| The Traveler 2007-01-30, 8:39 pm |
| On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:57:46 GMT, Seadog <seadog@nunyabidness.com>
wrote:
quote:
>Sounds pretty ominous, T T. Every time I've had a STOP Code error
>message, and they always hang at that point and always require a hard
>reset, I've fixed it by fixing the file named as the culprit. That's
>gospel, according to MS Knowledge Base. In your case, it's complaining
>about atapi.sys. That's the generic driver for optical drives.
>
>If it were me, I'd extract that file from my XP disks and replace it on
>the theory that it has become corrupted. Then I'd try a system restore
>point prior to the installation, and try the installation again. If I
>got the option to undo the partial install changes, I'd take it.
>Otherwise, I'd proceed with the installation. HTH.
>
>-Seadog
Problem resolved... installation successful.
Well, after quite a bit of on-line reading, I rechecked my SONY
DRU-720A firmware and realized that it was NOT up to date (one rev
back... I could have sworn). So, I flashed the new firmware and
rebooted.
Then I deleted the files in the "temp" folder, ran MS' Installation
Clean-up Utility (msicuu2.exe) to get rid of the remnants of my
previous attempts (error 1704), rebooted and ensured that nothing was
running (well, almost).
This time the installation worked properly!
My 2 cents: This was the most complex and demanding installation I had
to perform in a long long time. Requiring DVD-RW flash updates and
other "special" considerations is IMHO way overboard.
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The Traveller
Oceanside, California
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