Windows won't load and more issues

[TheBlue262]

Your image is not good which means the instalation media is not good. try to find a clean ISO of windows XP and burn it on a cd with imgburn make sure the burning speed is not more than 4. do not try to install via usb I always had problems

Am I suppose to disable ahci or is the installation media the only problem?

 

[Smith83]

Am I suppose to disable ahci or is the installation media the only problem?

Maye try AHCI disable, then that does not work, try the other step. I leaning more toward a bad burn to disk, but it could be AHCI as well. I have seen that error in reguards to AHCI, let us know....

 

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Am I suppose to disable ahci or is the installation media the only problem?

from your description the problem is bad disc or bad optical drive or the combination of both.
I don't think it'll help but you can try, you can always change back.

Do yoou have windows 7 or vista cd?

 

[TheBlue262]

from your description the problem is bad disc or bad optical drive or the combination of both.
I don't think it'll help but you can try, you can always change back.

Do yoou have windows 7 or vista cd?

I have vista but I don't think I should install windows 7 since the pc is old and it only has 512mb ram.

 

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I have vista but I don't think I should install windows 7 since the pc is old and it only has 512mb ram.

if you have only 512 you can't install vista or 7. where did you get the disk from? do yo have your product key? if you have the key which version of windows xp you have?

 

[TheBlue262]

I think there is a sticker on the pc with the product key.

 

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I think there is a sticker on the pc with the product key.

think not good you'll need to make sure coz you'll need it.

 

[TheBlue262]

Tried reinstalling Windows XP again and I have a picture of the bluescreen. I can't locate where to AHCI is in bios. My bios is Dell DM061 Version 2.1.2.

 

[TheBlue262]

I found the fix. I had to turn off something in the hard drive section. It had something to do with raid.

 

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I found the fix. I had to turn off something in the hard drive section. It had something to do with raid.

Honestly I am more astonished at the dedication you had and the time you spent working on fixing this problem as opposed to you actually solving the problem... You made this thread over 9 months ago!

I'm glad you solved the problem.

 

[TheBlue262]

Honestly I am more astonished at the dedication you had and the time you spent working on fixing this problem as opposed to you actually solving the problem... You made this thread over 9 months ago!

I'm glad you solved the problem.

Thanks! I was really surprised when the change I made in the bios worked. I was starting to give up and was assuming that it was a hardware problem because this computer is pretty old.