So I'm trying to install XP on a single WD Black 1tb drive - I can't get the XP setup utility to load without the a blue screen with a 0x0000007B stop message - which, after some googling, is apparently an improperly configured hdd.
I've got the hdd talking to a Gigabyte p35-ds3r, I've tried everything, even resetting the cmos and flashing the bios - but I can't seem to configure this drive so it will let me install XP on it.
I understand the BIOS settings to AHCI and installing the hdd driver during the beginning of windows xp setup, but I can't even get to the first prompts before it blue-screens with the aforementioned stop message.
At this point I think I've tried every possible combination of settings within the bios but I still can't get passed this blue screen.
Interestingly, if I tell the BIOS to treat the SATA drives as IDE drives, I can get to the partition screen, but it will only see the drive as a 32MB drive - not enough to even install XP obviously.
What gives?
I've got the hdd talking to a Gigabyte p35-ds3r, I've tried everything, even resetting the cmos and flashing the bios - but I can't seem to configure this drive so it will let me install XP on it.
I understand the BIOS settings to AHCI and installing the hdd driver during the beginning of windows xp setup, but I can't even get to the first prompts before it blue-screens with the aforementioned stop message.
At this point I think I've tried every possible combination of settings within the bios but I still can't get passed this blue screen.
Interestingly, if I tell the BIOS to treat the SATA drives as IDE drives, I can get to the partition screen, but it will only see the drive as a 32MB drive - not enough to even install XP obviously.
What gives?