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    BSOD when booting XP on Vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Moet123, Nov 30, 2008.

  1. Moet123

    Moet123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm trying to dual boot xp on vista. I put in my XP cd to boot up and install xp, it loads everything then right at the end, before going in the blue setup screen, i get the bsod. I tried it a couple more times and it keeps happening. Any ideas why this is happening?

    my laptop is an Asus M50vm
    Core 2 Duo p8400 4gb RAM and vista premium 32bit.
     
    Moet123, Nov 30, 2008
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  2. Deks

    Deks Notebook Prophet

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    It's probably because you are missing the SATA drivers.
    There are few ways to go around this issue.
    1. Download and slipstream SATA drivers onto the XP install disk
    2. Disable AHCI in BIOS for the duration of XP install, then once you have installed it, download the sata drivers from the internet, install them and re-enable AHCI mode in BIOS.
     
    Deks, Nov 30, 2008
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  3. Shyster1

    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You should also be able to dig out an install log that the system was writing to disk contemporaneously with the installation - that should be able to get closer to pinpointing what caused the BSOD.

    Since you don't have the XP installation useable yet, search for the log in the XP partition while booted into _Vista, or if you've cordoned off the two WinOSes from each other, either pull the drive, put it in an external enclosure and plug it into another computer, or else d/l and burn either a linux LiveCD or the UltimateBootCD and use those to boot the system and take a look for the file.
     
    Shyster1, Nov 30, 2008
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  4. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Just thinking:
    Aren't you supposed to instal the oldest OS first and Linux last? (Linux doesn't matter in this case)
    So first XP then Vista?

    Have you got Vista on your laptop already or is it your plan to have XP & Viata?
     
    DetlevCM, Dec 1, 2008
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  5. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Not really. The older OS (XP) will screw up booting into the newer one (Vista) if you install XP after Vista. But it is easily fixed by repairing the boot files. There is a utiliy for doing so that makes the task trivial. (I can't find the link to it at the moment.)

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Dec 1, 2008
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  6. ronnieb

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    Vista then XP.

    Vista has a built in boot manager while XP does not.
     
    ronnieb, Dec 1, 2008
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