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Answer» I have a Dell computer with a 500 gig hard drive. I formatted it, but when I try to install an OS on it , it loads the first files of the OPERATING system, and then go to the fatal blue screen and no further. I also have problems trying to make changes in the BIOS. When attempting to make changes in the boot sequence, it tells me that I have to unlock it by putting in a administrative password. I got this computer from a friend and he said he put no administrative password in the computer. Anyone have any suggestions? You can definetly bypass the bios password, but im not sure im alloud to tell you how on these forums.. you might try deleting the PARTITION and creating a new one before installation, you should also provide more information.. eg : what did the BSOD say? what OS are you installing? Quote I formatted it, but when I try to install an OS on it Tried ERASING The Partition And Then Reinstalling It OR Directly Install Quote from: the_mad_joker on February 22, 2010, 10:15:57 AM Tried Erasing The Partition And Then Reinstalling It OR Directly Install You may safely ignore this post. What is the blue screen error you get?I am trying to install Windows XP Professional The blue screen says it went to the blue screen to keep from damaging the computer and to uninstall any programs i might have installed or any drives I might have installed. Nothing got install other than a few files while tring to install windows. At the bottom of the blue screen it had the following *Stop: OXOOOOOO7B, OXF75D2524, OXCOOOOO34,OXOOOOOOOO,OXOOOOOOOO)Your first post says you cannot change the boot order in bios. Are you actually booting to the Windows CD? If so, you don't need to change anything else in bios. Boot to the XP CD and before installing the OS delete the existing partition and recreate it. Then start the install routine. Does that work for you?Allan the computer will boot to the Windows CD after I press F1. When the computer starts to boot up it gives me 3 options. Press F1 to boot from CD. Press F2 to enter setup utility, or press F5 to run computer diagnostics. I have ran the diagnostics, which is totally for memory, and if I press F1 it begins installing some windows files, but gives me no option to do anything. It simply INSTALLS some windows files and then goes to the blue screen.Is it an actual Windows CD or is it a repair cd provided by the computer manufacturer? What OS? If XP you may need the sata drivers.The key issue is what CD are you using? Is it a full install of XP? IF YES THEN Was another OS on the system? IF THERE WAS and if that is stopping the Windows install then do this: With a Windows 98 floppy dis you can delete the partitions using the FDISK program. In rare cases XP can not install if another system has altered the disk. Maybe because the disk was made into a dynamic disk by VISTA.oooh, oooh, I know! :raises hand: STOP 0x7B, or "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE" occurs under one of a few conditions: 1) The boot drive is moved from one hard drive controller (or motherboard with different controller) to another. 2) The boot drive is corrupt or about to go bye-bye. 3) (SATA drives only) SATA operation is set to AHCI mode and you're trying to install Windows XP without slipstreaming AHCI drivers or pressing F6 to preload them from a floppy (yes, you read correctly: a floppy*). Solutions: 1) Don't do this. Clean installs are best, but if you want to live dangerously, do a repair-install after moving your drive to a new motherboard or hard drive controller. During the repair, the correct hard drive controller drivers will be loaded. 2) Back up your data. Now. Get a new hard drive and reinstall Windows XP on it. 3) I've seen this A LOT with installs of XP on newer Dells. Either: 3a) Download the AHCI drivers from Dell's site and save them to a floppy disk. If your computer doesn't have a floppy drive, you'll need to get a USB floppy drive. Boot from your XP CD and when asked to press F6, do so. Press "S" to specify drivers and your floppy will be searched automatically. Load and go! 3b) Slipstream the AHCI drivers into your XP source. This involves copying your XP disc to your hard drive as well as the drivers from Dell's site. Either Google around for instructions on how to slipstream or use a utility like NLITE to do the deed. or 3c) Avoid the whole mess and switch the SATA mode to IDE/Legacy/whatever in the BIOS. Install XP. No need for F6 or slipstreaming.what is a boot mgr. or a boot drive?The boot drive is the drive that contains the OS (your Windows Folder). A Boot Manager is a utility needed when more than one OS is installed. When your system first boots the Boot Manager will offer you a choice of OS's and then either load the one you select or start the Boot Loader, which will in turn "start" the OS.I'm going to give up on my quest to repair this computer. I want to thank everyone who has tried to assist me in my effort, but I have to concede that I am not as smart or understanding of computers as I thought. Thank everyone again!I believe the Dell Recovery partition located on the hard drive is interferring with the installation. I bought a used hard drive and had to delete it with 3rd party tools (Parted Magic will work). Of course, I was not installing the hard drive to a Dell, or even the same computer it was removed from. http://partedmagic.com/Quote from: ehamblen on February 25, 2010, 09:30:44 AM I'm going to give up on my quest to repair this computer. I want to thank everyone who has tried to assist me in my effort, but I have to concede that I am not as smart or understanding of computers as I thought. Thank everyone again! If that's what you want to do, so be it. However, it's best to at least try the suggestions you've been given before throwing in the towel...

