Install XP 64-bit - Can't boot up properly... attached is screensh

[Panarchy]

Hello

Installed Windows XP 64-bit (I think SP2). Started the installation process (chose full format, not quick format). Left for a while. Came back, and was given this;

(sorry about the quality, took it with my phone camera)

Please tell me how I can make my computer boot up.

Thanks in advance,

Panarchy

PS: Yes, I have tried rebooting. More than once.

[Panarchy]

Update

Now I've been having a little BIOS trouble?

Well I'll try and update the BIOS... arghh! Can't. Well I'll see if it will boot up this time around.

Ah, good, seems to be booting properly into ubuntu (8.10) now.

I'll put the ROM file on one (or all) of my partitions. Then I'll update that way.

Panarchy

PS: Still need this XP 64-bit issue fixed up!

EDIT: Wasn't able to boot into Ubuntu. Now trying with Kubuntu (8.04) LiveCD.

[andsome]

Seriously, I think that all your problems happen because you mess about too much. Too many operating systems etc. You seem to expect miracles from your computer. :D

[Panarchy]

That's what comps are for!

Also, I think that if I mess around for long enough, I will experience all problems my clients may have!

And if I learn how to fix all these... then perfect!

Panarchy

[-pops-]

That's what comps are for!

No it isn't.

A computer is a tool to make the achievement of other tasks easier. It is not an entity in itself.

I can't imagine any of your clients having multi-boot systems in the way you are envisaging so you are merely introducing non-existent problems for yourself.

If you want to experience different systems on a solitary machine the best and easiest way is to have each on a separate (swappable) hard drive - as I've suggested previously.

[andsome]

That's what comps are for!

Also, I think that if I mess around for long enough, I will experience all problems my clients may have!

And if I learn how to fix all these... then perfect!

Panarchy

I would seriously hate to be one of your SO CALLED clients.

[Panarchy]

^Oi

That's what comps are for!

No it isn't.

A computer is a tool to make the achievement of other tasks easier. It is not an entity in itself.

I can't imagine any of your clients having multi-boot systems in the way you are envisaging so you are merely introducing non-existent problems for yourself.

If you want to experience different systems on a solitary machine the best and easiest way is to have each on a separate (swappable) hard drive - as I've suggested previously.

Wouldn't the best way be use of VMWare? (or parallels, or virtualbox etc.)

Just a thought...

Panarchy

[-pops-]

Err....No

If you're learning for the benefit of future clients then the best way to do this is imitate what they are likely to have. For most people this does not include VMWare or virtual machines of any type, it will be a plain, straightforward Windows (or Linux or whatever). This is why I'm suggesting you have a machine as close as possible to one that others might have.

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

Wouldn't the best way be use of VMWare? (or parallels, or virtualbox etc.)

VMware is one way of having multiple (virtual) systems on one computer. However, an operating system installed on VMware does not exactly behave the same way as a natively installed system. While you can get the "look and feel" of a system under VMware, you cannot do the same things as on a native system.

Multi-boot systems are different in that respect. They are "almost" native systems, but - as this thread proves - there are different problems.

I would be happy to see you succeed with your 9-boot system, but I think you will be much on your own, as I don't know anybody who has attempted to do that before. (The max. I have ever done was a 3-boot system, and that definitely did not include Vista.)

[Panarchy]

Multi-boot systems are different in that respect. They are "almost" native systems, but - as this thread proves - there are different problems.

How are multi-boot systems only almost native? Wouldn't they be native?

Unless you mean that they are not written in a native language, such as binary, hex or to go a level above, Assembly. (eg MenuetOS)

I would be happy to see you succeed with your 9-boot system, but I think you will be much on your own, as I don't know anybody who has attempted to do that before. (The max. I have ever done was a 3-boot system, and that definitely did not include Vista.)

Thanks.

I remember seeing an article a while ago about someone doing more than 30 OSs (mostly linux).

I will do my best to plan out everything before hand (eg making a mockup of my partitions scheme... as I've already done. Still to do is writing the entire menu.lst for GRUB. Before starting!)

Panarchy

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

How are multi-boot systems only almost native? Wouldn't they be native?

Maybe my choice of the word "native" was not very clear - what is the antonym of "virtual"?

What I meant is, as opposed to a virtual OS installation, as on VMware or Virtual PC, a direct installation of 1 OS on 1 computer.

Multiboot system OSes are "almost" direct installation, but - well - just "almost". They use a boot manager that may do all kinds of things before the OS actually boots. It may hide other partitions, change the current drive character, etc. So it is not *exactly* the same as a 1:1 installation.

Unless you mean that they are not written in a native language, such as binary, hex or to go a level above, Assembly. (eg MenuetOS)

No, that's not what I meant. It doesn't matter how an OS is written; at the end it is only executing machine instructions, however they were generated.

[Panarchy]

Okay, well thanks for clearing that up for me.

Once I've purchased either one 1TB hard-drive or two 500GB hard-drive (for use in RAID0) I will post on this forum (and a few linux ones) asking about GRUB.

Panarchy