This reads like the other million posts about installing XP to a sata drive. You could have forgotten to make the drive blank prior to install to "other".
Again, no exact make and model so I must keep it short as we are not sure what machine this is.
You can't install XP to a Vista formatted hard drive. Simple to solve by removing the partitions on said drive. Bye bye data, hello, where is my backup.
Bob
Hello all,
I acquired my dad's Vista SP1 laptop, because he had no use for it. Given that Vista has a poor track record (I have firsthad experience with this OS), I decided to send Vista to Davy jones's locker and install XP Professional instead.
I went to the website of my laptop's manufacturer and downloaded all applicable drivers for XP Pro/SP2 (Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5934), and then burned them all to CD-R along with my personal files. When I put the XP installation disc in the drive and booted from it, it went through the file loading procedure. However, when it got to "Setup is starting Windows", it crashed and got the BSoD.
I summarize the BSoD as follows:
-Problem is detected, Windows has shut down your computer, etc
-Check that your Hdisk has not run out of room,
-Check for a driver problem if a driver error is listed below
-Check for a BIOS update,
Technical Info:
***STOP: 0x0000007E (0x0000005,0xF748E0BF,0xF78DA208,0xF78D9F0![]()
*** pci.sys - Address F748E0BF base at F7487000, DateStamp 3b7d855c
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How do I get rid of this so I can install XP Pro? I even created a separate 8gb partition to install to (this is only to test the run environment; if I successfully install Xp to this mini-partition, I will wipe the hdisk clean and install XP alone). I disabled my antivirus (AVG 9) and changed the harddisk controller in BIOS between AHCI and Compatibility modes.
Any help will be appreciated.
P.S. (in case someone asks), my hard drive is a Hitachi ATA drive.

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