Windows XP Installation

Nothgrin · Aug 29, 2008, 06:10 AM

So I have installed Windows many many times on previous computers but this time its just not letting me do anything...

So heres the situation: I just bought and assembled a new build (check the spec) and I wanted to install an OS on it to get it started. I use the 32-bit Windows XP full version to install in DOS and it gets through all of the loading of the temporary drivers and such and says its starting to load Windows (this is pre installation loading) about 30 seconds into it I get a BSOD that says that there was a serious error and my computer was shut down to prevent damage. In the screen it notes that my hard drives could be at fault. I have ran scan checks with my SAS controller card and it says I dont have anything wrong with them.

Does anyone else get this problem every time they install WinXP in DOS? How did you fix the problem? What should/could I do?

GREASEMONKEY · Aug 29, 2008, 06:17 AM

First thing i do is go to one stick of ram ,and pull any (if preasent)pci cards and usb devices not needed.Until O.S. is loaded!

GREASEMONKEY · Aug 29, 2008, 06:35 AM

Also have to add,just nocticed 32-bit Windows XP full version,some newer hardware requires SP2.

Nothgrin · Aug 29, 2008, 03:37 PM

Currently I am only using 2GB of the 4GB due to 32bit limitations. My motherboard bios says the ram is working fine. I dont have any PCI cards right now and the only thing in the USB is my keyboard. During the installation I used two different XP cds one original XP and the other SP2.

The error code that I got was 0x0000007B. I looked it up and it said I should load some SATA drivers due to XP coming out before the SATA age. I don't even have anything plugged into SATA...

I am going to try to move a working XP drive over to this computer and use the bootable XP to install XP onto my other drive and hopefully remove the old drive without any more problems.

GREASEMONKEY · Aug 29, 2008, 06:44 PM

Might try going into bios and dis-abling sata's

suraswami · Aug 29, 2008, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nothgrin

Currently I am only using 2GB of the 4GB due to 32bit limitations. My motherboard bios says the ram is working fine. I dont have any PCI cards right now and the only thing in the USB is my keyboard. During the installation I used two different XP cds one original XP and the other SP2.

The error code that I got was 0x0000007B. I looked it up and it said I should load some SATA drivers due to XP coming out before the SATA age. I don't even have anything plugged into SATA...

I am going to try to move a working XP drive over to this computer and use the bootable XP to install XP onto my other drive and hopefully remove the old drive without any more problems.

Don't do that. It might not boot in ur new setup and might corrupt that install too.

Try changing Ram sticks. Try putting the ram in different slots. format the drive with say the drive tools from WD if the drive is from WD, Seatools if the drive is from Seagate etc. Make sure you partition your drive to something around 30 to 40 GB to eliminate the large drive issue.

Nothgrin · Aug 30, 2008, 11:50 AM

ok I fixed my install. What happened was since XP didn't ship with SATA Raid Controller drivers you have to manually load them during the install. I went to an old computer and ripped the floppy drive to a working but not so new computer and booted XP to create the driver disk from my motherboard driver dvd. Then I ripped out that floppy drive to my new build so I could read it during the installation.

Thanks for your help

Aug 29, 2008, 06:10 AM	#1
Nothgrin Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 144 (0.06/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts System Specs	Windows XP Installation So I have installed Windows many many times on previous computers but this time its just not letting me do anything... So heres the situation: I just bought and assembled a new build (check the spec) and I wanted to install an OS on it to get it started. I use the 32-bit Windows XP full version to install in DOS and it gets through all of the loading of the temporary drivers and such and says its starting to load Windows (this is pre installation loading) about 30 seconds into it I get a BSOD that says that there was a serious error and my computer was shut down to prevent damage. In the screen it notes that my hard drives could be at fault. I have ran scan checks with my SAS controller card and it says I dont have anything wrong with them. Does anyone else get this problem every time they install WinXP in DOS? How did you fix the problem? What should/could I do? __________________

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Aug 29, 2008, 06:17 AM	#2
GREASEMONKEY Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pacific N.W. Posts: 573 (0.23/day) Thanks: 2,098 Thanked 425 Times in 217 Posts System Specs	First thing i do is go to one stick of ram ,and pull any (if preasent)pci cards and usb devices not needed.Until O.S. is loaded! __________________ http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=60283 Last edited by GREASEMONKEY; Aug 29, 2008 at 06:18 AM. Reason: goofed

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Aug 29, 2008, 06:35 AM	#3
GREASEMONKEY Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pacific N.W. Posts: 573 (0.23/day) Thanks: 2,098 Thanked 425 Times in 217 Posts System Specs	Also have to add,just nocticed 32-bit Windows XP full version,some newer hardware requires SP2. __________________ http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=60283

Aug 29, 2008, 03:37 PM	#4
Nothgrin Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 144 (0.06/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts System Specs	Currently I am only using 2GB of the 4GB due to 32bit limitations. My motherboard bios says the ram is working fine. I dont have any PCI cards right now and the only thing in the USB is my keyboard. During the installation I used two different XP cds one original XP and the other SP2. The error code that I got was 0x0000007B. I looked it up and it said I should load some SATA drivers due to XP coming out before the SATA age. I don't even have anything plugged into SATA... I am going to try to move a working XP drive over to this computer and use the bootable XP to install XP onto my other drive and hopefully remove the old drive without any more problems. __________________

Aug 29, 2008, 06:44 PM	#5
GREASEMONKEY Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pacific N.W. Posts: 573 (0.23/day) Thanks: 2,098 Thanked 425 Times in 217 Posts System Specs	Might try going into bios and dis-abling sata's __________________ http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=60283

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Aug 30, 2008, 11:50 AM	#7
Nothgrin Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 144 (0.06/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts System Specs	ok I fixed my install. What happened was since XP didn't ship with SATA Raid Controller drivers you have to manually load them during the install. I went to an old computer and ripped the floppy drive to a working but not so new computer and booted XP to create the driver disk from my motherboard driver dvd. Then I ripped out that floppy drive to my new build so I could read it during the installation. Thanks for your help __________________

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