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Scott

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:06 am
Post subject: dell vista - downgrade to XP pro - blue screen at "Setup is starting Windows" 0X0000007B
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H,i,

New DELL with Vista Business, need XP pro on it (could not select from Dell
site ).

Booting XP pro CD, all drivers appear to load in until "Setup is starting
Windows" txt appears for 10-20 seconds then BLUE SCREEN ERROR with
*** STOP 0x0000007B

I have tried:

- disable support for all non essential items in BIOS (usd, quick boot,
power mgt etc).

- removed PCIx16 card and unsing onboard

- remove 1Gb of ram (1gb left)

- Its NTFS on C and D

- Sata drives.

Stuck. Can anyone help ?

Dell E520
XP CD (without SP2)

Thought about using a third party partion tool to format drives but cant see
why that would help being that its NTFS already and i cannot get to the XP
setup stage whereby it lets me format.

Thanks for your time.
Scott
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:06 am
Post subject: Re: dell vista - downgrade to XP pro - blue screen at "Setup is starting Windows" 0X0000007B [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Which SP is on the CD? You should slipstream SP2 onto the XP Pro install
disk. Will create a "cleaner" install than having to update after the
install of XP. You also need the drivers for the RAID and/or SATA drivers
and enter them from floppy or burned CD by pressing F6 when prompted on the
setup. Not all devices on newer systems will have XP drivers available for
them so you need to be careful dumping Vista to install XP. Make sure you
have all the motherboard chipset, video, sound, network, SATA, RAID, etc.
drivers before attempting to install XP Pro on a downgrade.


"Scott" <s DeleteThis @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> H,i,
>
> New DELL with Vista Business, need XP pro on it (could not select from
> Dell site ).
>
> Booting XP pro CD, all drivers appear to load in until "Setup is starting
> Windows" txt appears for 10-20 seconds then BLUE SCREEN ERROR with
> *** STOP 0x0000007B
>
> I have tried:
>
> - disable support for all non essential items in BIOS (usd, quick boot,
> power mgt etc).
>
> - removed PCIx16 card and unsing onboard
>
> - remove 1Gb of ram (1gb left)
>
> - Its NTFS on C and D
>
> - Sata drives.
>
> Stuck. Can anyone help ?
>
> Dell E520
> XP CD (without SP2)
>
> Thought about using a third party partion tool to format drives but cant
> see why that would help being that its NTFS already and i cannot get to
> the XP setup stage whereby it lets me format.
>
> Thanks for your time.
> Scott
>
>
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Scott

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:10 am
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bios update - will give that a go.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:43 am
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got it,

had to disable RAID support in BIOS and use ATA instead.

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DL

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 12:05 pm
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Hope you checked for driver avilability first, and are aware that this may
invalidate your warranty/support

"Scott" <s.TakeThisOut@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> got it,
>
> had to disable RAID support in BIOS and use ATA instead.
>
> Scott
>
>
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:09 pm
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On Jun 20, 10:43 am, "Scott" <s... DeleteThis @yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> got it,
>
> had to disable RAID support in BIOS and use ATA instead.
>
> Scott

I sure hope this works for me. I tried a bunch of things to get XP to
install but I get the same "Stop code 0x7B blue screen". Dell told me
to run fdisk and create new partition...didn't work obviously. I'm
glad I'm not the only person out there who bought a Dell E20 who isn't
sticking with Vista Home.

Thanks for posting the fix. I'll see if it works for me too.

Anthony
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:09 pm
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I had the same thing. Once using ATA it's been fine since.
Hated Vista.

