Dual Boot

Hi,

I have bought an Acer Labtop since 2 months and I have been struggling with that Labtop since 2 months.

The Labtop came with pre-installed Vista as OS.

Since the Labtop does not have serial port , and I needed the serial port to console in my routers at home ,so I bought a USB to serial converter.As I plugged it in the labtop ,it was detected and I have been able to console into my router but the session keeps on freezing every 1 mins.

I called Acer and I was told to reload the OS from the backup CD which I did but this did not help.

I called the supplier of the USB to serial and I was told there is no issue with that converter but they are not sure if it works with Vista.

I tried the cable with my PC with XP ,it worked fine which means there is no issue with the cable.

Now the only solution is to install another OS on the labtop and configure dual boot..

I shrink the disk size and recreated another partion.

When I tried to book the labtop on the XP CD ,I have the following error with a blue screen after some mins of install going on.

I have enough space for the install.

Below is the error message in a blue screen.

Can anyone help me how to proceed or what I am doing wrong.

Thanks in advance



A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen,restart your computer.If this screen appears again, follow the steps:

Check to be sure that you hace adequate disk space.If a driver is identified in the stop message, disable the driver or check with the manufacturer for driver updates.Try changing video adapters.

Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updateds. Disadle BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable the components, restart your computer,Press F8 to select Advanced Startup Options, and then select safe mode.

Technical information:

***STOP:0x0000007E (0XC0000005,0XF76130BF,0XF7A5F208,0XF7A5EF08)



*** pci.sys - Address F76130BF base at F760C000, Datestamp 3b7d855c

 

Model of laptop?

Do you by any chance have anything in the pcimia/cardbus slot? Remove it and try again.

If anything is connected to the laptop (usb, pcimia, external mouse or keyboard) remove and try again.

 

Thanks,
I will give a try.

Tazio