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    M1730 Osri

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by amj1627, May 20, 2009.

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    amj1627 Notebook Consultant

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    I tried Reinstalling Vista Ultimate with the dell cd on my M1730 and it just hangs for hours on "Completing Installation"

    Specs:
    T8100
    4GB DDR2 667
    250GB HDD
    9800M GT's SLI

    all is just how I received it this morning except i swapped out my 2gb ram for 4gb
     
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    Do I need to install any type of HDD driver before install starts or anything like that, I dont have raid
     
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    I have a FCM 1GB are they worth using?
     
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    So? after it worked with the 2 Gigs have you tried now to install the 4 Gigs? Tell us if it worked? Or, maybe let us know what kinda ram, your using?
     
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    It locked right up with the 2gb to.
    My brother said it was going but he didnt know that it reboots right there.

    Im using
    Crucial 2x2gb 2rx8 PC2-5300S-555-12-zz
    I dont know what all of that means

    and what came with it is
    hynix 2x1gb 2Rx16 PC2-6400s-666-12
     
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    What is crcdisk.sys?? that is what it is hanging on
    I try installing XP Pro SP2 and it says setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer
     
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    I would say install the Crucial 4gb kit turn it on check your Bios under F2, see if it detect 4GB, reset all setting on the Bios to Default, save then do a fresh install of Vista agian by runing it with boot options, choose CD/DVD. Be asure to do a complete clean install, and hope that works! If not it could be due to a bad HDD.
     
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    I put the 4gb back in did a bios to defaults and it detects all 4gb and i am currently trying to do a reinstall


    I got the 4gb back in and where i select what partition to install to i downloaded Sata drivers and loaded them onto a usb drive and it read them And from there it was all smooth
     
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