Cannot access CD containing Windows XP installation files

[albirez]

Hi Rad,

Here is the file list in my C:\Windows\Driver Cache\i386\

04.08.2004 13:00 63.174.124 driver.cab

29.09.2005 00:35 134.272 halmacpi.dll

09.10.2004 00:48 262.400 http.sys

19.01.2005 05:26 451.584 mrxsmb.sys

20.04.2005 00:54 14.592 ndisuio.sys

29.09.2005 19:27 2.138.624 ntkrnlmp.exe

29.09.2005 19:28 2.059.776 ntkrnlpa.exe

29.09.2005 19:28 2.018.304 ntkrpamp.exe

29.09.2005 19:28 2.182.528 ntoskrnl.exe

16.03.2004 10:58 136.960 portcls.sys

27.08.2004 22:57 39.552 processr.sys

04.08.2004 13:00 18.782.319 sp2.cab

05.11.2005 01:55 48.768 stream.sys

20.04.2005 20:30 52.736 wzcsapi.dll

20.04.2005 20:30 474.624 wzcsvc.dll

Obviously, you are missing driver.cab, which seems to me to be a very important, if not the most important file (before I merged both i386 folders, Windows installation complained that driver.cab was missing, and at reboot I got the same error message as you).

Maybe you should search for driver.cab in the original Vaio installation of your machine (possibly after a fresh restore of the initial installation). You might also try a driver.cab from another source (all "regular" XP install CD's have a driver.cab in their i386 folder, but I'm not sure it is the same as on Vaios, or even from one Vaio to another).

Regards

Albi

[radhx]

Hi Albi,

Thanks for the list of files in Driver Cache\i386.

Looks like driver.cab was the main missing file.

After copying all the missing/required files from system32 and system32\driver, and

getting hold of driver.cab from some other source, the installation cd worked.

But now I have this peculiar problem.

I am using MS Virtual PC to try out this new XP image (only SP2 slipstreamed - no hotfixes).

WinXP gets installed and after asking for product key, setting network, and copying files,

and boots to complete the installation.

After booting, the system hangs at Windows XP startup screen (with blue progress bar).

At this stage -

1] I can reset the VPC, start in Safe mode, where I can log in properly and move around

in new environment. But if I boot again in normal mode, system hangs at startup screen.

2] If I use cd image again while booting and select to Repair existing installation, after

going through setup process for second time, VPC boots properly after completing installation.

How can I find out what's going wrong on first install?

Thanks & Regards,

Rad.

[jaclaz]

Quite strange.

You should have a look (while in safe mode) if there is any device with problems and if there is any event registered in the event log.

Next attempt would be to modify boot.ini to add an entry booting with LOGging enabled, try to boot normally, then reboot once stuck in safe mode and examine the log.

/BOOTLOG

Causes Windows to write a log of the boot to the file %SystemRoot%\Ntbtlog.txt.

jaclaz

[radhx]

Hi jaclaz,

As suggested, checked both Event Log and Boot Log.

The System Log shows Error on following 2 events-

1] DCOM

2] Server Control Manager

The Application Log shows Error on PerfNet.

Added /BOOTLOG in boot.ini

In the Ntbtlog.txt -

Following initial drivers get loaded up to mup.sys -

ntoskrnl.exe

hal.dll

kdcom.dll

bootvid.dll

acpi.sys

wmilib.sys

pci.sys

isapnp.sys

intelide.sys

pciidex.sys

mountmgr.sys

ftdisk.sys

dmload.sys

dmio.sys

partmgr.sys

volsnap.sys

atapi.sys

disk.sys

classpnp.sys

fltmgr.sys

sr.sys

dmboot.sys

ksecdd.sys

ntfs.sys

ndis.sys

mup.sys

From this point onwards "Did not load driver" messages start and get repeated many times-

Advance Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC

Audio Codecs

Legacy Audio Drivers

Media Control Devices

Legacy Video Capture Devices

Video Codecs

WAN Miniport (L2TP)

WAN Miniport (IP)

WAN Miniport (PPPOE)

WAN Miniport (PPTP)

Packet Scheduler Miniport

Packet Scheduler Miniport

Direct Parallel

Communication Port

Printer Port

S3 Trio32/64

Intel 2114-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (Generic)

Sound Blaster 16 or AWE32 or compatible (WDM)

Standard Game Port

lbrtfdc.sys

sfloppy.sys

i2omgmt.sys

changer.sys

cdaudio.sys

mnmdd.sys

rdpcdd.sys

rasacd.sys

ipsec.sys

tcpip.sys

Inbetween some drivers get loaded like -

i8042prt.sys

kbdclass.sys

mouclass.sys

fdc.sys

cdrom.sys

rdpdr.sys

termdd.sys

swenum.sys

update.sys

mssmbios.sys

flpydisk.sys

fs_rec.sys

null.sys

beep.sys

vga.sys

msfs.sys

mpfs.sys

cdfs.sys

But surprisingly same CD image works if I use it again to Repair the existing installation.

Any clues? What can be done for this?

Thanks & Regards,

Rad.

[jaclaz]

I am not an expert in this, but judging from the number of posts you can find by googling "mup.sys" it must be one of the most common errors that happen.

I cannot find a definite answer, it seems like that right after mup.sys a service or device driver fails to load, and this service or driver can be almost anything.

I suspect that it is something related with timing of plug'n play or something like it, but it can be virtually anything.

Here are a couple of threads that appear to be informative:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=72146

http://www.cyberiapc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5288

jaclaz

[radhx]

Hi all,

Afer all this R&D, success at last!!!

Took a chance (should have tired it earlier), as I don't know much about updating

bios or changing HDD as discussed in the forum links......

Went ahead with integrating RVM Hotfixes (Jan.2007 release) and WPI using the Gold+SP2

version which was giving this first time boot error.

And VIOLA....!!!

CD image worked just fine!

May be Gold+SP2 had this glitch somewhere, which MS rectified in one of the down the

line hotfixes.

Thanks to everybody for guiding me all along.

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Few more Q's..... hopefully last ones before I burn my Installation CD :-)

For Windows Activation, MSFN Unattended pdf has given 3 procedures:

1] WINNT.SIF method:

I have my WinXP activated with the current product key for my laptop.

If I Activate a Virtual Machine with same product key using Internet,

will it create any problems? Like my valid product key getting junked by MS?

2] Backup Activation method:

As I am using Virtual Machine, this method can not be used I assume.

If not so, then how to use wpa.dbl file?

(I copied wpa.dbl file under \$OEM$\$$\System32 directory, but still got the

Activation Screen.)

3] OEMBIOS.BIN method:

I copied 4 OEMBIOS.* (bin, cat, dat, sig) files to \I386 directory on installation cd.

While in the midst of installation, WPI got started and installed some of the software

and giving errors for other.

Timer was of very short period, 5 seconds or so (not set by me).

After rebooting, Activation Screen was displayed which I skipped.

Then the same WPI screen came up for installation with the proper timer of 30 seconds.

So, does this method of OEMBIOS work? Or how to make it work?

Thanks & Regards,

Rad.