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Trying to reinstall XP system but error

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Trying to reinstall XP system but error

colesmom
keeps coming up when I do saying I have a stack overflow. When going into config.sys to change them as instructed, it says there are too many parameters. My computer is an emachines. Can anyone please explain the steps I need to take in changing the stack number and parameters? Thank you so much

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      This sounds like a Hardware issue not software

      HAL 9000 Moderator

      So you'll need to check the hardware things like the RAM, HDD and CPU and the easiest way for you to do this is get yourself a copy of the Ultimate Boot CD available free here

      http://sourceforge.net/projects/ubcd/

      The most obvious thing is test the RAM as you may have some mismatched RAM though generally speaking if that was the case you would get issues as you attempted to load XP not after it's loaded and starting for the first time. Also as this is a E Machine it may be advisable to test the Power Supply as they had a reputation for having weak Power Supplies which could be causing this problem as well.

      Col

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      Overall do not think that is going to help

      robo_dev

      If you're editing config.sys, that means you have XP installed and it won't start, correct?

      Stack overflow is more common when the registry is hosed. Overall my first thought would be if the hard drive, memory, and other hardware is any good or not.

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      Overall do not think that is going to help

      robo_dev

      If you're editing config.sys, that means you have XP installed and it won't start, correct?

      Stack overflow is more common when the registry is hosed. Overall my first thought would be if the hard drive, memory, and other hardware is any good or not.

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      This sounds like a Hardware issue not software

      HAL 9000 Moderator

      So you'll need to check the hardware things like the RAM, HDD and CPU and the easiest way for you to do this is get yourself a copy of the Ultimate Boot CD available free here

      http://sourceforge.net/projects/ubcd/

      The most obvious thing is test the RAM as you may have some mismatched RAM though generally speaking if that was the case you would get issues as you attempted to load XP not after it's loaded and starting for the first time. Also as this is a E Machine it may be advisable to test the Power Supply as they had a reputation for having weak Power Supplies which could be causing this problem as well.

      Col