Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP


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    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #1790

    Brink said:
    You're welcome mate. Please let us know how it goes. :)
    Will do my friend
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    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #1791

    Hiyya Shawn sorry late reply mate - had to refuel LOL!!

    Went like a dream now have the machine set up as you said to but haven't tried the boot to XP yet but I am in a bit
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       #1792

    That's great news John. I hope the XP will work fine for you. :)
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       #1793

    Brink said:
    That's great news John. I hope the XP will work fine for you. :)
    Thanks Shawn have one little ten incher to fix then am going to give it a burl
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1794

    Hello to the forum.
    I need an help.
    I have a new PC that has as configuration three hard drives in Raid 5
    and as MB an ASUS P8Z68V-LE
    The PC does'nt have any Floppy Drive.
    I have installed on Drive C, Windows 7 at 64 Bit.
    I want to install in Dual Boot on Drive D,Windows XP.
    The problem is when i boot from the Windos XP CD, in the moment it switches from the Blue screen, when it loads all the files, to the black screen, and back to the
    Blue screen with the Installation Menu, i get the error Blue Screen and cannot go trough.
    As how i said before, i do not have the Floppy drive to load the Raid or Sata Drives
    I have made a Windows XP cd Installation with the Drivers inside with the nLite
    software. Now i can start installing the Windows XP but at the first boot of
    the installation, i get again the blue screen.
    Please where am i missing?
    What to do correctly?
    Any help will be really appreciated.
    Thanks in advance.
    Enzo
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  6.    #1795

    You may have an insurmountable problem with the RAID5 since the BSOD occurs before and after slipstreaming.

    Have you used XP SP3 installer and correctly slipstreamed the correct SATA driver? The problem could be bad slipstream, driver or burn.

    May I suggest trying a free virtual software like XP Mode, Virtual Player, VMWare or Virtual Box to run XP from with Win7. It is a lot less trouble.
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1796

    Thanks for the reply.
    I have made the Windows XP SP2 as suggested in the guide.
    Yes i Made the SATA drivers slipstreaming After have copied the drivers
    Folder called it Drivers and paste it in the WinXP Image folder
    Before Burning it.
    To avoid drivers mistake, with nLite i have
    Selected all of them.
    Where am i mistaken.
    Unfortunately the programm that i have to use
    under XP does not install under virtualitation
    Any other help?
    Thanks
    Enzo
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  8.    #1797

    Sometimes too many drivers inserted will cause problems. Try to limit the slipstream to SATA, IDE and AHCI drivers. If you need to determine which, google them. It may also be detailed in the chipset's ReadMe file.
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  9. Posts : 62
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1798

    Please how to know which one i need?
    As motherboard i am using an
    ASUS P8Z68-VLE.
    Will you be so kind to give me na hand to select the right one?
    Thanks in advance
    Enzo
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  10.    #1799

    The latest SATA driver for XP is there on the Downloads webpage: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support- Drivers and Download P8Z68-V LE

    Once you extract the files from the download, did you browse to Drivers and choose iastor.sys? Nlite should see and pick it up.
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