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32Bit Win 7 Ultimate install problem

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I am having a strange issue installing win 7 ultimate 32 bit. The hard drive originally had XP on it. When I first put the win 7 disk in I chose to do a clean install. The system went through the normal set up options until the first reboot. After the reboot I get a black screen that says that something in my hardware configuration has changed and the integrity of the NT kernal can not be verified. It says to hit enter and then F8 to get a boot menu and do a repair. Hitting enter just reboots the machine and F8 does nothing after the reboot. I have deleted the partiton and reformatted the drive (more than once). Each time It will start set up but on the first reboot I get the error. The machine is a 3.8ghz P4 in an intel 915pbl board with a 2mb stick of ddr533 memory, an ati hd4350 PCIe video card and an 80gig sata drive. Even though they are older tech, the Memory, Processor, Video Card and Motherboard are all new (just opened). Is it possible I am having an MBR conflict with the XP that was on the drive (pulled from another machine)? I am stumped. Any help is appreciated.
 
I would find a utility, such as gdisk, gparted, etc to completely wipe the drive clean, including the MBR. Leave it blank and unformatted, and then try installing Windows 7.

And good god, man...2 MB of memory. Upgrade!!!!!!!!!!! I have to go back to 1994 to when I had that little! ;)
 
Is it a burnt dvd or retail dvd, might need to reburn it at a slower speed.
 
it's not a burnt disk. I work for a micorosft business partner so it's a not for resals disk.

Memory upgrade is on the list, just have to wait til after christmas. I'll get a disk utility and try that.
 
Have you tested the hard drive for errors? Could also be worth doing a memory test with MemTest86.
 
Demon10000 said:
Have you tested the hard drive for errors? Could also be worth doing a memory test with MemTest86.
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I'm beginning to think the motherboard is flaky. I went in to the bios to the hardware monitoring section. It said the CPU was at 37 degrees Fahrenheit (not Celsius) and that Zone 1 and Zone 2 were both over 250 degrees Fahrenheit (ambient was around 70). I shut down. went back into the bios and the readings looked more normal, 150 for the CPU and high 80s for the other zones. I have access to another 915 Motherboard so I think I will try that.
 
"the readings looked more normal, 150 for the CPU and high 80s for the other "

Those temps are way off !
 
I hate to resurrect and old thread but I finally got this working. There were 2 issues. 1st, regarding the high temps, one of the plastic hold downs on the OEM heat sink had broken. I replaced it with a thermaltake heatsink and now it runs around 50C instead of 80C. The second issue is the stange one. Windows 7 and Windows XP both had install issues. They would format the drive and stat the install but as soon as they rebooted I would get an error saying something in my HW configuration had changed and a system file could not be verified. the specific error was 0x0000428. Linux would run fine but windows would not. The problem ended up being the keyboard I was using. The only spare keyboard I had was a USB MS keyboard with a finger print reader built in. I borrowed a cheap plain USB keyboard and the XP install went as normal. Just waiting on a new windows 7 copy to arrive and I will be install 7 on it.
 
OK at this piont I assume you have all of your data backed up that you want?

First unplug any extra HDD's you have, leaving only the one 7 is going to be installed on.

Boot to the 7 install disc. Hit custom install. Once at the HDD selection, click the drive and press delete to delete the partition. You'll see unallocated space, click it and press next. There is zero need to pre-configure partitions or to format unless you have a special configuration you want; 7 will partition/format automatically.

Preceed to install it as normal. Do not try to switch boot from cd etc between reboots, just wait and let it bypass that when it ask to boot from drive press any key.
 
bigdogchris said:
OK at this piont I assume you have all of your data backed up that you want?

First unplug any extra HDD's you have, leaving only the one 7 is going to be installed on.

Boot to the 7 install disc. Hit custom install. Once at the HDD selection, click the drive and press delete to delete the partition. You'll see unallocated space, click it and press next. There is zero need to pre-configure partitions or to format unless you have a special configuration you want; 7 will partition/format automatically.

Preceed to install it as normal. Do not try to switch boot from cd etc between reboots, just wait and let it bypass that when it ask to boot from drive press any key.
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Thanks for the advice. The machine only has one drive and no data to back up so I should be good.
 
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