Blue screen of Death on Install

Posted by Toby Allen on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Toby Allen
Published on 2012-07-10T19:49:53Z Indexed on 2012/07/10 21:18 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 203

Filed under:
|
|
|

I have a machine with Windows Vista Installed.

It has an Intel X25 SSD as the System Drive

I want to reinstall (I plan to format and overwrite Vista) with XP.

When I boot up using the Dell XP CD it loads the initial drivers then i get a Blue Screen. This is quite concerning. The installed OS works ok, but its giving problems so I want to remove it.

  • Should I just format the SSD and try again? Will this make any difference?
  • Can I do something to avoid hitting the Blue Screen?
  • Its possible I had corrupt sectors on one of the other disks, will a new XP install use the System drive or drive 0?
  • Can I force the install to use a specific drive when installing?

Error:

*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78D2524,0x0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000)

I never did find the answer, however

  • I removed the SSD and tried to install on other disk - CRASH
  • I disconnected the other disk and tried to install with only SSD plugged in - CRASH
  • I removed 1 block of RAM - CRASH

  • I used a windows 7 CD - NO CRASH

© Super User or respective owner

Related posts about Windows

Related posts about windows-xp