Installing Windows XP on pre-Installed Windows Vista Computer

[SebastianCassten]

Hey

I've bought a computer that has Windows Vista Business pre-installed. Of course, this operative system won't run most of the older games that I'm trying to install on it.

I found this seemingly useful guide on how to install Windows XP on a computer that already has Vista pre-installed (

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/wind...on-your-pre-installed-windows-vista-computer/

).

My hard drive is a Samsung HD 161GJ. It has been divided into three partitions. The two smaller ones are named HP_Recovery and OS_Tools. I did as the guide suggested and shrunk roughly 10 gb from the main partition.

I moved on and came to the point where I was about to install XP. After the XP CD had been read and it said "starting Windows XP", I was waiting on the option menu. Instead, I got the following error message; Stop 0x0000007B (0xf78D2524, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) .

I know that I could simply uninstall Vista, but I'm not willing to remove it just yet. Hopefully someone here can help me out. Please, let me know if You need to know about any more specs than the ones which I already has given. And
please excuse my poor English, it's not my first language.

Thanks in advance and best regards
Sebastian Cassten

 

[linney]

What type of hard drive are you installing onto, is it one that requires you to press F6 during Setup to install drivers so that XP Setup can recognize the hard drive and Partition?

There are settings in the Bios that may need to be looked at on a Vista installed machine too. See what this says about the AHCI setting.

Vista laptop with same drive cannot install XP
thread779-1428969

Later parts of this thread will talk about IDE compatibility settings where you configure SATA as IDE.

Why is Format greyed out in WinXP 'Manage' ?
thread779-1509384

 

[firewolfrl]

read this site from end to end and it will help

http://www.multibooters.co.uk/index.html

and this site is good after you read the first one

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm

good luck

 

[TonHu]

A way better method of installing XP side by side on your Vista system, is to get VirtualBox, and create a new virtual machine that you install XP into. You are then able to start and stop the XP machine only when needed. You should ofcourse not be running games or hardware dependent stuff inside a virtual, but if you really need that (old games compatibility or hardware requirements) you should have bought the new PC with these prerequisites, instead of getting an off the shelve model (and what's that Vista for?, Windows 7 is now the new way to go!).

 

[hgate73]

Hey there, I use this site here for Windows STOP messages:

http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

According to the site, the message you are getting means (copy and pasted):

"0x0000007B: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE"

Windows lost access to the system partition or boot volume during the startup process. Typical causes: Installing incorrect device drivers when installing or upgrading storage adapter hardware, or a virus.

* After You Remove or Reinstall Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum Edition {KB 811408} Win XP
* Stop 0x7B or “0x4,0,0,0” Error {KB 122926} Win NT, Win XP (on restart)
* During setup (Sysprep issue) {KB 303786} Win XP
* When You Press F6 to Load Drivers During Unattended Win XP Setup {KB 307099} Win XP
* When you restart your Win XP-based computer {KB 316401} Win XP (after replacing motherboard)
* When you start your computer from a WinPE CD-ROM or from a Server 2003 CD-ROM using a USB CD-ROM device {KB 839210} Win XP, Win Server 2003 (patch available)
* Limited OEM driver support is available with F6 during Win XP & Server 2003 setup {KB 314859} Win XP, Win Server 2003
* Error message When Starting Windows Vista After Changing SATA Mode of Boot Drive: STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE {KB 922976} Vista
* Error message When Installing Vista on Computer With a DELL CERC SATA 1.5/6ch RAID controller: STOP 0x0000007B {KB 928632} Vista (needs driver update)


When we upgrade our computers to Vista we have to flip an option in the BIOS from AHCI (or something) over to the other option (you'll see it in there). It's probably the same for reverting to an older installation.

I'd bet it's an option in the BIOS that needs to be flipped.

I was previously posting under "GeneralDzur" but hgate73 is my new username.

 

[BadBigBen]

The 7B Stop error means nothing more than that the Setup/Installer does not have the RIGHT driver for the SATA controller...

check the links that Linney provided...

as mentioned you could also check the BIOS setting for the SATA Controller in the BIOS and change it to IDE (also called LEGACY)...

I'd suggest that get all the hardware drivers, for XP, before you install, this will save you headaches in the end...


the use of VirtualBox, or other VM solutions, is not viable if you want to play games, to this date they have hardly any 3D support...



Ben
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