Pretty Big Issue

[rspassey]

Okay, if you followed my other post, I was talking about installing Ubuntu. Well, I did, and somewhere and somehow I messed up my Windows Partitions. No, I didn't format and install over it, but a File ended up being missing. Well, the issue was that I would get a error each time and wasn't able to even enter safe mode. I decided, heck, a simple repair install would be enough to get it to load again - and it was. Okay, I was all excited that I got it working again, so immediately I decided that I would solve the issue by formatting the driver with ubuntu, and that worked too. Now, I know after a repair install I have to load my drivers all over again. I poped in my mobo Cd, loaded then all, and I still have an issue.

Windows Detects my two 6800 Video Cards, and even displays that there are drivers installed for them (the latest version), but in device manager there is a persistant " ! " next to each display device, and no matter how many times I try to load firmware or drivers those " ! "s come back each time.

So basically now, I can't do anything b/c for some reason I am using Windows crappy drivers (even though it detects mine are there).

This is the errror message I get : "This device cannot start. (Code 10)"
Any clue on how to fix this?

Sorry for this noobish question, I had it all under control, then after around an hour of fiddling and trying to fix it, I decided it would be best to go to the experts. Thanks in advance, Ryan.

PS, I made no hardware chances, and this exact same set up (sig) was this way and working perfectly before.

[rspassey]

Rught now, I am leaning toward and IRQ conflict. This is becuase... I originally installed Windows without my X-FI, which I added later. When I ran the repair install, I ran it with the X-FI in. Sadly, googling around, I have found many similar issues in which there have been no solutions. The weird part is after a reboot, I get the Code 10, then I run the driver installation and everything is back to normal, untill I reboot again - when I get another code 10, and the process continues like that.

I am looking over my options and have decided to try it like this :
1) Remove and uninstall my X-FI > reboot > see if that fixes it > run driver update > reboot and check if that fixes it.

2) Remove X-FI > Back up all my important files (photos, articles, school works, music) > Reformat my C drive > reinstall XP > Then reinstall X-FI

3) Attempt changing the PCI slot of my X-FI (provided if option one works untill I put the card back in)

Any other help would be highly appreciated.

[DynamicTech]

M$ recommends:

Code 10
If the device has a FailReasonString value in its hardware key, that string appears as the error message. The driver or enumerator puts this registry string value there. If there is no FailReasonString in the hardware key, you receive the following error message:

This device cannot start. (Code 10)



Recommended resolution


Device failed to start. Click Update Driver to update the drivers for this device. On the General Properties tab of the device, click Troubleshoot to start the Troubleshooting Wizard.

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the cards?
Phantom device?

[rspassey]

Well, I sorted it out the old fashion way - Just did a new install on my secondary Harddrive. I have been installing drivers, and my AV and Firewall and basic applications, as well as copying over some important documents. At the moment I see no reason to terminate the messed up drive, as I can still acess files on it. So in one aspect, things are better than before, because now my *fully working* OS drive isn't crapped full of junk that accumulates after time. In a way, I think this is how I will continue managing my OSes - get one bogged down with enough junk and install fresh onto the oposite drive and copy over needed files.

I do however am left with one glitch...
--- Is there anyway to disable the OS selection menu when I boot up?
It states something along the lines of "Select Which OS you want to boot into:
XP Pro
XP Pro
press F8 for advances boot options"

I select the first option to boot into the drive I just set up.
I know there must be a way to disable that menu so it automatically loads into this drive. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Ryan

[bozo]

Ironically I just had the same problem whith a fresh install of the OS. In my case I had a partial install of XP...then a subsequent install left me with two OS choices on startup.

Go to "System Properties">select "Advanced" tab>at the bottom where it says "Startup & Recovery" select "Settings" tab>to edit the startup options manually select "Edit".

This will open up the "boot" file in notepad...in my case I had two identical boot entries for XP. I first did a "save as" of the boot file, & named it "bootBAC", & saved it to another location in "My Documents". Then I deleted the bottom boot entry, and save the file. That took care of the double OS choice on the next boot. You can also edit the countdown in this same window.

[rspassey]

Great, that sorted it out, thanks a lot.