XP x64 wont start after sp2

After I have installed service pack 2 my XP X64 system reboots continuously.
When starting in safe mode I observe that the last driver loaded is
acpitabl.dat. This file does not exist.
Any ideas what is going wrong here?

Best regards,
Klaus

I have usually had that when the system is confused about drives. If you
have any USB devices attached, unplug them. If you have multiple SATA
drives, if the USB situation doesn't work, unplug the ones that are not
necessary to boot. You should then plug everything back while the system is
booted if this turns out to be the problem.

"klaus" <> wrote in message
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> After I have installed service pack 2 my XP X64 system reboots
> continuously.
> When starting in safe mode I observe that the last driver loaded is
> acpitabl.dat. This file does not exist.
> Any ideas what is going wrong here?
>
> Best regards,
> Klaus
>

Thanks John,

I have unplugged the USB keyboard. I do not have any SATA drives. I have two
SCSI drives and one IDE Raid system with three drives.

However, after unplugging the USB keyboard, it still does not boot. Any
other ideas how to proceed?

Thanks and regards,
Klaus

"John Barnes" wrote:

> I have usually had that when the system is confused about drives. If you
> have any USB devices attached, unplug them. If you have multiple SATA
> drives, if the USB situation doesn't work, unplug the ones that are not
> necessary to boot. You should then plug everything back while the system is
> booted if this turns out to be the problem.
>
> "klaus" <> wrote in message
> newsC6139DD-F905-4260-95B9-...
> > After I have installed service pack 2 my XP X64 system reboots
> > continuously.
> > When starting in safe mode I observe that the last driver loaded is
> > acpitabl.dat. This file does not exist.
> > Any ideas what is going wrong here?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Klaus
> >
>
>

The USB keyboard should make no difference as I was referring to drives.
As I mentioned, for me, the three or four times I have had this problem),
having only the system and boot drives connected has solved it. Since SATA
drives are hot swappable I was able to plug the disconnected ones back in
and this solved my problems. If I shut down the computer and reconnected
the drives, before reconnecting them when the computer was on, I would not
be able to reboot, with the same problem. Since the system reassigned drive
letters when they were connected with the machine booted and continued to
function thereafter, each time, different machines, different os, I assumed
it had something to do with the change in drive letter assignments.
I am not familiar enough with SCSI or RAID to know what options may be
available, but if you can try to boot up with only the system and boot
drives connected to see if you can boot, it would seem worth a try.

"klaus" <> wrote in message
news:CE4DBE29-9284-4A71-88DA-...
> Thanks John,
>
> I have unplugged the USB keyboard. I do not have any SATA drives. I have
> two
> SCSI drives and one IDE Raid system with three drives.
>
> However, after unplugging the USB keyboard, it still does not boot. Any
> other ideas how to proceed?
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Klaus
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> I have usually had that when the system is confused about drives. If you
>> have any USB devices attached, unplug them. If you have multiple SATA
>> drives, if the USB situation doesn't work, unplug the ones that are not
>> necessary to boot. You should then plug everything back while the system
>> is
>> booted if this turns out to be the problem.
>>
>> "klaus" <> wrote in message
>> newsC6139DD-F905-4260-95B9-...
>> > After I have installed service pack 2 my XP X64 system reboots
>> > continuously.
>> > When starting in safe mode I observe that the last driver loaded is
>> > acpitabl.dat. This file does not exist.
>> > Any ideas what is going wrong here?
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Klaus
>> >
>>
>>

Thanks John,

However my IDE RAID system is not hot swappable, the controller is part of
the motherboard and I cannot plug in drives after the system has been booted.
I have already repaired the x64 installation, this took hours. Unfortunately,
I had to reinstall all updates. After installing sp2 I have the same
situation again.
Any ideas?

Thanks and regards,
Klaus

If you can boot with the RAID array disconnected, you should be able to
correct an enumeration problem in the registry, if that is the problem. It
would not need to be hot swappable as you could delete the registry entry
and then reboot and let it re enumerate.

"klaus" <> wrote in message
news:09938658-1302-420C-ADA4-...
> Thanks John,
>
> However my IDE RAID system is not hot swappable, the controller is part of
> the motherboard and I cannot plug in drives after the system has been
> booted.
> I have already repaired the x64 installation, this took hours.
> Unfortunately,
> I had to reinstall all updates. After installing sp2 I have the same
> situation again.
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Klaus
>

Hi,

Thanks for your comments so far. I have repaired the x64 system using the
installation CD once again. So I am back to service pack 1 and I do not know
what to do.