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I have a Dell computer with a 500 gig hard drive. I formatted it, but when I try to install an OS on it , it loads the first files of the OPERATING system, and then go to the fatal blue screen and no further.
I also have problems trying to make changes in the BIOS. When attempting to make changes in the boot sequence, it tells me that I have to unlock it by putting in a administrative password. I got this computer from a friend and he said he put no administrative password in the computer.
Anyone have any suggestions? You can definetly bypass the bios password, but im not sure im alloud to tell you how on these forums.. you might try deleting the PARTITION and creating a new one before installation, you should also provide more information.. eg :

what did the BSOD say?
what OS are you installing?
Quote

I formatted it, but when I try to install an OS on it

Tried ERASING The Partition And Then Reinstalling It

OR

Directly Install Quote from: the_mad_joker on February 22, 2010, 10:15:57 AM

Tried Erasing The Partition And Then Reinstalling It

OR

Directly Install

You may safely ignore this post.

What is the blue screen error you get?I am trying to install Windows XP Professional

The blue screen says it went to the blue screen to keep from damaging the computer and to uninstall any programs i might have installed or any drives I might have installed. Nothing got install other than a few files while tring to install windows.
At the bottom of the blue screen it had the following
***Stop: OXOOOOOO7B, OXF75D2524, OXCOOOOO34,OXOOOOOOOO,OXOOOOOOOO)***Your first post says you cannot change the boot order in bios. Are you actually booting to the Windows CD? If so, you don't need to change anything else in bios. Boot to the XP CD and before installing the OS delete the existing partition and recreate it. Then start the install routine. Does that work for you?Allan the computer will boot to the Windows CD after I press F1. When the computer starts to boot up it gives me 3 options. Press F1 to boot from CD. Press F2 to enter setup utility, or press F5 to run computer diagnostics.
I have ran the diagnostics, which is totally for memory, and if I press F1 it begins installing some windows files, but gives me no option to do anything. It simply INSTALLS some windows files and then goes to the blue screen.Is it an actual Windows CD or is it a repair cd provided by the computer manufacturer? What OS? If XP you may need the sata drivers.The key issue is what CD are you using?
Is it a full install of XP?
IF YES THEN
Was another OS on the system?
IF THERE WAS
and if that is stopping the Windows install then do this:
With a Windows 98 floppy dis you can delete the partitions using the FDISK program.
In rare cases XP can not install if another system has altered the disk. Maybe because the disk was made into a dynamic disk by VISTA.oooh, oooh, I know! :raises hand:

STOP 0x7B, or "INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE" occurs under one of a few conditions:

1) The boot drive is moved from one hard drive controller (or motherboard with different controller) to another.
2) The boot drive is corrupt or about to go bye-bye.
3) (SATA drives only) SATA operation is set to AHCI mode and you're trying to install Windows XP without slipstreaming AHCI drivers or pressing F6 to preload them from a floppy (yes, you read correctly: a floppy).

Solutions:
1) Don't do this. Clean installs are best, but if you want to live dangerously, do a repair-install after moving your drive to a new motherboard or hard drive controller. During the repair, the correct hard drive controller drivers will be loaded.
2) Back up your data. Now. Get a new hard drive and reinstall Windows XP on it.
3) I've seen this A LOT with installs of XP on newer Dells. Either:

3a) Download the AHCI drivers from Dell's site and save them to a floppy disk. If your computer doesn't have a floppy drive, you'll need to get a USB floppy drive. Boot from your XP CD and when asked to press F6, do so. Press "S" to specify drivers and your floppy will be searched automatically. Load and go!
3b) Slipstream the AHCI drivers into your XP source. This involves copying your XP disc to your hard drive as well as the drivers from Dell's site. Either Google around for instructions on how to slipstream or use a utility like NLITE to do the deed.
or
3c) Avoid the whole mess and switch the SATA mode to IDE/Legacy/whatever in the BIOS. Install XP. No need for F6 or slipstreaming.what is a boot mgr. or a boot drive?The boot drive is the drive that contains the OS (your Windows Folder). A Boot Manager is a utility needed when more than one OS is installed. When your system first boots the Boot Manager will offer you a choice of OS's and then either load the one you select or start the Boot Loader, which will in turn "start" the OS.I'm going to give up on my quest to repair this computer. I want to thank everyone who has tried to assist me in my effort, but I have to concede that I am not as smart or understanding of computers as I thought.
Thank everyone again!I believe the Dell Recovery partition located on the hard drive is interferring with the installation. I bought a used hard drive and had to delete it with 3rd party tools (Parted Magic will work). Of course, I was not installing the hard drive to a Dell, or even the same computer it was removed from.
http://partedmagic.com/Quote from: ehamblen on February 25, 2010, 09:30:44 AM

I'm going to give up on my quest to repair this computer. I want to thank everyone who has tried to assist me in my effort, but I have to concede that I am not as smart or understanding of computers as I thought.
Thank everyone again!

If that's what you want to do, so be it.

However, it's best to at least try the suggestions you've been given before throwing in the towel...

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