I get a BSOD. Currently there is no OS because during installation it formatted my computer. So it looks like I have another problem that needs fixing before I can re flash my BIOS.

I have used memtest86 and I used a hard drive checking software. Both components are running without any problems? What other problem might be causing these bsod during installation?

Thank you so much for helping me.
 
SATA drivers?

I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with that because I reached so far it was finalizing the installation then all of a sudden I got the BSOD.

I tried to install ubuntu and during the installation I get a lot of command line text but it looks strange because the loading bar for ubuntu remains but text is overlapping it.

Also the latest iso for xp I tried has many drivers and stuff built in its not official but its the only Windows XP iso that is working for me.
 
Well, you've said repeatedly that you get the BSOD. So, um . . . What's the error and code on that screen? Obviously, if it rebooted immediately you won't know that, but if it stops and lets you see the blue screen, there will be an error and a STOP code. Those would help.

(And BTW, does anyone know who's brilliant idea it was to automatically reboot on a BSOD? I would like to meet that person. I'm sure they would not enjoy the experience as much, though. Probably the same person who decided hiding the extension of flenames was a good idea. Why is that even possible??!!!!?))
 
Well, you've said repeatedly that you get the BSOD. So, um . . . What's the error and code on that screen? Obviously, if it rebooted immediately you won't know that, but if it stops and lets you see the blue screen, there will be an error and a STOP code. Those would help.

(And BTW, does anyone know who's brilliant idea it was to automatically reboot on a BSOD? I would like to meet that person. I'm sure they would not enjoy the experience as much, though. Probably the same person who decided hiding the extension of flenames was a good idea. Why is that even possible??!!!!?))

Currently I am running Video Memory Test. I am going to cancel it and try to get another BSoD I will report back with the error message.
 
There is no name for the error it just says A problem has been detected ...

STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0x801A89A4, 0xF88ED010, 0x00000000)


Man I regret that BIOS flash so much.
 
That is Page_Fault_In_Non_Paged_Area.

I know you feelings about the idiot that at microsoft that thought auto restart at system fault is good.
 
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