Hey Guys

I recently bought a new Dell XPS laptop and i was moving my files from the pc that i own to the laptop. When it came to a couple of games that i own, i was told that could just copy the game directory over and it would work. when io ran the game it errored and said it could not find a certian file in the register.

so then i was told to copy the registry keys over for the game and that would fix it. i was told to type regedit under start > run and go export the games registry file. then put it on the new computers by double clicking the reg file it makes when it exports.

well i did that and ran the game and it still errored. well i was going to give up, so i shutdown the laptop. when i came back and started it up it ran the dell splash screen and started to load windows XP pro but then errored to a blue screen saying that there is a "SYSTEM LICENCE VIOLATION".

It stays on that screen for around 3 seconds and then restarts. it then goes to the dell splash screen and then to an option that asked to:
Safe Mode
Safe Mode with Networking
Safe Mode With Command Prompt
Last known Good Configuration
Start windows normally

i have tried all of them multiple times and the computer just restarts over and over. i have preformed the full system scan at the computer start up, started it without the battery, without the hard drive, without each ram cards, without the dvd drive, with both OS(xp home it came with and xp pro i updated it with) and before it can read the cd to ask to install/repair it gives me the error.

basically ive tried everything i know how to do. If anyone can help me with this problem i would greatly appreciate it. Thanks alot.

#tbone

If you're getting a license violation error, you're not booting to the cd rom. Make sure your system bios settings are set to boot from cd first. It looks like you corrupted the registry and you'll have to do at least a repair install of xp professional.

awesome man! i just called dell and that is exactly what they did for me. there is no more blue screen and it appears to be working but it has to reinstall/repair windows XP pro and when it restarted and was about to start to fix it a box cam up saying

Files needed

The file 'asms' on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 CD is needed.

Type the path where the file is located, and then click OK.

copy files from:
(drop down menu)


the only options the dropdown menu gives is

C: and E:\

the CD is in the drive and when i put d:\ in there it wont work.

do you know what and where i can find this file, the path name that i can put in there for it to work.

When i select cancel it creates a log that has like 10 different errors in it. if you need me to put those errors here let me know if it my help.
thanks for all the help dude.

#tbone

It's got me absolutely bewildered why you tried to "copy a game that you own" from one machine to another!

Grab the game CD, install it on the new machine, play the game. Rather straightforward and simple, I would have thought.

:/

If your machine is working good enough to browse files, you can look and see what drive letter is attached to your cd drive now. Do you have an E: drive? Maybe that's where your cd is. I would try typing in E:\I386 . ASMS is really a folder in the I386 folder on the CD.

Catsweazle: i would have done that but the cd is scrathed and useless so i was told this was the next thing to do. little did i know it would do all this crap. so im an idiot and wont do it again.

bentkey: sorry about that but i meant to mention that it does not have a browse option. so i went and put it in my other computer and found the file path , wrote it down, put the cd in the laptop and tried that file path, but it didnt work.

the path i tried is: D:\I386\ASMS

when i select cancle the first error it gives is:

" The D:\I386\NT5INF.CAT catalog file could not be found. THe error code is 1. This is a fatal error.

Incorrect Function"

then the next error says that the signature for Windows XP Pro Upgrade is invalid.

then the only other error that says anything says it could not register the OLE Control (file path).

anything now.....


#tbone

When you have a scratched game CD, the best way to deal with it is to identify and contact the local distributor for the particular game in your country of origin (not the Game's publisher).

You'll find that you can obtain replacement Cds, either for a small price or for postage cost only, so long as you can provide proof that you own the game. (Usually something like answering a question related to what's on the packaging.)

To identify the local distributor, try googling:

game publisher local distributor site:countrycode

providing the italicised information accordingly, of course.

i did not know that and will try that now to get a new cd for the game, that is once i get my comuter to start up and get to the desktop. thanks for any help
#tbone

Still, we have to know how the computer is reporting the cd drive's letter. Was there more than one partition on your hard drive before?

i tried this: C:\I386 and it accpeted it but only just to go and search for that file and then to come up with message again. but when i select d: or e: it just sits there and highlights the text in the menu ready to replace it.

this is the text that i get the first time the box pops up.
GLOBALROOT\DEVICE\CDROM0\I386

i went back and restarted the computer, selected f12, and then selscted start from cd rom . then i selected to (as the dell guy told me too) install XP ( other option is to repair using the console thing), then it takes me to xp pro setup and offers to either selsect repai windows xp installation or to continue a fresh copy of windows xp without repairing.

i selected repair and then it copies all the files to the windows installation folders.
it restarts and continues with the set up but the first thing that it does it give me that files needed box.

i dont see anywhere where it list partitians.
i never messed with the partitions before it messed up. it was always d: drive.

thats what i did.
should i try to any of the other options?

#tbone