Hi Guys, i just bought an ASUS F3F series Laptop with Vista pre installed. i use a lot of expensive music programs which do not work on Vista so i used KILLDISK to wipe Vista off the laptop as i could not access the partitions and XP disc would not boot.i have done that and now when i am booting the XP disc it goes so far into set up loading files then stops with the BLUE screen saying a problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage. ***technical info: STOP: 00x0000007E (0x0000005,0xF75DE0BF,0xF7A2A208,0xF7A29F08) PCI.SYS - Address F75DE0BF base at F75D7000,datestamp 3b7d855c please help thanks

You want XP not VISTA, therefore wrong forum, anyway this may or may not help: http://discussions.hardwarecentral....

ive just spoke to a friend who told me i will need to partition my drive with FDISK?? anyway it all seems too much hassle so i have put Vista back on my laptop and i am going to try and do a dual Vista/XP boot as my freind said this would be easier. so i am in the correct forum now. can you tell me the best way to do this as my XP disc doesn't run on start up with Vista installed as the OS.??

The following may help - at least the OP claimed it's working ... http://computing.net/windowsvista/w... Plz let us know if it really works but ... The first thing you need to do is create separate partition for XP. Your friend seems to be knowledgable so I think he also know how to do it for you. i_XpUser

"my XP disc doesn't run on start up with Vista installed as the OS" The intalled OS should not determine your system's boot order, you might want to go over your manual & see how to properly configure the boot order for your notebook. Normally, the BIOS dictates what will be the primary boot device & you can change this to suit your incidental needs. What should happen here in order to get your Vista /XP dual boot setup involves..... - Setting the DVD drive as the first boot device. - Booting from it & installing XP in a different partition (created prior from Vista using the *shrink* feature from the disk management console) - Using a program like EasyBCD to edit your boot loader once all of the above is accomplished. Good luck!

I was planning on installing OEM XP over Vista due to Hardware mismatches which result in a blue screen saying that the computer needs to shut down in order to prevent further damage, I was wondering if anyone has had any problems installing the OEM software over Vista. Also I heard that 64-bit vista isn't compatible with shiiiiit, is this true?