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STOP Error 0x0000007b while installing Windows XP

Anonymous
2014-01-11T18:40:42+00:00

New motherboard, new hard drive.  Try to install XP, get... STOP:  0x0000007b (0xf78d2524, 0xc0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000).  Seems like it stops just before F8.  No other hardware installed, just disk drive and HD, which BIOS sees. 

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-01-11T20:43:32+00:00

    Hi,

    I have seen the 0x0000007B BSOD caused by trying to install XP to a hard drive whilst BIOS is designating the drive as AHCI instead of IDE. XP does not have native AHCI drivers and the consequence is a 7B stop.

    If BIOS is set to AHCI, you could do one of three things (depending on whether your PC has a floppy disk drive)...

    1. Find the F6 driver diskette to load AHCI support at install time (start with the manufacturer's website if you do not already have such a thing). Watch for the hit F6 prompt very early on in the installation process.
    2. Change the BIOS setting to IDE/ATA
    3. Create a new install disk by slipstreaming the AHCI drivers into the existing install disk, seehttp://www.nliteos.com/index.html

    Post back if your BIOS is already IDE/ATA

    Tricky

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-01-12T20:47:25+00:00

    That was it!!  The BIOS was set to AHCI, once I switched it to IDE it came up.  Thanks, I spent two days on this problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-01-13T09:59:51+00:00

    I am glad to have been of assistance.

    Tricky

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