Help Installing Windows Via USB...

[ttechf]

Hi, I have been trying to install windows on a second partition on my computer.

I dont know what I am doing wrong. Perhaps the USB tool utility I am using isn't creating them right or correctly. Perhaps I don't have the second 18GB partition properly formatted. I don't know. All I know is if I burn my Windows to CD to be bootable. It'll go all through the setup and then say it failed and needs to be shutdown and it cannot read or something. Blue screen.

When I tried to do it from my USB pen drive, I got the following image and I have never seen it before. I could really use some help. I have Windows 8 installed currently and I just wanted to make a 2nd partition or even 3rd partition to have another version of Windows on and perhaps Linux. I've never had a problem doing it on the main drive, but now since Im trying to do it on partitions, Im having all kinds of problems.

The second image below happened with a REAL WINDOWS CD!

Hope someone can help. Thank you.

 

[JackMDS]

You can install Win 7 on as Virtual computer on the current Win 8.

Or, remove Win 8 install Win 7, and than add Win 8 on a second partition.

Why?

See here - http://winsupersite.com/article/windows8/windows-8-tip-dualboot-windows-7-144111

 

[yinan]

Win 2000? USB barely existed back then.

 

[Bubbaleone]

The BSOD with stop code 0x0000007b, followed by the second hex number 0xC0000034, after the stop code, indicates that the drivers for your hard drive controller are outdated, incorrect, or corrupted. If you want specific advice, you should always post your hardware specs and be specific about which version and service pack level of "Windows" you're referring to.

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[ttechf]

The BSOD with stop code 0x0000007b, followed by the second hex number 0xC0000034, after the stop code, indicates that the drivers for your hard drive controller are outdated, incorrect, or corrupted. If you want specific advice, you should always post your hardware specs and be specific about which version and service pack level of "Windows" you're referring to.

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Hi, so perhaps a driver update is in order? I can always try later. What kind of hardware specs are needed? Also, I tried Windows XP Home Edition service pack 1 and Windows 2000 Professional service pack 4. I can try any Windows. I have them all from 3.1 to 8.


Thanks. : ]

 

[Bubbaleone]

Hardware specs would be the make/model of OEM PC you own or, if you built it yourself, make/model of mobo, graphics card, memory modules, PSU, etc. You may know exactly what you've got but we don't and by posting relevant info you make it possible for us to offer more accurate advice and suggestions.

The 0x7b error could just be the result of outdated drive controllers drivers that whatever installation disk you were using attempted to load, or it might be the actual controller drivers of the machine the optical drive is connected to. But, without any specific details from you, that's just speculation.

 

[ttechf]

Hardware specs would be the make/model of OEM PC you own or, if you built it yourself, make/model of mobo, graphics card, memory modules, PSU, etc. You may know exactly what you've got but we don't and by posting relevant info you make it possible for us to offer more accurate advice and suggestions.

The 0x7b error could just be the result of outdated drive controllers drivers that whatever installation disk you were using attempted to load, or it might be the actual controller drivers of the machine the optical drive is connected to. But, without any specific details from you, that's just speculation.

Alright, I'll post my specs tomorrow. Just really late here. Thanks.

 

[yinan]

I really do not think you can install Windows 2000 from USB. Also, why would you want to?

Also, why not just do this in virtual machines, it is SO much easier.

 

[Dahak]

You cannot get anything older than Vista to be easily and reliably installable from USB.
While there may be a way to get XP to do it, its not worth the time and effort

And based on those errors and the other topic you have, you may need to slipstream in the SATA Drivers for Win2k(if there is any) and XP

Most likely because you want Win98 as well, based on the other thread, you are going to have to set your SATA controller in the BIOS to Compatibility mode/IDE mode( depending on what your motherboard calls it)

 

[ttechf]

Well, I don't HAVE to install the operating systems via USB. I can do it via CD too. Does this change anything?

 

[Dahak]

You may still need to do the what i had suggested in my previous post even for cd install.

Without knowing the specs of the system or motherboard I'm just guessing but still may need to the options I suggsted.

You have to remember, especially if this is a SATA based board, Win2k does not know anything about sata drivers, so they may need to be added directly(slipstreamed) or using the F6 from a floppy

 

[ttechf]

You may still need to do the what i had suggested in my previous post even for cd install.

Without knowing the specs of the system or motherboard I'm just guessing but still may need to the options I suggsted.

You have to remember, especially if this is a SATA based board, Win2k does not know anything about sata drivers, so they may need to be added directly(slipstreamed) or using the F6 from a floppy

Ah I see. Okay. I used a program to pull my specs. But it's an html file. Not sure how to go about getting that view-able to you? I mean, I can email it and such but Im talking about on this board.

 

[Matt1970]

Getting the proper Sata driver is going to be hard enough not to mention all the other drivers. I wouldn't even attempt it if I were you.

 

[John Connor]

Ah I see. Okay. I used a program to pull my specs. But it's an html file. Not sure how to go about getting that view-able to you? I mean, I can email it and such but Im talking about on this board.

Try uploading the HTML file here. http://www.4shared.com/

 

[DrGreen2007]

"have Windows 8 installed currently and I just wanted to make a 2nd partition or even 3rd partition to have another version of Windows on and perhaps Linux"

remember that a Windows OS like XP/2000 will overwrite the Win8 MBR and then Win8 wont boot and youll have to repair that, then fix the XP/2000 boot files