<busyuqboy.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Jun 20, 10:43 am, "Scott" <s....DeleteThis@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> got it,
>>
>> had to disable RAID support in BIOS and use ATA instead.
>>
>> Scott
>
> I sure hope this works for me. I tried a bunch of things to get XP to
> install but I get the same "Stop code 0x7B blue screen". Dell told me
> to run fdisk and create new partition...didn't work obviously. I'm
> glad I'm not the only person out there who bought a Dell E20 who isn't
> sticking with Vista Home.
>
> Thanks for posting the fix. I'll see if it works for me too.
>
> Anthony
>
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Scott

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:48 am
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pc has been perfect with XP for me too : )

thanks for posts
Scott
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:25 am
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I have the same problem a new Dell XPS 720 with Vista Ultimate, after a week
of trying I`ve give up. Partitioned the drive today and after burning the
raid driver I required started to load my old XP disc, pressed F6 for third
party driver and when it asked me to press "S" to install drivers it kept
saying place the floppy in drive A .
I do not have a floppy drive so unless someone has any ideas it looks like I
shall have to switch off raid. Anybody know how???

"Scott" wrote:

> pc has been perfect with XP for me too : )
>
> thanks for posts
> Scott
>
>
>
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DL

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(Msg. 10) Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:05 pm
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Either buy a floppy or create a slipstreamed win cd containing the sata/raid
drivers.

PS you will likely still have to install the drivers even if you are not
using raid, but are using the sata controler

"davlyn" <davlyn.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have the same problem a new Dell XPS 720 with Vista Ultimate, after a
>week
> of trying I`ve give up. Partitioned the drive today and after burning the
> raid driver I required started to load my old XP disc, pressed F6 for
> third
> party driver and when it asked me to press "S" to install drivers it kept
> saying place the floppy in drive A .
> I do not have a floppy drive so unless someone has any ideas it looks like
> I
> shall have to switch off raid. Anybody know how???
>
> "Scott" wrote:
>
>> pc has been perfect with XP for me too : )
>>
>> thanks for posts
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:23 pm
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"davlyn" <davlyn.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:41487A17-85EE-4EA2-85A0-BB2EEAE0AB01@microsoft.com...
>I have the same problem a new Dell XPS 720 with Vista Ultimate, after a
>week
> of trying I`ve give up. Partitioned the drive today and after burning the
> raid driver I required started to load my old XP disc, pressed F6 for
> third
> party driver and when it asked me to press "S" to install drivers it kept
> saying place the floppy in drive A .
> I do not have a floppy drive so unless someone has any ideas it looks like
> I
> shall have to switch off raid. Anybody know how???

Purchase an external USB floppy drive. Check to see if you can find
the XP drivers for your Dell. If not you might run into other problems.
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:25 pm
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Heres one link, of many
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/How-To--Slipstream-your-XP-installation

"davlyn" <davlyn.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Frank and DL XP only supports 3 USB floppy drives they are hard to
> find
> The following USB floppy disk drives are included in the Txtsetup.sif file
> and are therefore supported for use during Windows XP installation:
> Plug and Play ID USB floppy disk drive model
> USB\VID_03EE&PID_6901 Mitsumi
> USB\VID_057B&PID_0000 Y-E Data; Sony part number 09K9835
> USB\VID_0644&PID_0000 TEAC; IBM option part number 27L4226, FRU 05K9283
>
> I have tried slipstreaming the driver in to XP but so far all I have are 6
> coasters. I must be doing something wrong. Anybody know the right way to
> do
> it??Thanks again
>
> "Frank" wrote:
>
>> "davlyn" <davlyn.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:41487A17-85EE-4EA2-85A0-BB2EEAE0AB01@microsoft.com...
>> >I have the same problem a new Dell XPS 720 with Vista Ultimate, after a
>> >week
>> > of trying I`ve give up. Partitioned the drive today and after burning
>> > the
>> > raid driver I required started to load my old XP disc, pressed F6 for
>> > third
>> > party driver and when it asked me to press "S" to install drivers it
>> > kept
>> > saying place the floppy in drive A .
>> > I do not have a floppy drive so unless someone has any ideas it looks
>> > like
>> > I
>> > shall have to switch off raid. Anybody know how???
>>
>> Purchase an external USB floppy drive. Check to see if you can find
>> the XP drivers for your Dell. If not you might run into other problems.
>>
>>
>>
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