The Dreaded crcdisk.sys Issue

Necrosis · Feb 10, 2007, 02:20 AM

I have an el-cheapo Acer laptop that I use for general computing around the house. Been running RC1 on it since October, and it ran it well for it's specs. Any way to make a long story short after installing Home Premium tonight (Family Discount) it gets to the crcdisk.sys file then reboots. I've re-installed three times, tried a different HD, remove all bits of hardware I could (wireless card). I even tried the work around with removing any thing to do w/ pcmcia files. Nothing has worked thus far. I have an e-mail in to Acer but the laptop's warranty is up. Of course MS is just impossible to get help (You need the product ID #, if I could get to it I wouldn't need help). Here is the blue screen code I'm receiving:

0x000000TB C0x80403BA0, OxC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000

Honestly I'm more perplexed than any thing else since it ran the awful RC1 w/ no issues. At least I have my scotch to soothe my nerves.

BlueMak · Feb 10, 2007, 03:06 AM

Any chance the disc is damaged?

Necrosis · Feb 10, 2007, 03:27 AM

I used the same disc to install Ultimate on my PC w/o any issues.

EcPercy · Feb 10, 2007, 03:50 AM

Did you see this: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...g=en&cr=US&p=1

I don't have the same problem, but this appears to have worked for some. I see you have mentioned pcmcia so I will keep looking.

Necrosis · Feb 12, 2007, 12:00 PM

I've scoured the internet looking for resolutions, and yes I did see that post. However, I think my problem isn't w/ my pcmcia controller since I tried the fix. Just wish I had a better idea what the exact problem is.

Necrosis · Feb 13, 2007, 12:55 PM

I didn't resolve what was causing the issue but I did a long work around.

I decided to do a recovery on the laptop w/ the original Acer disks. However, the installation program said my HD was invalid? Apparently the disks are keyed to my original HD (60 Gig 4200, had a 7200 40gig installed). I throw the 60 gig in which apparently has a corrupted boot sector. So I use my original OEM disk for XP Home, and the key on the laptop. Spent 15 minutes on the phone w/ Microsoft getting XP activated. Install all the latest updates for XP, then do an upgrade (yeah I know

) to Home Premium. It works!! I've been working on it since Friday, and spent 3 hours on it last night. Tonight I'm going to take an image of the drive. If I ever have to it again I'll just buy another laptop!!!