Is it a bad idea to install a second OS on the same harddrive, on a different partition? I figured I might install XP for gaming, and leave Windows 7 for everything else.
I don't have any problem updating my drivers. I'm trying to install an older driver, one that's older than the PC itself. I encounter the crashing problem with every driver more recent than 8.12. My problem is I can't get 8.12 to install.If you get driversweeper and then get the 10.3b preview drivers. Uninstall the currently installed driver, boot into safe mode and run driversweeper. After rebooting into windows 7 proper install the ati drivers Alos for good measure disable\hide the ati drivers available in windows update. Hope this helps. If not get gpu-z and monitor the gfx cards temps with it.
Which is strange, because switching the setting to ATA doesn't do anything but prevent Windows 7 from starting up either. I still get BSOD at the same point when trying to load the XP cd. I've tried the XP cd without the SATA drivers on both the AHCI and ATA settings, and the XP cd with the SATA drivers on both settings, but every time I get blue screen of death at the same point.ATA is IDE just another word for it
Which is strange, because switching the setting to ATA doesn't do anything but prevent Windows 7 from starting up either. I still get BSOD at the same point when trying to load the XP cd.