Hello!
This may not be enough information to get help, unfortunately for me to get the complete error message I need to take apart this computer a bit and it's generally a bit of a hassle. I hope to get at least a hint of how to fix it with what I have before I do that.
I have a fresh system. It has no prior installations and starts up just fine with all the right number of beeps and no errors. I go to boot from my Windows 7 Ultimate x64 OEM disc and it starts loading. Once the loading bar finishes (I think it passes twice, once rather quickly and then a bit more slowly) it gives me an error about not being able to load drivers, referencing "volmgr.sys".
It tells me to choose the somethingorother repair option on boot, but I never see anything like that. The disc boots, loads, and errors.
If I hit Continue on the error, I get to a menu. On the top I can choose to install (says something about ESM enabled, I think) and on the bottom it has a memory check tool.
Choosing the install option just gives the same error. I had 4x2GB RAM in at the time, so I figured the memory check would take ages and I couldn't keep the computer up for very long at the time so I didn't do that.
Is this most probably a RAM issue? Is that why it can't load the driver? Is the install disc faulty? I don't know much, but I can't think of anything else that could be wrong.
Is it worth my time to run a memory test, or should I do something else first/instead?
If you need the error code or the exact error message to give a conclusive answer, it'll be easier to get that than the go run the test, so that wouldn't be too much of a problem.
I appreciate your time!
This may not be enough information to get help, unfortunately for me to get the complete error message I need to take apart this computer a bit and it's generally a bit of a hassle. I hope to get at least a hint of how to fix it with what I have before I do that.
I have a fresh system. It has no prior installations and starts up just fine with all the right number of beeps and no errors. I go to boot from my Windows 7 Ultimate x64 OEM disc and it starts loading. Once the loading bar finishes (I think it passes twice, once rather quickly and then a bit more slowly) it gives me an error about not being able to load drivers, referencing "volmgr.sys".
It tells me to choose the somethingorother repair option on boot, but I never see anything like that. The disc boots, loads, and errors.
If I hit Continue on the error, I get to a menu. On the top I can choose to install (says something about ESM enabled, I think) and on the bottom it has a memory check tool.
Choosing the install option just gives the same error. I had 4x2GB RAM in at the time, so I figured the memory check would take ages and I couldn't keep the computer up for very long at the time so I didn't do that.
Is this most probably a RAM issue? Is that why it can't load the driver? Is the install disc faulty? I don't know much, but I can't think of anything else that could be wrong.
Is it worth my time to run a memory test, or should I do something else first/instead?
If you need the error code or the exact error message to give a conclusive answer, it'll be easier to get that than the go run the test, so that wouldn't be too much of a problem.
I appreciate your time!
My Computer
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64
