New Dell PC

[mu85]

I have just got a new Dell Dimension E520, which was shipped with Vista. At the moment i dont want to use vista, so got my XP Pro cd and booted to that and went to set it all up. It loads all the drivers at the start, then gets to the point where it says Setup is Loading, then i get a blue screen stop error (0x0000007b)

Does anybody know how i can resolve this?

Thanks

 

[kestrel1]

Have a look at this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316401

Looks like you may have the wrong drivers for the SATA device. I presume it is SATA anyway.

 

[mu85]

Yes it is Sata, how do i find the correct drivers?

 

[kestrel1]

The drivers are on the Dell website for Windows XP:

http://support.dell.com/support/dow...D=DIM_PNT_P4_E520&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

Scroll down the list & look for Serial ATA (SATA)- drivers.
Hope this helps

 

[mu85]

Thanks. Do i then have to press f6 at the setup and install it from a floppy?

 

[kestrel1]

Yes, It will need unpacking first. Dell normally have drivers zipped up. The default location for this particular driver is: C:\dell\drivers\R130118
This will fit on a floppy as it is only 348kb.

 

[mu85]

Thanks for your help

 

[kestrel1]

no problem, hope it helps & works OK.

 

[mu85]

The new PC doesnt have a floppy drive, will it work loading it from an external floppy drive?

 

[kestrel1]

Yes, it should do. If not stick it onto a CD.

 

[mu85]

I copied the drivers onto a floppy, and connected an external floppy drive, boot into windows setup, press f6, it asks me to load the drivers by pressing S, i load the driver, it then goes through all the rest of the process where you get to the point where u choose your partition. After i choose my partition and get to the point after fornat its now asking me to insert the correct disk into A: and wont let me continue...

any ideas??

 

[kestrel1]

Can you try to cancel that part? I think the system is probably looking for the CD again, but has got confused. Is there a specific file that it is looking for? If not try putting the drivers on to a CD, use that after pressing F6. Then when the drivers are installed replace the Windows CD.

 

[mu85]

Thereis no way of cancelling that part, its either quit or continue

There is no specific file it just says please insert Intel Matrix Storage Manager into drive A:, which is thedisk i have in the external floppy

I tried putting it onto a cd and it didnt work at all when pressing f6 it only asked for a floppy, not a cd

 

[kestrel1]

I think I know what the problem is. Good old Microsoft have done it again. Only certain USB floppy drives are supported during the setup process. What you could do is slipstream the SATA drivers into your XP cd. Follow the instructions here:

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/How-To--Slipstream-your-XP-installation

To achieve this.

 

[mu85]

That all looks very complicated lol is there no easier way??

 

[mu85]

I have been given a workaround on another forum, was just wondering if anybody can confirm if this would work or not?


1. Go into the BIOS by pressing F2 on the Dell Logo
2. Go to Drives, then select SATA Operation.
3. Change RAID Auto/AHCI to RAID Auto/ATA
4. Press ESC and save the changes to setup
5. Boot to the windows XP disk, no need to press F6 but just continue the installation process

Thanks

 

[kestrel1]

Yes, I think I saw this somewhere. I think it will work. What it does is makes the SATA drive look like an ATA/IDE drive.
Sorry, I forgot that one & also didn't realize that that machine had that function.

 

[mu85]

No probs, will give it a go