iGuidance "Can't install Windows Service"

**WuNgUn** · 05-13-2009, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by Injector

i was just about to mention that, as well as using a live bart pe cd to install windows from a live enviroment

I think I tried a PE CD on it before, and it wouldn't start either! lol

**WuNgUn** · 05-13-2009, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by blk02si

I've been running iGuidance on vista x64 for some time without issue. If your PC is blue screening at all you have serious issues with the OS layer, which should be fixed before attempting application installs.

Blue Screen is during XP install...not when working from the OS.

**DarquePervert** · 05-13-2009, 07:33 PM

Rather than KillDisk I have a suggestion that may help your XP install experience and take far less time.
Install XP as normal, but when it comes to the point in the install where you format the HDD, do a FULL format.

When you do a quick format, the disk is not checked for errors and bad clusters aren't noted and written around. A quick format only creates a partition table and nothing more.
The full format does the actual disk check and will work around unusable areas of the HDD.

Now, if you DID do a full format, what is preventing you from simply purchasing another HDD for the CarPC and/or the OS? HDDs are cheap these days.

**Injector** · 05-13-2009, 10:26 PM

i'm not familiar with your setup but i know some dell pcs doe the same thing, when installing xp when the setup starts to detect drives it blue screens because in the bios raid was turned on even tho not raid was configured, does your mobo have raid built in.

**WuNgUn** · 05-14-2009, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by DarquePervert

Rather than KillDisk I have a suggestion that may help your XP install experience and take far less time.
Install XP as normal, but when it comes to the point in the install where you format the HDD, do a FULL format.

When you do a quick format, the disk is not checked for errors and bad clusters aren't noted and written around. A quick format only creates a partition table and nothing more.
The full format does the actual disk check and will work around unusable areas of the HDD.

Now, if you DID do a full format, what is preventing you from simply purchasing another HDD for the CarPC and/or the OS? HDDs are cheap these days.

It doesn't make it that far...blue screens when it tries to detect the HDD's...

**WuNgUn** · 05-14-2009, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by Injector

i'm not familiar with your setup but i know some dell pcs doe the same thing, when installing xp when the setup starts to detect drives it blue screens because in the bios raid was turned on even tho not raid was configured, does your mobo have raid built in.

Been there, tried that! lol
It does have SATA RAID, but the BIOS setting has ALWAYS been set to SATA as IDE...

**Curiosity** · 05-14-2009, 10:42 AM

The BIOS could also have "Boot from other devices" enabled, or something like USB drives. May as well disable every device you can (and remember what those were) and worry about them later.

**WuNgUn** · 05-14-2009, 11:17 AM

I think I'm going to stick with Vista for now...

I disabled regular IDE interface (tried enabled too), and disabled boot from other device...
Also disabled boot sector protection and everything else I could think of...

I even tried a regular IDE drive....same blue screen