Which SP is on the CD? You should slipstream SP2 onto the XP Pro install
disk. Will create a "cleaner" install than having to update after the
install of XP. You also need the drivers for the RAID and/or SATA drivers
and enter them from floppy or burned CD by pressing F6 when prompted on the
setup. Not all devices on newer systems will have XP drivers available for
them so you need to be careful dumping Vista to install XP. Make sure you
have all the motherboard chipset, video, sound, network, SATA, RAID, etc.
drivers before attempting to install XP Pro on a downgrade.


"Scott" <s******.co.uk> wrote in message
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> H,i,
>
> New DELL with Vista Business, need XP pro on it (could not select from
> Dell site ).
>
> Booting XP pro CD, all drivers appear to load in until "Setup is starting
> Windows" txt appears for 10-20 seconds then BLUE SCREEN ERROR with
> *** STOP 0x0000007B
>
> I have tried:
>
> - disable support for all non essential items in BIOS (usd, quick boot,
> power mgt etc).
>
> - removed PCIx16 card and unsing onboard
>
> - remove 1Gb of ram (1gb left)
>
> - Its NTFS on C and D
>
> - Sata drives.
>
> Stuck. Can anyone help ?
>
> Dell E520
> XP CD (without SP2)
>
> Thought about using a third party partion tool to format drives but cant
> see why that would help being that its NTFS already and i cannot get to
> the XP setup stage whereby it lets me format.
>
> Thanks for your time.
> Scott
>
>