Acer aspire 4937g problem when reformating to windows xp

[shaun166]

Hi guys i have a Acer aspire 4937g laptop i wanted to reformat to windows xp but it keep giving me blue screen death after loading the setup. I can reformat vista and windows 7 without any problem. Why i cant reformat to windows xp?
any help?

shaun166 Reviewed by shaun166 on 9th Jan 2010. Acer aspire 4937g problem when reformating to windows xp Hi guys i have a Acer aspire 4937g laptop i wanted to reformat to windows xp but it keep giving me blue screen death after loading the setup. I can reformat vista and windows 7 without any problem. Why i cant reformat to windows xp? any help? Rating: 5

[Baraka]

well may i ask is this your version http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/noteboo...781126p,00.htm if not please post your info as to the hardware etc because it may be a bios error causing the issue

[shaun166]

Here is a copy of my com information using belarc. Hope it is useful to you
Operating System :
Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) (build 7600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United States)

System Model:
Acer Aspire 4937 V1.01
System Serial Number: LXP410X00291010F5D1601

Processor :
2.53 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo P8700
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
Not hyper-threaded
Enclosure Type: Other

Main Circuit Board :
Board: Acer Aspire 4937 V1.01
Serial Number: Base Board Serial Number
Bus Clock: 266 megahertz
BIOS: Acer V1.01 02/13/2009

Memory Modules
4094 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 2048 MB (serial number 445717C3)
Slot 'DIMM2' has 2048 MB (serial number 445717BE)

[BlaZe]

Well, did you made a Backup Driver CD when your laptop had arrived ? because the Aspire 3500-5000 series do not supply with a Backup CD.
So, if you have it, then, just reinstall everything from it, and let a tech-expert do the installation in Vista or Win 7, because you are doing some mistake there.

[Hussie]

i had this problem a long time ago
XP doesn't support SATA so go to your bios set it on RAID or IDE.

[shaun166]

@hussie if i change the setting anything will happen? i trying dual boot... will my main window be affecteD?

[Hussie]

I have never tried that with dualboot so i don't know

[coldabhishek]

If you install Windows XP after installing Windows 7 then your bootloader will get replaced by the old one and you won't be able to boot to Windows 7.To fix that you can use this software:

http://www.vistabootpro.org/