Edit/Update: I repaired the corrupted file using the Windows XP Professional installation cd. Just as I was about to reinstall over my existing partition I noticed an option to repair an existing install (I got to the repair existing install thing after going through the liscense agreement etc. right before the point where you do a fresh install). So I used the repair existing install option and it performed maintenance on my hard drive and it worked, not bugs or glitches.
Well, I have been messing around with my p4 1.8 northwood I got a couple days ago and have had it stable at 133fsb and 533mhz rdram. Today I wanted to see if I could get more mhz so I changed the rdram to 3x instead of 4x and tested out higher FSBs. After trying different things I got this error:
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
System32\DRIVERS\isapnp.sys
You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original setup cd-rom.
Select "r" at the first screen to start repair.
So I ran windows setup and got into the repair section. Next I saved isapnp.sys to a disk from another computer running windows xp and copied it to my computer with the corrupt file. After I restarted the computer I had the same corrupted file problem. I tried unplugging my drive cables, rebooting many times and such but I can't seem to get past the error. I even set all the BIOS settings to default, flashed the latest official Abit Bios (version 38) without luck.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, if I install Windows XP again, will I be able to import my old files from the previous install?
Please help, thanks.
Well, I have been messing around with my p4 1.8 northwood I got a couple days ago and have had it stable at 133fsb and 533mhz rdram. Today I wanted to see if I could get more mhz so I changed the rdram to 3x instead of 4x and tested out higher FSBs. After trying different things I got this error:
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
System32\DRIVERS\isapnp.sys
You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original setup cd-rom.
Select "r" at the first screen to start repair.
So I ran windows setup and got into the repair section. Next I saved isapnp.sys to a disk from another computer running windows xp and copied it to my computer with the corrupt file. After I restarted the computer I had the same corrupted file problem. I tried unplugging my drive cables, rebooting many times and such but I can't seem to get past the error. I even set all the BIOS settings to default, flashed the latest official Abit Bios (version 38) without luck.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Also, if I install Windows XP again, will I be able to import my old files from the previous install?
Please help, thanks.
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