Windows XP install HELP!

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Hello ;)
i have a Desktop that i am getting a Blue Screen of death on when trying to start windows installation. i have a Microsoft Windows XP disk Authentic ISO i found online it is untouched Windows xp pro sp2 x64. i have extracted the iso to a folder and slipstreamed the drivers for SATA do i have to install the Drivers by USB Floppy or will it work from CD bootable disk?

Thanks
 
MarkSavage said:
Hello ;)
i have a Desktop that i am getting a Blue Screen of death on when trying to start windows installation. i have a Microsoft Windows XP disk Authentic ISO i found online it is untouched Windows xp pro sp2 x64. i have extracted the iso to a folder and slipstreamed the drivers for SATA do i have to install the Drivers by USB Floppy or will it work from CD bootable disk?

Thanks
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You are wasting your time with XP.
 
[MENTION=106091]sajunky[/MENTION]. Maybe you can assist here.

Not many still use XP and you'll have lots of support issues with software. Is it possible to test with another later Windows Version (Not Vista) just to check if it is your hardware or ancient XP.
 
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Drake2007 said:
You are wasting your time with XP.
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For personal home use, perhaps. But sometimes there isn't any other option to install a newer version of an OS. On Thursday I had to reinstall Windows XP on a ppb level HCN and NH3 analyser where the software only works on Windows XP SP3. To replace the electronics unit of this analyser would cost in excess of R150K.
 
geezer said:
For personal home use, perhaps. But sometimes there isn't any other option to install a newer version of an OS. On Thursday I had to reinstall Windows XP on a ppb level HCN and NH3 analyser where the software only works on Windows XP SP3. To replace the electronics unit of this analyser would cost in excess of R150K.
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Ja in special cases. You get this in the medical field as well with the blood gas and hematology machines with some still running DOS.

However, XP is long deserved dead.
 
POSReady 2009 (special version of XP) is still supported by Microsoft.

It is the same OS, difference with some registry entries. You can convert a standard version to POSReady and receive updates from Microsoft Web site.
 
chrisc said:
You have some dodgy hardware. Suspect memory first
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Not always dodgy hardware. Sometimes if the hardware is newer or on certain brands of CD-R written at higher speeds you may have different results. Installing W7 for example may work perfectly fine.

And then you find out the W7 64Bit works until you install the firewire card - BSOD, you put in the 32 bit version and you have you cannot detect the parallel port, you go back to 64bit with a different firewire card in the PCI slot this time. Now it is a matter of trying the various driver releases until you get the device running along with the hardware dongle that cannot be replaced with USB version as the software vendor does not support the older equipment in the later releases (R25K of software spent sitting unusable unless R100K+ spent on a new machine) and you curse the robbers for taking your XP machines when they missed the bosses modern laptop sitting simply on the desk.

So try a original Windows CD, or a low speed good brand Verbatim CD-R. Partition for dual boot and install Windows 7 to feel for hardware issues. Maybe you have to try your hand on various suitably old hardware as well.
 
The Eye European site public library of Microsoft Developers content was copied by a dude that paid for a subscription and copied Microsoft's files to his own server.
 
sajunky said:
POSReady 2009 (special version of XP) is still supported by Microsoft.

It is the same OS, difference with some registry entries. You can convert a standard version to POSReady and receive updates from Microsoft Web site.
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The only problem with that is :

1. No chkdsk (if you have an unclean shutdown, and windows moan about it, you'll have to fix things with a 3rd party chkdsk tool)
2. Some of XP's functionality have been removed (domain joining etc)
3. Some antiviruses and other programs may require careful vetting
 
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