Need Help!

[Ed.Z]

I just got Partition Magic 8.0 installed everything, and i created a new partion aplied changes and then the computer asked me restart, and then out of no where when it boots up its says Y(i i)Y(i i) and i messed around with the computer a little bit to the point where it would ask me to insert boot disk, and everytime i inserted the boot disk nothing would happen. So i decided to install Windows 98 and from there install Win XP. But my problem is that everytime i try to install this error comes on in a blue screen:

stop:c000021 unknown hard error
\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll

Any one got an idea what went wrong or how this problem can be fixed.

Thanks.

[chinook_apache]

where did you get partition magic 8 from?

[Ed.Z]

k-lite

Does it matter where it got it from?

[chinook_apache]

yeah it could be corrupt ;)

[Ed.Z]

Well i got rid of everything formated my C: drive, now all i need is to install windows xp

[chinook_apache]

yeah have you a copy of it? do a clean install not an upgrade...this way you can avoid errors. remebr to use ntfs

[Ed.Z]

that's exactly what i do, and the error comes up.

Very confusing.

[chinook_apache]

is your winxp cd from k-lite if yes then it may well be corrupt like most stuff on it. ;)

[Ed.Z]

I don't think it is since i've used it many times to install windows xp

[fkdup74]

pm8 coulda f*cked ya
had a similar prob with it, theres a thread somewhere a few pages back...
couldnt get much help on it, was referred to acronis partition expert instead
but shouldnt xp reformat during install?

(and my pm8 came off emule/share reactor)

oops, missed the 'reformatted' post, sorry

[Ed.Z]

mabey i figured this out, if restsart my computer in msdos mode and format c: again then install windows xp will that work?

[peat moss]

Why not just set computer to boot from cdrom install that way?

[Ed.Z]

i can't do that since this will come up again

stop:c000021 unknown hard error
\systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll


Is there anything that explains how to resolve this?

[Project E-01]

And this has only happened since you used PM on it? Sounds like it borked the tables there. I guess thats one way to stop piracy - make pirated copies kill their owners hardware. :)

Anyway, my advice would be to grab a windows 98 boot disk with fdisk and start from scratch. wipe all partition data from your primary, then rebuild the partition table using fdisk. Not as easy as PM, but it'll get the job done.

WARNING : Using fdisk *will* result in the loss of any and all data stored on that hard disk. Yes, everything. That includes the six gigs of pr0n you've been hiding from your wife/girlfriend/mom/second-cousin-twice-removed-three-times-reinstated-and-once-beheaded.

So, you might want to use "partition commander" instead. :P

[Ed.Z]

Alright ill give it a try.

Thanks

[firefox]

sounds like PM8 screwed up your Fat Table. You will have to fdisk the drive, maybe even do a low level format and then reinstall the operating system.

[Ed.Z]

Damn it this sucks!!!

I did the fdisk thing, and made is so it boot from the cd but in the boot up screen it only says- Boot from cd and it dosen't boot at all, it just gets stuck.

Wtf is happening!!

[Ed.Z]

Anybody got a solution, please windows 98 is getting on my nerves!!!

It gets stuck every 10 minutes!!! :angry: :angry: