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    M1330 Cant install Windows, blue screen

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Quit, Feb 3, 2009.

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    I formatted windows on my M1330 and tried installing XP x86 however when i put the disk in and boot from CD it starts the windows process and when it says 'Windows is starting' it will hang there for 40 seconds then a blue screen will appear saying:

    STOP: C0000221 unknown Hard Error
    \SystemRoot\System32\ntdll.dll

    Any ideas? Thanks
     
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    1. did u create new partition with partition creating tool which is in XP instalation.
    Need to delete old partition which was made by vista and crete new one by XP - before u instal XP
    not just format- delete and create new!


    2. or u have some inappropriate driver for your hardware -can be SATA driver
     
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    I tried deleting partitions with a vista CD, there was only one which is normal i think, i deleted it but still comes up with that error when trying to install with xp.
     
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