XP 64 Uninstall

[Kallen74]

Hello everyone,

Well, I'm a first time computer builder and I think I made a mistake by installing xp 64 as my os. I'm trying to remove this os and replace it with xp home (32). I have a legal xp home disk, previous installed on another comp of mine, and I thought I'd be able to simply change the boot sequence and pop in the CD - not that easy getting a bunch of errors. Im at a point where I just want xp 64 off my HD.

HELP please....

C2D 8400

gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

2x2GB Corsair RAM - are there issues with loading xp (32) with 4GB of ram?

Edited January 6, 2009 by Kallen74

[JatinBeniwal]

There is no such problem as I m running XP x86 & Vista x86 with 16GB of ram. Can u specify which type of errors or which error u get.

[Kallen74]

After I change my bois to load from CD, the following happens

the Windows Setup apprear (blue screen)

FG Install (lower left)

Set up is loading files (2 mins later)

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again follow these steps.

1.) Check to see if you have adequet disk space (yes I have enough)

2.) If a driver is identified in the setup message disable the driver or check with the manufacturer for driver updates

(after the xp 64 install - on a new HD - I updated EVERYTHING)

3.) Try changiong video adapter (I dont know what that means)

4.) Check your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates (did that)

5) Disable BIOS memory options such as cache or shadowing (i dont know what that is)

6.) If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart under computer, press F8 to select adavanced startup options and then select safe mode.

Tech Info

*** Setup 0x0000007E (0x0000005, 0xF748E0BF, 0xF78DA208, 0xF7809F08)

*** pci - sys - adress F7487000, date stamp 3b7d855c

I have no idea what any of this means. Can I simply wipe my HD clean and start fresh???

[Gas_Hed]

In my experience 0x7 messages usually indicate a problem with the hard disk. Be it physical error, filesystem or just a problem with a BIOS setting.

Have you run a HDD diagnostic tool on the drive? Look on the manufacturers site, they all have one. Or download the UBCD from www.ultimatebootcd.com and boot from it and run a diagnostic. While you are at it you may also try running a RAM test just to be sure.

Filesystem error can be resolved easily, either pull the HDD out and plug in externally on another PC and delete all partitions or use the UBCD and use one of the drive wiping tools on it.

BIOS setting is unlikely, 0x7 errors are more common on newer notebooks where people mess with AHCI without having drivers installed. Being a Gigabyte board simply load the defaults in the BIOS menu just to be on the safe side.

Hope this helps.....