Duat boot windows 7 and Windows XP

[hartbeatmr]

Good afternoon comda and welcome back

That error is a INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE like a corrupt driver, wrong driver BIOS is not configured correct etc the below info is from MS http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103

Device Driver Issues
You may receive a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message in the following scenarios:

    A device driver that the computer boot controller needs is not configured to start during the startup process.
    A device driver that the computer boot controller needs is corrupted.
    Information in the Windows XP registry (information related to how the device drivers load during startup) is corrupted.

Windows XP requires a miniport driver to communicate with the hard disk controller that is used to start your computer. If Windows XP does not supply a device driver for your controller or if Windows XP is using a corrupted or incompatible driver, you must replace the driver with a valid copy that is compatible with your controller and Windows XP.

During the first phase of the Windows XP installation, Setup displays the following message at the bottom of the screen:
Press F6 if you have to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver.
Press F6 and then follow the instructions to install a mass-storage device driver from your Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). For additional information about using F6 to load an OEM device driver to support, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
314859 Limited OEM driver support is available with F6 during Windows XP Setup
To determine if your hard disk controller is compatible with Windows XP and to obtain information about drivers that are included on the Windows XP CD-ROM or that are available for download, see the latest Windows XP Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). For additional information about the latest Windows XP HCL, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
314062 The latest Windows XP hardware compatibility list
If your hard disk controller is not listed on the HCL, contact the manufacturer of your computer, system board, or hard disk controller for information about the availability of a driver. Microsoft does not guarantee that a resolution is available for non-HCL equipment. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
315239 Microsoft support policy for hardware that does not appear on the Windows HCL
If the System hive in the Windows XP registry is corrupted, Windows XP may not be able to load the miniport device driver that the boot controller requires. To resolve this issue, restore a registry backup. For additional information about restoring a registry backup, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
307545 How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from starting
Hardware Issues
You may receive a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message if there is a resource conflict between the boot controller and another controller or between SCSI devices. You may also receive this Stop error message if drive translation is not being performed or if drive translation was changed. To troubleshoot this issue:

    If an IRQ or I/O port address conflict exists between the boot controller and another controller, Windows XP either stops responding (hangs) or displays a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message. If you recently added new hardware, remove the new hardware or reconfigure it so that it does not conflict with the resources of any other installed controllers.
    If you are using a SCSI hard disk, check the SCSI chain for correct termination. Remove any unused SCSI devices or make sure that each SCSI ID is unique.
    Make sure that drive translation is turned on (if it is required) and that it has not been changed. For example, if you recently switched controllers, this issue may occur. For additional information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
    314082 You receive a Stop 0x0000007b error after you move the Windows XP system disk to another computer

Other Issues
Other potential causes of a "Stop 0x0000007B" error message include:

    The boot volume is corrupted and cannot be initiated by Windows XP. If the file system is corrupted and if Windows XP cannot initiate the boot volume during the startup process, either move the drive to another computer that is running Windows XP and run the chkdsk command on that drive or try to create a parallel installation of Windows XP on the drive (in a separate folder). The Windows XP Setup program checks the integrity of the volume before it copies files, and it may fix some problems in the process.
    You are installing Windows XP on a mirrored boot partition that was created by Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. Windows XP does not support Windows NT 4.0 Ftdisk volume sets. If you are running Microsoft Windows 2000, you must convert all Ftdisk volume sets to dynamic volumes before you upgrade to Windows XP. If you are running Windows NT 4.0, break any mirrors and back up all the data on the stripe, the RAID5, or the extended volume sets before you upgrade to Windows XP. Ftdisk sets might not be accessible after the upgrade.

General Troubleshooting
If none of the issues that have been described in this article apply to you, use the following general troubleshooting steps:

    If you receive one of these error messages while you are installing Windows XP, update the computer BIOS or obtain Windows XP drivers for your hard disk controller (from the manufacturer of your computer, system board, or hard disk controller), or do both. For information about how to update your computer's BIOS or obtain Windows XP drivers, contact your computer manufacturer. For additional information about the availability of drivers, see the Device Driver Issues section in this article.

