installation error: 0xc0000001

[bagatanmd]

hi guys,

new here. i tried installing win 7 pro upgrade from student discount onto a seperate 1tb drive. i have vista premium and was doing a dual boot. files would load but after that i would get this error: winload.exe error. tried installing it alone onto the 1tb seagate drive, removing the vista drive but still the same error. remove every peripheral and 2 stick of ram but still the same error. system is intel q6600 on an asus p5ke-wifi with 4 gig of 8500 ocz ram.

also tried repairing my vista installation but the same error appears.

any help will greatly be appreciated.

 

[DocBrown]

Have you read these two links here yet ?

http://www.sevenforums.com/installa...-use-help-installation-issues.html#post300660




http://www.sevenforums.com/installa...e-list-installing-windows-7-a.html#post305793

Welcome to SevenForums

 

[bagatanmd]

system spec: intel q6600. asus p5ke-wife, 4 gig (1x4) OCZ ddr2 8500 ram, 1 80 gig sata drive ( vista drive ), 1 500 gig sata hdd WD, 1 1tb seagate sata, 2x sata optical drive and i ide optical drive, 1 500 gig maxtor external drive, ati 3870 512mb graphics.

 

[Adrian]

Installation Error

Welcome to the Windows 7 forum.

As stated here is the error: Security Accounts Manager initialization failed because of the following error: A device attached to the system is not functioning.
Error Status: 0xc0000001.

For further support please post your system specifications at the bootom left of your secreen.

Regards,
Adrian

 

[bagatanmd]

the error that i have is stating that winload.exe is either corrupt or missing. it tells me to load the disc to repair or reinstall the software.

 

[bagatanmd]

any help or idea about the problem?

 

[bagatanmd]

still knocking.

 

[Adrian]

I just woke up. need coffee!
Bang, are you installing with 2 monitors?

 

[bagatanmd]

was able to resolved the problem. the damn thing does not like to install using the ide drive. change to sata drive and thats it windows 7 pro 64 installed.

 

[gregrocker]

hi guys,

new here. i tried installing win 7 pro upgrade from student discount onto a seperate 1tb drive. i have vista premium and was doing a dual boot. files would load but after that i would get this error: winload.exe error. tried installing it alone onto the 1tb seagate drive, removing the vista drive but still the same error. remove every peripheral and 2 stick of ram but still the same error. system is intel q6600 on an asus p5ke-wifi with 4 gig of 8500 ocz ram.

also tried repairing my vista installation but the same error appears.

any help will greatly be appreciated.

If it is an external USB drive, MS has specifically precluded installing Win7 to a USB external drive.

edit: I see you fixed it IDE>SATA. Others with this error may find it will boot up leaving the install disk in the drive, then you can run a Repair Install (Upgrade over itself) from desktop

 

[Mozer]

I know this thread is kind of old but I'm also having the same problem I think.

I got a new motherboard/processor and am trying to install windows for the first time. I decided to use the 64 bit version of windows 7 since I got a student copy. I keep getting the error message 0xc0000001 after it tries doing some file stuff for a few moments.
I am using a IDE disk drive that's pretty old, could that possibly be the problem? Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Tews]

What exactly is the error that you are receiving??? This issue may occur if the Security Accounts Manager file (SAM) is corrupted or missing...

 

[gregrocker]

Since this thread was started we have solved this error in other threads by focusing on burn or DVD read.

Did you burn the DVD yourself? Verify it with ImgBurn by choosing Verify Disk, load ISO file in to make sure it says Bootable in text at left, then insert DVD to complete Verify.

If necessary, burn another DVD using ImgBurn at 4x speed with verify as it never fails.

If it's not the DVD then it could be the drive you suspect. A way to get around this is to try install using USB flash stick: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/31541-windows-7-usb-dvd-download-tool.html?filter[2]=General%20Tips