- Dec 12, 2014
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So I had this pretty old PC lying around that someone gave me and I wanted to make a media server out of it. But before I did that I wanted to just mess around and see what it was capable of beforehand. So it had Windows 2000 already installed on it, with no files as it was used on a server before, or so it seemed (It had files linking to a server which was, obviously, not available). So I installed Windows XP (SP2) so that I could upgrade to Windows 7. XP install went buttery smooth and ran just as that. Now here's where everything got complicated... The Win7 install runs fine until the very first restart. After it's got the first checkmark and it gets to "Expanding Windows Files 27%". PC restarts as usual and puts me in the splash screen. Splash screen does nothing, just says "Starting Windows" and the usual bar below the text doesn't appear. BSOD gave me error code "STOP: 0x00000122 (0x00000005, 0xC000000D, 0x00000000)" It repeated that last error code one time. Not bothering typing that out. It tells me to boot into Safe Mode which I tried and it gave me the exact same error. I looked up the error and saw that it was an issue with Windows. So I borrowed an install disc from my dad to try yet again, to install Windows 7. The exact same thing. I even tried removing the RAM sticks and putting them in different slots. Same thing. So it can't be the Windows install having issues, it could just be my PC. (NOTE : I couldn't boot Windows 7 or any Windows for that matter via USB/DVD or anything outside another OS. It would give me a "Disk Read Error. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to restart." and a few tries after that, a "Disk Error" with the same restart message. I was only able to install Windows XP and almost Windows 7 from inside the current Windows OS. I was using an external DVD Writer/Reader as the PC itself had only a CD Reader.) It's got components from around 2000-2003. Specs below.
Specs :
CPU : Intel Pentium 4 @ 1.80GHz (Socket 478)
RAM : 1GB @ 133MHz
HDD : Maxton 30GB @ 7200RPM
MOBO : Elitegroup P4VXASD2+ (V5.0)
GPU : ASUS GeForce FX 5600
PSU : Some generic 450W PSU
Current OS : Windows XP SP2 32-Bit
All I want is to run Windows 7 on this PC. Nothing else. I don't care how ugly it might look or how bad it might run. I need to know if there's a way I can get this to work.
Specs :
CPU : Intel Pentium 4 @ 1.80GHz (Socket 478)
RAM : 1GB @ 133MHz
HDD : Maxton 30GB @ 7200RPM
MOBO : Elitegroup P4VXASD2+ (V5.0)
GPU : ASUS GeForce FX 5600
PSU : Some generic 450W PSU
Current OS : Windows XP SP2 32-Bit
All I want is to run Windows 7 on this PC. Nothing else. I don't care how ugly it might look or how bad it might run. I need to know if there's a way I can get this to work.
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