mythbinder

I just setting up to format and re-install windows. I got a new HDD I was wondering if anyone knows what the Best ACPI Setting fro Windows XP is? S1, S3, are S1 and S3 or the settings available I know For Windows 98 S1 was the correct setting, no clue for XP tho I've searched this and a couple other foreums the Net and MS Support pages, cant find a clear answer any where.

After Some serious hunting and headaches I got it to work Followed the directions given by onenetdan on this thread [url="http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=sw_winxp&message.id=164459&view=by_date_ascending&page=1"]http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/bo...scending&page=1[/url] [quote]Just do these steps in between copying your CD to the hard drive and integrating the SP2 files. I'll assume the CD was copied to C:\WIN_CD\CD. 1.) Open a Command Prompt and switch to C:\WIN_CD\CD\I386 2.) Delete these: the 'SVCPACK' directory Q######.EXE (these are duplicates of the files in the 'SVCPACK' directory) SVCPACK.INF and replace it with SVCPACK.IN_ from a "non-slipstreamed/non-hotfix integrated" XP CD 3.) Edit DOSNET.INF (with notepad) and remove: [OptionalSrcDirs]SVCPACK 4.) For each of the files below, type: makecab filename.ext example: C:\WIN_CD\CD\I386>makecab 1394BUS.SYS 1394BUS.SYS ACGENRAL.DLL ACLAYERS.DLL ACSPECFC.DLL ACXTRNAL.DLL APPHELP.SDB APPS.CHM ATAPI.SYS AUTOLFN.EXE D3D8.DLL DDRAW.DLL LOGON.SCR MISCP.CHM MISCW.CHM MSIMAIN.SDB MSTASK.DLL MSTINIT.EXE MUP.SYS NTKRNLMP.EXE NTOSKRNL.EXE OHCI1394.SYS PCI.SYS SCHEDSVC.DLL SCRNSAVE.SCR SHELL32.DLL SNMP.EXE SNMPAPI.DLL SRRSTR.DLL SRSVC.DLL SS3DFO.SCR SSBEZIER.SCR SSDPAPI.DLL SSDPSRV.DLL SSFLWBOX.SCR SSMARQUE.SCR SSMYST.SCR SSPIPES.SCR SSSTARS.SCR SSTEXT3D.SCR SYSMAIN.SDB SYSSETUP.DLL SYSTEM.CHM TERMSRV.DLL UPNP.DLL WHATNEWP.CHM WHATNEWW.CHM WIN32K.SYS WINLOGON.EXE WSNMP32.DLL 5.) Delete the files listed above from step 4. Delete these files also: NTKRNLPA.EXE NTKRPAMP.EXE REDBOOK.SYS SPMSG.DLL SYSCOMPONENTINFO.JS Then continue the slipstream process. It's a pain, but it worked for me. Good luck![/quote] This process Worked for Me.. I used copy/paste to make quick batch files to do the makecabing and deleteing but after i was done Autostreamer recognized it as a WinXP, which it would not ever b4 this. Edit: My first disc Locked up on first boot, however I made a 2nd this time running the slipstream from the cmd, and deleteing the contents of $OEM$ and install and boot went flawlessly