Problems installing Win Xp (hardware related)

[xenon]

Hi peers hope that someone can help my with this problem,

i can only install linux O.S. on my case and i am novice in linux so i dont like it

when i try to install Windows Xp Pro after a few minutes of installation a blue screen appears with this

information i took notice:

a problem has been detected and windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your Pc,

check for viruses on your Pc remove any newly installed harddiskdrive or harddiscontrollers

check your harddisk if it properly configured and terminated.

Run CHKDSK /F to check for harddrive corruption and then restart your computer

Technical information:

***STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78D2524,0xC0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000

after first time i got this message i bought a new harddisk(western digital SATA160GB) so harddisk corruption can not be, and how can i check for viruses on my pc without an O.S. installed?

How can i run CHKDSK /F ? (i know a lot of computing but i never heard of that)

Or can it be i need to install a SATA driver first but how?where can i download it?p.s.: i dont have a floppydisk reader on my case (if that can be the solution? i dont know!) thank's to all who have some time to spend on the solution

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[Alan2273]

First you cannot run CHKDSK /F, as you need Windows installed to use that.

What are the specifications and how old is the computer.

[Seshomaru Samma]

1) You can check disc with a Linux cd , here is how (you can use a LiveCd so you don't actually need to install)

2) If you need Sata drivers to install XP, you will have to slipstream them into your install media, you can use a programme like nlite

3. can you provide more information about the error - at what stage does it appear ? does it happen with the new HD you bought? what are your specs?

4. another possibility is a faulty install media - can the disc work on other setup?

[Boris]

I have merged this topic with an identical one (but with a different subject name) by the original poster.

[xenon]

Alan ty i know it has to be windows installed to run CHKDSK /F,

my Pc is seven months old it's an acer with quad core processer and 3072 ram,or what

you mean with specifications?

I have open suse 11.1 installed on it maybee that could be the problem, cause as i installed it

i didnt have any problems, so how can i check the problem with Linux?

It doesn't depend on the Windows i try to install i have many versions from original over cracked to

corporate edition! every time i try to install one of them i get this blue screen with the error message!

The only thing i find strange is that i can install any Linux i want :open suse, ubuntu... no problems

if it's the sata problem driver witch i can slip in with Nlite(i already have it installed on my pc,

where can i get the SATA driver please? :(

Great thanks for all your quick replys, i hope i answerd enough of your questuons posted so that

you can help me i reallly need this case cause my Laptop doesn't accept nomore dvd's only cdrom's

so that i had to install magic disc to run .iso formatted windows installations

Thanks for all your reply's peers

[Boris]

if it's the sata problem driver witch i can slip in with Nlite(i already have it installed on my pc,

where can i get the SATA driver please? :(

Try the Western Digital support site ?

http://support.wdc.com/product/download.as...1=6&lang=en

Select whichever model you have.

[Seshomaru Samma]

xenon,

as i explained in my previous post you can use your Linux partition to check the disc , the link i provided explains how to do it, the commands will be similar in your Suse OS.

the reason you can't install XP most likely has to do with Sata drivers which the default XP media does not have (but most Linux distros do).

slipstream it with nlite and you should be good to go (but the check the disc for errors and badblocks first)

[xenon]

sorry Guys i gave you some wrong infromation:

1. i have ubuntu installed on th case

2. the new HDD is a seagate barracuda 160gb(the acer inbuild HDD was an WD)

so i tryed to download a SATA driver for the seagate HDD no way can 't find one!

and someone ask me when does the error message appears:just when the windows installation blue screen tryes to start windows

thats ALL I KNOW

[Seshomaru Samma]

In my first post there is a link that explains how to CHKDSK in Ubuntu

the important question which you didnt answer is - does the installation actually begin?

does windows recognise your disc?

the 1st part of the installtion windows parts your disc and formats it - do you get to that part? if so it means that you do not need to slipstream SATA drivers, it means that you have another problem - probably a corrupt install media (your CD), a problem with your drive, or something else.

can you post the output of

lspci

from your ubuntu partition? (applications>accessories>terminal)