Here is my configuration:
Motherboard: Gigabyte K8VNXP
In BIOS setup the two USB Controller are enabled. On-board ATA/RAID is
enabled. GigaRAID function is RAID (alternative would be ATA). Boot up
sequence is SCSI prior to ATA/RAID. In power management ACPI suspend type is
set to S1(POS) = "power on suspend under ACPI os"

I am using 2 SCSI drives attached to Adaptec AHA 2940U2W - Ultra2 SCSI
Controller.
On the first SCSI drive I have installed XP Prof 32 bit. Boot letter "C:"
On the second SCSI drive is the X64 XP Prof os. Boot letter "D:"
Three other SCSI devices (CD-ROM, CD Writer, Tape drive) are attached to
this controller.

Furthermore, I am using the on-board ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller with 3
IDE drives. Driver letter "V:"

I am using a PS/2 keyboard and a USB mouse.

I used to work with this configuration for months. All updates for the X64
system are successfully installed via automatic updates. SP2 is the first
update, which does not work. After installing sp2 the system does not boot
anymore. Using safe mode, I could see that the system crashes after loading
acpitabl.dat which does not exist.
How to proceed?

Many thanks for your help!
Klaus

"David Craig" wrote:

> I filed a bug on this problem during the beta of SP2 or maybe R2. They
> closed it and I followed up with more information, but nothing happened. I
> think most enterprise use of Server involves only one type of drive. There
> might be fibre channel, SCSI, or even SATA but not mixed. That seems to be
> the target and it isn't going to change.
>
> "Agent86" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:09:23 -0700, klaus
> > <> wrote:
> >
> >>Thanks John,
> >>
> >>However my IDE RAID system is not hot swappable, the controller is part of
> >>the motherboard and I cannot plug in drives after the system has been
> >>booted.
> >>I have already repaired the x64 installation, this took hours.
> >>Unfortunately,
> >>I had to reinstall all updates. After installing sp2 I have the same
> >>situation again.
> >>Any ideas?
> >>
> >>Thanks and regards,
> >>Klaus
> > you might try safe mode - check your bios to enable usb legacy support
> > or use a ps/2 keyboard to get to safe mode. Once you are in safe mode
> > try to sort out your drive letters. I have learned that if you
> > install windows on a sata drive on a system that has IDE drives, it
> > will try to make drive 0 your boot drive. To get around this I unplug
> > all but the drive I want to be the boot and system drive during
> > installs or repairs. Then replug them after the install or repair. If
> > one of your IDE drive was made active during the repair or install,
> > that will remain a problem.
> > Paul
>
>
>

Klaus:
Try setting the power management ACPI suspend type as S1 & S3
instead of S1 (pos). Have a great day.

--
Dennis Pack
XP x64, Vista Enterprise x64
Office2007
"klaus" <> wrote in message
news728A009-8F03-44B9-BA31-...
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for your comments so far. I have repaired the x64 system using the
> installation CD once again. So I am back to service pack 1 and I do not
> know
> what to do.
>
> Here is my configuration:
> Motherboard: Gigabyte K8VNXP
> In BIOS setup the two USB Controller are enabled. On-board ATA/RAID is
> enabled. GigaRAID function is RAID (alternative would be ATA). Boot up
> sequence is SCSI prior to ATA/RAID. In power management ACPI suspend type
> is
> set to S1(POS) = "power on suspend under ACPI os"
>
> I am using 2 SCSI drives attached to Adaptec AHA 2940U2W - Ultra2 SCSI
> Controller.
> On the first SCSI drive I have installed XP Prof 32 bit. Boot letter "C:"
> On the second SCSI drive is the X64 XP Prof os. Boot letter "D:"
> Three other SCSI devices (CD-ROM, CD Writer, Tape drive) are attached to
> this controller.
>
> Furthermore, I am using the on-board ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller with 3
> IDE drives. Driver letter "V:"
>
> I am using a PS/2 keyboard and a USB mouse.
>
> I used to work with this configuration for months. All updates for the X64
> system are successfully installed via automatic updates. SP2 is the first
> update, which does not work. After installing sp2 the system does not boot
> anymore. Using safe mode, I could see that the system crashes after
> loading
> acpitabl.dat which does not exist.
> How to proceed?
>
> Many thanks for your help!
> Klaus
>
> "David Craig" wrote:
>
>> I filed a bug on this problem during the beta of SP2 or maybe R2. They
>> closed it and I followed up with more information, but nothing happened.
>> I
>> think most enterprise use of Server involves only one type of drive.
>> There
>> might be fibre channel, SCSI, or even SATA but not mixed. That seems to
>> be
>> the target and it isn't going to change.
>>
>> "Agent86" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> > On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:09:23 -0700, klaus
>> > <> wrote:
>> >
>> >>Thanks John,
>> >>
>> >>However my IDE RAID system is not hot swappable, the controller is part
>> >>of
>> >>the motherboard and I cannot plug in drives after the system has been
>> >>booted.
>> >>I have already repaired the x64 installation, this took hours.
>> >>Unfortunately,
>> >>I had to reinstall all updates. After installing sp2 I have the same
>> >>situation again.
>> >>Any ideas?
>> >>
>> >>Thanks and regards,
>> >>Klaus
>> > you might try safe mode - check your bios to enable usb legacy support
>> > or use a ps/2 keyboard to get to safe mode. Once you are in safe mode
>> > try to sort out your drive letters. I have learned that if you
>> > install windows on a sata drive on a system that has IDE drives, it
>> > will try to make drive 0 your boot drive. To get around this I unplug
>> > all but the drive I want to be the boot and system drive during
>> > installs or repairs. Then replug them after the install or repair. If
>> > one of your IDE drive was made active during the repair or install,
>> > that will remain a problem.
>> > Paul
>>
>>
>>

Thanks Dennis!

