Windows Installation: STOP Error: 0x0000007B

Hello,

Simply disable RAID mode in the BIOS and set everything to ATA.

Thank you!!! I tried everything and the solution was actually not far away... Recent BIOS are no longer compatible with old Windows installers...

Hello,

INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE - code: 0x0000007B
[1] Windows is unable to locate the boot partition or drive. This issue occurs after repartitioning a disk, adding a new disk, updating the disk controller, or moving Windows to another disk.
[2] The problem could also be due to a virus.
[3] Windows XP - This issue may occur after a motherboard change. Reinstall Windows.
[4] Windows XP - If the error occurs during an automated installation of Windows XP where you set the Repartition option to Yes, reinstall Windows without requesting repartitioning. The error is due to an incompatible memory controller driver.
[5] Windows XP - If the problem occurs after uninstalling Easy CD Creator Platinum Edition,
See also the details on the Microsoft website: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324103
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HAMSTER FASTER

Hi,

At what point do you get the blue screen?
Does it have time to load the drivers? (first part of the Windows installation => the screen is blue and a gray bar at the bottom scrolls files).
Does it crash when displaying the window "press enter to install Windows...."?

All these questions are to find clues.

The first part of the Windows installation loads the drivers and "the Windows kernel" onto a part of the hard drive.
If this part works, then the link between the different hardware is okay. The BIOS correctly supports the hardware and can perform the loading onto the hard drive.
If it crashes here, then the problem is probably hardware-related, or a CD issue, or...

The next step, the window where the system offers you to install Windows or partition your disk, is managed by the Windows kernel (made up of the drivers that were previously loaded).
If the crash occurs here, then the problem comes from Windows. The Windows kernel does not have the necessary drivers to communicate with one of your components.

I had the same problem with a laptop.
The installation of W2k Pro failed, the minimum was the install of W2kSP3.

You can also test installing another OS to see if it works.

Hello,

In my case, it was due to an issue with the motherboard itself; I had to connect the hard drive and the DVD on the same connection to work around this problem. Having changed, destroyed, crushed, massacred, etc., I can't tell you the model or the brand... But thank you for your help. ^^

Yesssss, it works. On a Toshiba L300, just set it to compatibility mode

Thank youuuu

cool it works! thanks

Blue screen during XP installation on Dell XPS 625 that originally had Vista.

In the BIOS, change mode from RAID to IDE,

the installation starts.

Thank you

Thank you, from Windows Seven I am switching to Windows Server 03 and encountering a similar error to yours, the problem was resolved in the BIOS by enabling IDE which was originally set to AHCI!!!
Thanks for the tip!

since the topic is still on the agenda stop:0x0000007B
it is going to become increasingly difficult as computer manufacturers will forego solving the problem of recognizing the hard drive during the installation of Windows XP!
for example:
HP Pavilion 7g contains no information on the subject: none
ASUS X72J keeps in the BIOS: <Advanced><SATA mode><sata or IDE> ... we select IDE even if the hard drive is SATA, thanks
...
now XP no longer exists, we must move to Win 8, which does not raise the question of the hard drive, that's all.
mh333

On an Asus, you also needed to set compatibility

Thank you, I would have never found it!!!!!

RAID?

Apparently, my problem would be related to that...

After a while, during my boot, it says press tab to use Windows, something like that...

When I hit tab, there’s a kind of RAID BIOS with a message: The number of disks is not adequate to create a RAID!!!

Could it come from that? And if so, would it mean that it's indeed a driver issue? I'm pretty lost :(

Same problem. A slightly different case but very similar! :(

xp 1st installation error 0x0000007b

Thank you very much for your solutions.
The solution of setting SATA mode in the BIOS instead of AHCI worked well.

Thanks again.
Meijin

Thank you so much! On a Toshiba Satellite Pro U400 (it cost me an arm and a leg) everything was fine, a BIOS update and hello problems!!
AHCI out and there you go! Thanks again, I was already having suicidal tendencies.

Dynamite, your response is thank you.

For the HP processor, you need to switch from RAID mode to IDE in the BIOS.

Good evening everyone
I just bought an emachine E725 with Windows 7. I tried the same procedures (I changed AHCI to IDE) to be able to install Windows XP, but the PC won't restart anymore (black screen with a small white cursor in the top left corner).
Do you have another solution, please?
Thank you in advance

And when we have the error and we want to keep our RAID system, what do we do?
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