If you install Windows XP on a modern system, you may experience a blue screen fault. This article will assist yous fix this.

  • Cause
  • How to fix

Cause

I do not have a modernistic computer and I have never encountered a blueish screen fault when booting into the Windows XP installer.

When I used VirtualBox to create a new virtual machine with a version of Windows 7, and then attach the ISO file of Windows XP to install, I got this mistake. Of class, if I create a new virtual machine with a version of Windows XP, it will work. So what'south the difference hither? I noticed that VirtualBox uses Controller for Windows 7 as SATA and Windows XP as IDE. Okay, now I will change the Controller for Windows 7 to IDE, I endeavour over again and information technology works. Windows XP will non piece of work if I prepare the controller to SCSI.

Blue screen when installing Windows XP

From the test steps and the information I have establish, the cause of this fault is in the Controller type.

How to ready

Windows XP does not support drivers so that computers can interact with devices that are attached to SATA and SCSI controller (not sure nigh SCSI). The simplest way is to alter the Controller type in the BIOS to Compatibility or IDE. I'm not sure about the settings in the BIOS, just the AIO Kicking supports installing Mass Storage drivers when installing Windows XP. This means that the Windows XP installer will exist able to interact with the USB and hard disk via the SATA/RAID/SCSI port. If you plug in USB 3.0, plug it into port two.0.

AIO Boot uses the Windows XP installation method from WinSetupFromUSB. And the DPMS tool is extracted from Easy2Boot. DPMS contains and supports automatic installation of Mass Storage drivers before installing Windows. Y'all tin can read more about DPMS at the writer'due south website.

Using DPMS:

  1. Download DPMS.ISO and re-create the file to /AIO/Tools/DPMS. Then defrag the file to make sure information technology can exist used by Grub4dos.
  2. From the Grub2 master card, printing r to access the Windows XP/2003 Setup menu.
  3. Y'all will meet a menu to enable the option "Auto-detect and use F6 SATA/RAID/SCSI Driver", or use plus Firadisk. If you lot disable this selection, drivers volition non be installed. If your ISO file is integrated with the Mass Storage commuter, you should disable this option. This option volition be remembered for time to come uses.
    Windows XP Mass Storage Driver - SATA/RAID/SCSI

After enabling this option, y'all can boot into the Windows XP installation. Now the blue screen error is gone when using SATA ports.

How to fix blue screen when installing Windows XP

If you are still experiencing a bluish screen mistake, your system may exist too new while the driver is non up to date to back up information technology. Please contact me, and then I volition update the driver or contact the author of Easy2Boot.