Problem Installing XP after Ubuntu install
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From: jackthe7th on 9 Jul 2010 16:22 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?
From: LVTravel on 9 Jul 2010 22:25 "jackthe7th" <jackthe7th.4dv0wc(a)no.email.invalid> wrote in message news:jackthe7th.4dv0wc(a)no.email.invalid... > > 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? > > Remember that the computer had Win 7 on it. It also has a SATA hard drive in it and other Win 7 compatible components which may not have XP compatible drivers for it anywhere. If Win XP (which prior to SP2 CD did not have any SATA drivers on the install disk, that is the reason for the F6 on the original install) can't see the SATA drive interface it can't install and will give an error similar to what you have. You can try to change the laptop's bios to enable legacy IDE mode for the hard drive controller but I don't think that that will totally solve your problems with installing XP on a system that originally came with Win 7. I would install the original Win 7 on the system from the rebuild partition or rebuild disks that you created prior to dumping Win 7 and let the new purchaser try to downgrade to a legal XP if desired. What, no rebuild capability, contact the computer manufacturer to have set shipped to you at a minimal cost (normally under $30.00.)
From: Paul on 9 Jul 2010 23:48 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? > What I'd try first, is boot the Ubuntu CD, and use "dd" to overwrite the contents of the MBR. Zeroing out the signature (0x55AA) will make the Windows installer CD think the drive has never been used. I've had problems before, where the Windows CD wouldn't touch the disk, after the Linux installer did its thing to the MBR. And this is what I did to fix it. sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 You'll need to substitute the name of the hard drive, in place of hda. It could be sda for example. (For hints, you could try looking in /etc/fstab for inspiration on the drive name. Some Linux distros automatically populate fstab, based on partition types.) Then boot your Windows CD and try again. 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. I can't tell from your description, what exactly is failing. It almost sounds like the WinXP CD is trying to look at the partitions or something, before even getting to the choice menu for recovery console or installation. Paul
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 10 Jul 2010 11:11 QED: Is the "Designed for Win7" hardware (and drivers) WinXP-compatible? <QP> Bug Check 0x7B: INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE The following actions might prevent an error like this from happening again: 1. Download and install [compatible] device drivers for your computer from [the device manufacturers' Download pages]. 2. Scan your computer for computer viruses. 3. Check your hard disk for errors. </QP> Source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff559218(VS.85).aspx 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?
From: HeyBub on 10 Jul 2010 17:20
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. |