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Kevin Davis Posted on Feb 06, 2011
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I have been trying to install XP, the 64 bit version with SP2, as a secondary boot option on my son's Asus G73 and running into problems. I had to go into the bios and change the SATA mode setting from ACHI to IDE. When the installation of XP started copying files it was unable to copy the wind64.chm and the wind_64.chq files. If I leave the IDE mode turned on in the BIOS XP boots and seems to work fine, until I try to shut the computer off. It freezes on the "Windows is shutting down" screen. If I switch the setting in the BIOS to ACHI mode XP tries to start, I am not given the option as to which O/S I want to boot into, but opens the page to boot into safe mode . When I tell it to boot into safe mode the same screen re-appears, this loop continues untill I power down. I tried removing the hard drive that XP was installed to and Windows 7 booted up without a problem. I am at a loss as to new ideas to solve this problem and hope to get a few suggestions. Thank You

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I think your problems are at least two fold. Firstly the number of characters that can be used in XP as file names is far less than Win7 plus you probably have a drivers issue.
Hope this helps but don't hold your breath as you need SP3 to be able to get any support from Microsoft.

Always get your drivers from the manufacturer of your Laptop, Notebook or Desktop.

If you were to log on to the manufacturer's web site, usually one is able to download if available, by model number, All available Driver downloads as required.

If the driver is not available, perhaps your manufacturer does not support the OS you are installing.

This is the best way of ensuring up to date drivers for your system and they are free of charge!

There are no XP drivers to be found with Microsoft as XP is no longer supported.

Some manufacturers may have a limited number of Drivers still listed.

I hope this helps.

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