I can only choose setting S1 OR S3 (suspend to RAM) not both.
What should I do?
Do you think this is the crucial point here which prevents my system from
booting?

Thanks and regards,
Klaus

"Dennis Pack" wrote:

> Klaus:
> Try setting the power management ACPI suspend type as S1 & S3
> instead of S1 (pos). Have a great day.
>
> --
> Dennis Pack
> XP x64, Vista Enterprise x64
> Office2007
> "klaus" <> wrote in message
> news728A009-8F03-44B9-BA31-...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks for your comments so far. I have repaired the x64 system using the
> > installation CD once again. So I am back to service pack 1 and I do not
> > know
> > what to do.
> >
> > Here is my configuration:
> > Motherboard: Gigabyte K8VNXP
> > In BIOS setup the two USB Controller are enabled. On-board ATA/RAID is
> > enabled. GigaRAID function is RAID (alternative would be ATA). Boot up
> > sequence is SCSI prior to ATA/RAID. In power management ACPI suspend type
> > is
> > set to S1(POS) = "power on suspend under ACPI os"
> >
> > I am using 2 SCSI drives attached to Adaptec AHA 2940U2W - Ultra2 SCSI
> > Controller.
> > On the first SCSI drive I have installed XP Prof 32 bit. Boot letter "C:"
> > On the second SCSI drive is the X64 XP Prof os. Boot letter "D:"
> > Three other SCSI devices (CD-ROM, CD Writer, Tape drive) are attached to
> > this controller.
> >
> > Furthermore, I am using the on-board ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller with 3
> > IDE drives. Driver letter "V:"
> >
> > I am using a PS/2 keyboard and a USB mouse.
> >
> > I used to work with this configuration for months. All updates for the X64
> > system are successfully installed via automatic updates. SP2 is the first
> > update, which does not work. After installing sp2 the system does not boot
> > anymore. Using safe mode, I could see that the system crashes after
> > loading
> > acpitabl.dat which does not exist.
> > How to proceed?
> >
> > Many thanks for your help!
> > Klaus
> >
> > "David Craig" wrote:
> >
> >> I filed a bug on this problem during the beta of SP2 or maybe R2. They
> >> closed it and I followed up with more information, but nothing happened.
> >> I
> >> think most enterprise use of Server involves only one type of drive.
> >> There
> >> might be fibre channel, SCSI, or even SATA but not mixed. That seems to
> >> be
> >> the target and it isn't going to change.
> >>
> >> "Agent86" <> wrote in message
> >> news:...
> >> > On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:09:23 -0700, klaus
> >> > <> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>Thanks John,
> >> >>
> >> >>However my IDE RAID system is not hot swappable, the controller is part
> >> >>of
> >> >>the motherboard and I cannot plug in drives after the system has been
> >> >>booted.
> >> >>I have already repaired the x64 installation, this took hours.
> >> >>Unfortunately,
> >> >>I had to reinstall all updates. After installing sp2 I have the same
> >> >>situation again.
> >> >>Any ideas?
> >> >>
> >> >>Thanks and regards,
> >> >>Klaus
> >> > you might try safe mode - check your bios to enable usb legacy support
> >> > or use a ps/2 keyboard to get to safe mode. Once you are in safe mode
> >> > try to sort out your drive letters. I have learned that if you
> >> > install windows on a sata drive on a system that has IDE drives, it
> >> > will try to make drive 0 your boot drive. To get around this I unplug
> >> > all but the drive I want to be the boot and system drive during
> >> > installs or repairs. Then replug them after the install or repair. If
> >> > one of your IDE drive was made active during the repair or install,
> >> > that will remain a problem.
> >> > Paul
> >>
> >>
> >>
>

Thanks Dennis!

I can only choose setting S1 OR S3 (suspend to RAM) not both.
What should I do?
Do you think this is the crucial point here which prevents my system from
booting?

Thanks and regards,
Klaus


"klaus" wrote:

> After I have installed service pack 2 my XP X64 system reboots continuously.
> When starting in safe mode I observe that the last driver loaded is
> acpitabl.dat. This file does not exist.
> Any ideas what is going wrong here?
>
> Best regards,
> Klaus
>