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    Installing Win XP Pro (32-bit or 64-bit) on EX 625

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by dwarapalaka, Jul 29, 2009.

  1. dwarapalaka

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    Hello All,

    I just recently got the MSI EX 625-227US which came with Vista 32-bit. I've repartitioned the hard-drive and am trying to install XP Pro (32-bit or 64-bit). I get a BSOD after the drivers are loaded from the CD with a STOP error indicating that I may need to run chkdsk on my hard disk. I know the hard disk is fine since Vista runs without problems.

    I noticed on other threads that people have been able to install XP on this. I would appreciate any tips or special steps to be taken to get the install to work.

    Thanks!
     
    dwarapalaka, Jul 29, 2009
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  2. CVonV

    CVonV Notebook Consultant

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    go into the BIOS and disable AHCI
     
    CVonV, Jul 29, 2009
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    After several hours of searching yesterday night, I found that solution too. However I am not sure what I will be giving up if I do that. I'm assuming I'll have to reinstall Vista since the old install would be expecting AHCI.

    I also found another possible solution - slipstream the Intel drivers during the XP installation. That will make sure the XP install can see the hard drives even with AHCI. I'm going to try that later today....
     
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    there are actually some ways to enable AHCI support in XP if it was installed on a IDE disk so u won't need to reinstall.. but yeah quickest way is to slipstream it
     
    CVonV, Jul 29, 2009
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