    Note: If Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 was installed previously on a mirrored boot partition, see the Other Issues section in this article.
    Use the Last Known Good Configuration feature. This may resolve the problem if you recently installed an incompatible device driver for your boot controller. For additional information about using the Last Known Good Configuration feature, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
    307852 How To start your computer by using the Last Known Good Configuration feature in Windows XP
    Use the Repair option with Windows XP Setup. For additional information about repairing Windows XP by using the Setup program, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
    315341 How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
    Restore a registry backup. For additional information about restoring a registry backup, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
    307545 How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from starting

Try running the check disk with repair     chkdsk /f if that doesn't fo it just run  it again with the /r so it will look like this    chkdsk /r
Make sure you have the correct driver for your sata drive

Please let us know how you make out, Mike 

[patio]

Chkdsk /r assumes the /f command...

[comda]

Im so confused. Im sorry i dont really understand the last two posts. Am i supposted to check if my system will work with xp? Like am i supposed to check if the bard drive will or what? im sort of lost now. Lol

[hartbeatmr]

Good afternoon comda and welcome back to CH

OK I am sorry If i had put to much info in and yes it is a lot. The point that patio was making he was letting both of us you and me know that if you do the chkdsk /r takes care of both.

A  few post back I was trying to give you a heads up that installing the OS backwards can be an issue. But you can run the chkdsk /r to try and repair the corrupt windows files. You error code that you are getting can come from a couple of different issues
#1... Corrupt XP windows files / registry
#2... Wrong achi / raid drivers were used & not the correct ones for your hardware
#3... Bad cable going to the harddrive.
#4... BIOS settings are incorrect for the way you are trying to install windows
#5... BIOS may need to be updated (do not do this yet)

I was trying to give you all the info that I could in order to help you.
The part of the MS info that I put up is a little old and i just gave it to you whole and I didn't edit it at all, so I am sorry that was my fault. It was written for when XP was first coming out.

Hopefully this will clear up some of your questions, if you need more questions answered before you proceed please just let us know.

Please let us know if you need anything else, Mike   

[comda]

ok sure thing. I spoke with some guys at work and they told me the same thing, so what ill try is reseting the bios to factory default and if that doesnt work ill delete the partition on the drive and will get back to you guys.
just one question about this:

#2... Wrong achi / raid drivers were used & not the correct ones for your hardware

is this after installing windows? like the drivers from the mobo CD that came with the motherboard or what? the drivers from the win 7 DVD?

[hartbeatmr]

Hello again comda

     Nope that is not what I am talking about but you are close. This is where it can get a little confusing there is a AHCI driver you use during the windows install and then there is chipset / raid driver that you install after windows is installed.  Remember when you asked if XP could be installed in AHCI mode because you were told it wouldn't. Those drivers the AHCI / SATA are the drivers you use during the windows XP set up and you will see during the install on the bottom of the screen press F6 for additional drivers.

Here is what the image will look like. Just look at the bottom of the screen for F6 that is when you install the AHCI / Raid drivers. 

Hopefully this helps you, Mike

[comda]

yes. i do hit F6 and it does load the drivers. i then get a screen saying Windows hasnt detected the correct driver for my device and if i would like to continue or specify which one it is. I believe it is something with wrong drivers cause it cant find one for my device. But i unglugged the SATA drive and plugged it back in now im at windows setup and have a selection. its asking me if my computer has ACPI multiprocessor x64 or a uniprocessor. looks like my SATA connection maybe be was at fault. now which one do i have and whats the diffence?

[hartbeatmr]

comda

     You have a x64 CPU. "computer has ACPI multiprocessor x64"
If it doesn't find the correct drivers during the set up stop and go try a different set. Also some CD / DVD's that you get with the MoBo will have the drivers sometimes. If you tried continuing with out the drivers that is why you got the error. Also just in-case you don't know do not un-plug the sata cable while the PC is setting up / running because windows may get grumpy on doing this considering it will be a boot drive.
     Sata are suppose to be hot swap on paper but when they are connected to the MoBo like your are shut the PC down first if you need to unplug it.

