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The Caviar Blue tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about Western Digital Caviar Blue hard drives, particularly in the context of Windows installation and system stability issues. Users report problems such as BSOD stop code 124 after installing a Caviar Blue drive, Windows 7 rebooting multiple times daily, installation failures where the system cannot detect the drive or configure components, and error code 0xc00000e9. Some threads involve troubleshooting driver requirements for Windows 7 setup, including SATA II drivers. Common themes include compatibility with older motherboards, partition formatting challenges, and diagnostic steps using minidump files. The tag primarily focuses on hardware-related troubleshooting for Caviar Blue drives in Windows environments.
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    Windows 7 BSOD stop code 124 after replacing HHD

    I recently bought and installed a new HDD in my desktop. The HDD is a Western Digital 1TB Caviar Blue 64MB 7200RPM drive. After installing this new HDD and reformatting my computer I am continuously running into a BSOD. I myself am not extremely tech savvy, my computer knowledge is limited to...
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    Windows 7 ASUS P5KPL-CM Motherboard and Win7 SP1 32 Bit - Reboots 2 times a day

    Hello everyone, I've just installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 SP1 32Bit on my machine (I used WinXP on it until now). I dont know why Win7 crashes every night and sometimes 2 times a day. My Hardware: ASUS P5KPL-CM Motherboard, 4GB DDR2 Kingston, Core2Duo E6550 (2.33GHZ) Hd - WD Caviar Blue...
    • Speidy
    • Thread
    • 32-bit asus caviar blue compatibility core 2 duo crash ddr2 diagnostics fresh copy hardware installation minidump motherboard performance reboot sp1 support system information troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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    Windows 7 installation on WD 500 cavier blue

    I have installed windows 7 from bootable USB on an old HDD(80 GB) segate and now tryin to install the same on new 500GB western digital and cannot complete sometimes it cannot configure the components and sometimes it cannot detect the ACPI.sys file after reboot... Please someone help..Is it the...
    • samirgupta
    • Thread
    • acpi bootable usb caviar blue components error fat32 file detection formatting hdd installation legacy hardware motherboard partition seagate storage tech support troubleshooting upgrade windows 7
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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    Windows 7 Error Messages/Not finding HD

    Hey all, I've spent the last two days trying to install Windows 7 and haven't gotten very far. I originally tried to delete XP and install win7 but my old Hard Drive wasn't very roomy so I bought a 320GB WD Caviar Blue PATA. After installing it, I get the error message 0xc00000e9. But only...
    • Jagular
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    • 0xc00000e9 caviar blue error message hard drive installation legacy systems partition pata troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 I need a disk driver to start Win 7 Install

    I recently bought a custom made machine off Ebay. The hard drive is a Western Digital Caviar Blue 750Gb SATA II 8.9ms 16MB cache. When I start Custom install for Windows 7 I am prompted for a Disk Driver so the install can see the drive. I couldn't find a driver for this HD on Western Digital's...
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