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    Unable to install XP

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by vaeevictiss, Oct 16, 2009.

  1. vaeevictiss

    vaeevictiss Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the g51, and i am trying to do a dual boot with win 7 and XP. The reason i want XP is because all of the motorola and kenwood radio programming software we use at work will not run on vista/7. I also need to use a USB to serial adapter. We do a lot of overseas travel and it gets cumbersome hauling my personal laptop for gaming, as well as a Toughbook for work, so if i could get mine to do work then i only need one :D

    Anyway, I had the dual boot working fine it seemed, but after going back into 7, then restarting and going back into XP i got a boot error, something with NTLDR. Everything i tried with EasyBCD would not fix it. I thought maybe it would work better if i just setup XP on my 2nd HD.

    So i deleted the XP partition on my main HD, and then rebooted to the XP CD to begin the install on the 2nd HD. Now i just get to "setup is inspecting your hardware configuration...." and it freezes there. Nothing i have tried will fix it.

    I tried searching for this on google, and it seems there was a different resolution each time i saw it. I tried a few of the options and it still will not work. I even tried removing the main HD and just leaving my blank freshly formatted 2nd HD in, and still nothing.

    Any ideas?
     
    vaeevictiss, Oct 16, 2009
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  2. KimoT

    KimoT Are we not men?

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    Two questions:

    First, have you added SATA drivers to XP?

    Second, have you considered using Windows 7 Pro? The BIOS supports virtualization on the G51, so you could use XP mode to run your apps.
     
    KimoT, Oct 16, 2009
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  3. Lanaya

    Lanaya Templar Assassin

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    Lanaya, Oct 16, 2009
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  4. vaeevictiss

    vaeevictiss Notebook Enthusiast

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    yea, thats the post i used to originally do it :p

    Yep all the sata drivers are there. As i said, it was working at one point, installed fine. Just wont let me do it again.
     
    vaeevictiss, Oct 16, 2009
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  5. Lanaya

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    hm, what mode is your HDD in in bios? compatability/enhanced/raid ?
     
    Lanaya, Oct 16, 2009
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  6. vaeevictiss

    vaeevictiss Notebook Enthusiast

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    How do i check? Last time i was in the BIOS i just saw the HD, no specifics about it. I know it isnt RAIDed tho.
     
    vaeevictiss, Oct 16, 2009
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