Experiments Proceed.

[swestrup]

Well, I have now managed to take a working windows system with lots of features turned on, and converted into a broken windows system with most features turned off.

This is, if not exactly going to plan, not totally unexpected either. My new system has an AHCI SATA mode, which is known to be problematic on Windows XP. So of course I turned it on. I got it working first try.

Then I tried to reinstall windows with it turned on. BOOM! Also, none of my live Linux distributions will boot in this mode, but they all seem to complain of not being able to talk to the CD...

Now I'm trying to see if I can get a working system by reinstalling Windows with AHCI turned off. If so, I'll try seeing if I can turn it on again.

All this is in aid of trying to figure out how to set up my system for real, after I've repartitioned and reformatted my main drive.

Comments

[sps.livejournal.com]

They never should have told you about the Scientific Method, should they?

[pythonian.livejournal.com]

Something about gluttony and punishment comes to mind.

[swestrup]

You're just jelous because I have advanced technology to screw up! :-P

[swestrup]

Yeah, sometimes I think it would be better if I was willing to put everything down to Voodoo and Cargo Cult methods rather than trying to figure out what works and what doesn't, and why.

Re: Experiments Proceed.

[capj.livejournal.com]

I think it a good guess that you must be reminded of this comic: http://www.xkcd.com/349/

Re: Experiments Proceed.

[swestrup]

I have gone down that path on occasion, I have to admit. (I once had to conceal the fact at work that what I was working on so feverishly was that I had broken Red Hat so badly that I couldn't do any of my assigned tasks. It took three days to get everything working again.)

This time though, it looks like it will all work out.