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    m860tu np8660 getting blue screen when installing windows xp help!

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by legendaryleader, Feb 13, 2009.

  1. legendaryleader

    legendaryleader Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, i just recieved my m860 tu and it crashes whenever i try to install xp! i just get a blue screen as soon as its done with setup loading files. :( someone please help this is so flustrating
     
    legendaryleader, Feb 13, 2009
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    whew just found out why it wasen't working.
     
    legendaryleader, Feb 13, 2009
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    Deathwinger Notebook Virtuoso

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    Want to tell the rest of us what the problem and solution was? :)
     
    Deathwinger, Feb 13, 2009
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    legendaryleader Notebook Enthusiast

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    there was setting in the bios called where i could select windows xp or vista. can't remember what it was. i just had to change setting and it stopped my computer from crashing.
     
    legendaryleader, Feb 14, 2009
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    Tarentum Notebook Deity

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    By the way, once you set BIOS to XP, it's running in emulated SATA mode (basically, you were installing an older version of XP that does not have support for your SATA drives - so it was not seeing your hard drive, and this support must be there during install, not after). It's kind of hard to get proper SATA recognition back (your XP install will be slower than it would be, and your hard drive and cd/dvd drive show up as IDE devices). I say get a XP Service Pack 3 and reinstall with that or add SATA drivers onto your XP install cd.

    See my posts in this thread (for how to + info): http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=305933
     
    Tarentum, Feb 15, 2009
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