Problem Installing XP after Ubuntu install
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From: Airman Basic on 10 Jul 2010 22:32 On 07/10/2010 4:20 PM, HeyBub wrote: > jackthe7th wrote: >> So I got a laptop with windows 7, cleared the whole drive out, and >> installed Ubuntu 9.1 on it. Now I am selling the computer, but the >> person who wants the computer doesn't want Ubuntu they want Windows >> XP. So I have an extra copy of windows xp install disk, and I cleared >> out ubuntu, reformatted the hard drive to NTFS using a bootable drive >> formatting program. >> >> Then I inserted the windows xp disk, figuring it would be as always, a >> painless process. The disk goes into the blue screen, starts to load >> up the installer, but doesnt get to any point in which I can make any >> choices, it immediately goes to this blue screen: >> >> A Problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent >> damage to your computer. >> >> If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart >> your computer. If this screen appears again, follow these steps: >> >> Check for viruses on your computer. Remove any newly installed hard >> drives or hard drive controllers. Check your hard drive to make sure >> it is properly configured and terminated. Run chkdsk /F to check for >> hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer. >> >> Technical Information: >> *** STOP 0x0000007B (0xF78DA63c, 0xc0000034, 0X00000000, 0x00000000) >> >> I went back to the partition bootable software and I tried to repair >> the MBR, but it said the drive does not have an MBR. >> >> I can reinstall Ubuntu if I want, but I cant install windows. >> >> What do I do to get windows xp on the computer? > > You probably can't. As others have said, Win7 computers may have hardware > that is incompatible with XP. > > Ubuntu *may* install inasmuch as it (I think) doesn't get down in the > hardware weeds - it sacrifices efficiency for universitality. > > Too, if the buyer controls the O/S, why didn't you get the laptop with > Ubuntu installed in the first place? > > Editorial: Here we have another example of a perfectly good computer ruined > by installing Linux. > > Probably you need the sata drivers for the hard drive which aren't available from the XP CD unless you slipstream them into a custom XP CD. Or, some BIOS have a "legacy drive" option or something similar. Google it and good luck.
From: pip22 on 11 Jul 2010 06:41 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103 http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a/stop0x0000007b.htm
From: Doum on 11 Jul 2010 15:50 Paul <nospam(a)needed.com> �crivait news:i18qib$hqd$1(a)speranza.aioe.org: <snip> > > Win7 supports AHCI and legacy IDE mode, while WinXP supports > legacy IDE mode. You may need to change your BIOS setting > for the hard drive interface, as instructed by "LVTravel". > Or alternately, use the F6 method to install a driver so > that Windows will be able to access the boot partition. > Most hardware has drivers, if you look long and hard enough. > <snip> > > Paul > The F6 method only works with floppies and his recent laptop doesn't have a floppy drive. The OP might have a USB floppy drive though. If he doesn't have such drive and need a driver for the HD controller, the solution is to recreate the XP installation disk and slipstream the required driver on it. He might as well slipstream SP3 on his new disk too.
From: Daave on 12 Jul 2010 21:57
jackthe7th wrote: > So I got a laptop with windows 7, cleared the whole drive out, and > installed Ubuntu 9.1 on it. Now I am selling the computer, but the > person who wants the computer doesn't want Ubuntu they want Windows > XP. Perhaps you can convince them that Windows 7 is a good OS and just put that back on. |