Windows 7 Windows 7 not working on my DELL XPS

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Deepak8006

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Hii,

I recently installed windows XP on my dell XPS which has a windows 7 preinstalled on it. To proceed with windows XP installation i changed the BIOS setting of SATA from AHCI mode to ATA. Windows XP has been installed properly. Now when i try to reboot the system its taking me to windows XP all the time, i am not able to use windows 7. I want my laptop to show the options of switching between XP and windows 7. Any help in this regard??

Thanks a lot in advance. I really appreciated your time.

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Hi

There are problems with installing Windows XP after Windows 7 is already installed.
It works a lot better the other way around.

Try downloading and installing EasyBCD.

If it can see both operating systems it will let you add Widows 7 to the boot menu.

It's free, simple and easy to use.

EasyBCD - Download.com

Mike
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I will give you this link, it looks like the best one to follow. You will need the drivers to be available for an install, but the site explains that.

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Make note that after you install the AHCI drivers, you have to change the bios accordingly.

Let us know if you run into any problems.

Edit: I am not sure, but it sounds like if you are running Win XP SP3 you may already have the drivers..
 
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Thanks a lot sir for your help.
To follow the above procedure mentioned i have to download and install the APCI driver. However since i dont have any driver installed on windows XP as a result i am not able to use internet, not evn the external drive to install the said driver.

Kindly suggest any alternative.
 
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Might be a typo, but ACPI is not the same thing as AHCI.

Do you have a model for your Dell beside XPS?

Have you upgraded XP to SP3 yet?
 
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Hii Sir,

First of all sorry its an typo error.....My laptop model no. is XPS L502X and i have not upgraded to SP3 i simply installed XP (SP 2) Pro on my machine having windows 7.
Thanks for your concern
 
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I will say it is this one on the Dell Site. Make sure the correct model is specified and download the file.

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The link may not work so you may have to find it yourself. The Driver says All OSes, so it should work for XP. I also do not remember it asking for bit type, so use you own judgement.

Edit: I also found these, but they are listed by chipset, or maybe just Intel.

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Hi

There are problems with installing Windows XP after Windows 7 is already installed.
It works a lot better the other way around.

Try downloading and installing EasyBCD.

If it can see both operating systems it will let you add Widows 7 to the boot menu.

It's free, simple and easy to use.

EasyBCD - Download.com

Mike
 
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Thanks a lot Sir it worked after installing easybcd but the problem is i had to change SATA setting from APCI to ATA. However doing this would only enable windows7 to work whereas windows XP has stopped responding. After all i am happy that i have my windows 7 recovered but the sad part is i have windows XP installed but it not functional.....:-(.

Thanks a lot to all for your help and time

 
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Did you go through the process of loading the AHCI driver before you lost XP?

Can you switch back to the IDE controller and get XP back?
 
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i dint load the AHCI driver i just change the SAT settings back to ATA from AHCI. This made my windows 7 work properly. Whereas i can see windows XP as an option when computer starts but if i choose it as an operating system the moment it process, it stops with blue screen and stops to respond. On the other hand if i choose windows 7 it works very well.
 
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