Hope this helps, Mike   

[comda]

no no of course i shut it off but im saying i guess the SATA wire was at fault cause i unplugged it while th PC was off and plugged back in and started it and didnt get a error got that menu for the first time. but thanks will try that.

[comda]

well looks like im jsut gonna do a fresh XP install wipe 7 cause your right it is creating issues.

[hartbeatmr]

Hello again

Did you create the driver off the cd?

EDIT: This is off your manual page 3-17

• When the SATA Port1–Port 4 and the SATA Port5–Port 6 items are set to [AHCI], the
information of the SATA connectors 1–6 can be seen only under the OS environment
or during POST.
• For Windows® XP OS, you have to install the AHCI driver, so that you could use the
SATA connectors 1–6 in AHCI mode under the OS environment.
If you use a SATA optical drive to run the Windows XP OS installation disk, we strongly
recommend that you install the optical drive to the SATA connectors 5/6 and set them to
[IDE] mode.
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled]
[Enabled] Enables the S.M.A.R.T feature.
[Disabled] Disables the S.M.A.R.T feature.
SATA Hot Plug on Port1~6 [Disabled]
These items appear only when you set SATA Port1 - Port6 to [AHCI] and allow you
to enable or disable

[comda]

how do i get the driver off the CD and install it? i did what the last post said. no longer get an error but the setup says it doesnt detect any drives. It asking for the driver on floppy but my PC has no floppy. how to get the driver onto the instal so it recognizes the drive?

[hartbeatmr]

Good evening comda

      You are not going to like this  XP will only take the AHCI drivers off of a floppy drive for the windows XP set up. I would borrow a USB floppy drive may work. That is a limitation of the OS not the MoBo or buy a USB floppy drive they are like 25 dollars.

I had edited my last post and you may not of seen that yet. But your manual on pages 3-16 & 3-17 tell you about setting the CD drives and what ports should be used for HD and CD drives and it also tell you about making the AHCI drivers that you will need for the XP install you may be able to make the driver disk in windows and before windows is installed more than likely. I thought you knew of this and that is what you were trying to do.

Now on the plus side you can use a usb thumb drive to load the drivers for windows 7 and you don't have to use a floppy drive but you can.

Sorry to giving you the bad news. Mike   

 

 

[comda]

ok how would i create this driver from the CD? if i got a USB floppy which i know i can, would the driver im looking for be on the CD that came with the motherboard? is that what you mean when you said get the driver off the CD?

[hartbeatmr]

Hello again comda

     Yes that is what I am talking about. A lot of the CD/DVD's will have the drivers on the disk and they must be unzipped / uncompressed and then created on the floppy the instructions should be very clear on making the floppy. Take a look in the manual around the pages that I posted for you each MoBo / manufacture will have the drivers in different spots / sections of the disk but the whole procedure is very similar from one company to another when it comes to creating the disk.

     Take a look in your MoBo manual as see how they say to make the AHCI drivers, around the same pages they will have what sata ports should be for what devices when I was scanning through the 112 page the information I found was on the pages that I posted for you and there may be more information on some of the other pages.

Hello again

Did you create the driver off the cd?

EDIT: This is off your manual page 3-17

• When the SATA Port1–Port 4 and the SATA Port5–Port 6 items are set to [AHCI], the
information of the SATA connectors 1–6 can be seen only under the OS environment
or during POST.
• For Windows® XP OS, you have to install the AHCI driver, so that you could use the
SATA connectors 1–6 in AHCI mode under the OS environment.
If you use a SATA optical drive to run the Windows XP OS installation disk, we strongly
recommend that you install the optical drive to the SATA connectors 5/6 and set them to
[IDE] mode.
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled]
[Enabled] Enables the S.M.A.R.T feature.
[Disabled] Disables the S.M.A.R.T feature.
SATA Hot Plug on Port1~6 [Disabled]
These items appear only when you set SATA Port1 - Port6 to [AHCI] and allow you
to enable or disable

Hope this helps you, Mike