"Rob" wrote in message
Have recently installed a new MB, MEM and CPU, core i7. In the old setup
I used to have WIN7 on one HDD and XP on the other one. XP is refusing
to work on this setup. The installation files load, then it starts to
open XP but then BSOD. WIN7 is working normally. Any answers?
John the West Ham fan
(e-mail address removed)
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<Are you doing a fresh install of XP? If so, and the BIOS is set to
AHCI (or RAID) instead of IDE, then you need to load the AHCI/RAID
drivers from floppy by pressing F6 during the installation process.
Windows 7 has AHCI drivers built-in, so can install OK direct from disc
with the BIOS set to AHCI.
If you have just plugged in an existing HDD with XP already installed
on it, and you have AHCI set in the BIOS, it will just blue-screen
as XP won't have the correct mobo (primarily ACHI) drivers.
You could try setting the BIOS to IDE and see if XP will boot, then
install the driver for your new mobo. Converting an IDE XP
installation to AHCI can be done, but not until you get XP working
in IDE mode first. Then it gets messy (google "convert windows xp
ide to ahci".)
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Rob>
Thanks Rob, thought it had to be something like that. Don't think I'll
bother with XP this time. Reason was kept iTunes separate from my other
stuff. On the WIN7 disc the music is in WAV, so I kept the iTunes MP3
separate. Any ideas the best way forward, what about Vista, would that
conflict with WIN7?
Thanks again.
John
