ACER apire 5738g format and installation

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rachankamath

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hello guys,i recently bought an acer aspire 5738g,it came with windows 7 home premium preloaded with only one partition.it is a 64 bit system
my problem is : i want to create more partitions and install windows xp pro(32bit) and ubuntu 9.10 and remove the existing windows 7.

the error im getting when i use bootable win xp cd is the traditional blue screen error with information about memory address and as such and i have to restart the system

1. this happens after i select boot from my cd and before it begins the windows installation

2. how do i install a new os removing the old one in this laptop ? im not a novice, i install os on desktops quite often

pls help,its urgent!!
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7
The problem is likely that the old nearly-obsolete XP installer doesn't have the modern SATA controllers for your laptop.

If you dont have an equally obsolete floppy drive to insert the drivers at the F6 prompt during driver-loading phase, then you'll need to slipstream them into the XP installer.

Check also the SATA controller setting in the BIOS as XP may not run in ACHI mode.

May I ask why you are wiping Windows 7 from a Win7 laptop?
 
i tried..not workin

i tried wat 'theog' suggested...created d partition but wen i rebooted .n opted for xp installation...im gettin the same error about the memory ..something like "00xc000a12" something like dat wid blue screen background

@gregocker installing win xp coz some applications n games don seem to work on win 7

any reason?
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7
problem wid dual boot installation

hi, i partitioned my Windows 7 which had only one drive,now the other drive is named s and is a logical drive,wen i restart n try to install win xp using a bootable disk (followed ur tutorial:able to get til step 2(includin 2) of installin xp with win 7 already installed)

1. i get past the 'press any key to boot from cd..'

2. setup starts loading files

3.i get the blue screen error stating something about memory in the technical information section ..something like 0x00000c7aff

i dono wat to do...pls help
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7
What SATA controller do you have?

You will need to download them & install at this screen:
 

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ME/XP/Vista/Win7
SATA

theog said:
What SATA controller do you have?

You will need to download them & install at this screen:
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my sata controller is AHCI intel

@gregrock : yea everyone r advisin me to keep win 7...so i want to have a dual boot wid xp now. are there any xp versions wid SATA controllers compatible withe ACER aspire 5738g? how to install them?
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7
Thank you!!

Guys thanks a lot for your help,i installed win xp and using easybcd created the bootloader,everything is working fine for now.Only problem Im having now is whether to update bios for my acer laptop or not,because my power adaptor which is used to charge the laptop, is gettin heated very quickly and a bit more than usual,not sure which forum to put this question in,pls suggest a forum if it cant be answered here.

again thanks a lot 'theog' and 'gregrocker' :)
 

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OS
windows 7
rachankamath said:
Guys thanks a lot for your help,i installed win xp and using easybcd created the bootloader,everything is working fine for now.Only problem Im having now is whether to update bios for my acer laptop or not,because my power adaptor which is used to charge the laptop, is gettin heated very quickly and a bit more than usual,not sure which forum to put this question in,pls suggest a forum if it cant be answered here.

again thanks a lot 'theog' and 'gregrocker' :)
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Take a look at this:

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/59170-important-notice-acer-3410-5738-a.html
 

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ME/XP/Vista/Win7
theog said:
rachankamath said:
Guys thanks a lot for your help,i installed win xp and using easybcd created the bootloader,everything is working fine for now.Only problem Im having now is whether to update bios for my acer laptop or not,because my power adaptor which is used to charge the laptop, is gettin heated very quickly and a bit more than usual,not sure which forum to put this question in,pls suggest a forum if it cant be answered here.

again thanks a lot 'theog' and 'gregrocker' :)
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Take a look at this:

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/59170-important-notice-acer-3410-5738-a.html
Click to expand...

entered my SNID number and got a msg sayin "your unit doesnt need the update" ...so guess im safe now.thx a lot :)
 

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OS
windows 7
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