January 15, 200224 yr fastram.sys ?? A friend A friend is installing XP on he's pc ... this file make all **** up ! fastram.sys in the installation !! He also try to install 2k .... but it does the same thing ! Anyone know what is this file ?! He's pC PIII 700Mhx Voodoo 3 + Tv-out 256 Abit BH6 i440bx 3 Hdd + a raid Card !!
January 15, 200224 yr I don't really know what fastram.sys is, however the name implies RAM as in Random Access Memory. It could be a ram memory manager file, or it could be you have crappy ram. My question is are you/is he installing XP/2K on a clean install as in a format of the HDD, is it a brand new HDD, or what? When do you receive the following error, also are you installing a borrowed/evaluation copy of XP/2K or have you purchased the legitimate OS?Big Booger:assshake
January 15, 200224 yr I could be wrong but is'nt fastram.sys a dos file relating to Ramdisk? :confused
January 16, 200224 yr never thought about that one, but why would he be using a ramdisk in during an installation of XP? Strange indeed!big booger
January 18, 200224 yr Might be that during setup, windows does set up a RAM DISK - this is what lets it restart and pick up where it left off. I would suggest re-burning the XP setup cd. If it is 'real retail' - sounds like you are screwed.LS
January 18, 200224 yr I thought when you restarted you loose all the information in the ramdisk, that is AFAIK. Maybe I need to study up a bit more on ramdisks.Big Booger
January 25, 200224 yr Sound to me like someone is trying to install Windows XP by booting up with a Windows 98 or ME Rescue disk. They setup a ramdisk to hold utilities for troubleshooting.There's my two cents worth.
January 25, 200224 yr Sound to me like someone is trying to install Windows XP by booting up with a Windows 98 or ME Rescue disk. They setup a ramdisk to hold utilities for troubleshooting. [/quote:cde2c8d7d6] I think you have hit the coffin on the nail. I have come to this conclusion as well, with regards to this issue.BB
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