Cannot install XP pro 64 bit-

[EnzoRockstar]

Ok, I have a weird problem, I have an Acer Aspire X3200-
Phenom X4 9100e 1.8 GHz
3 gig ram
with a 320GB sata hard drive

The hard drive was completely empty, so I tried installing XP professional 64 bit, right before I was able to do any "choices" a blue screen came up saying that my hard drive could be corrupted and that I needed to run chkdsk on it, since I did not have anything on the hard drive I could not run that, so I tried to install ubuntu, and that worked perfectly.

I had my friend try the windows cd in case the cd was wrong-it worked on his computer, so I thought maybe the hard drive was busted. I tried a different hard drive and it did not work again, with the same message.

Why does Ubuntu work and XP does not? I am very frustrated with this, I am a student and I just moved here, so I do not have my main desktop with me...anybody has any idea of known compatibility issues or something???

Many thanks!

[redburn]

What kind of processor do you have? You have to match up the windows bit set to that of your processor.

[caperjack]

What kind of processor do you have? You have to match up the windows bit set to that of your processor.

not to butt in but !
from first post .
quote= Phenom X4 9100e 1.8 GHz

[redburn]

not to butt in but !
from first post .
quote= Phenom X4 9100e 1.8 GHz

I was unsure of whether he had a 32 or 64 bit. Goggle returned both :)

[jbennet]

I was unsure of whether he had a 32 or 64 bit. Goggle returned both :)

Um, no??? All Phenoms are 64 bit.

[EnzoRockstar]

Yes, it is a 64 bit processor.

I read that it could be a problem with the Sata disk...does this ring a bell?

[Adamsappleone]

Try going in to BIOS and change SATA, AHCI to IDE and see if that works.

[EnzoRockstar]

I tried changing it to ide, and....nothing

I did the ubuntu memory check and nothing

I downloaded a moded version of XP with sata drivers...nothing

this is the message I have received every time, in different hard drives, in case someone recognizes it:

[IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/2lo6vdc.jpg[/IMG]

[jbennet]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103

[EnzoRockstar]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103

yeah, I checked them out...

the only solution I have not tried is using another computer to do a chkdsk on it, the thing is, I tried a different had drive! and it still did not work!

and I also installed Ubuntu succesfully...so it does not make sense...

I already went through the IT support flowchart, and nothing

[Adamsappleone]

Have you tried using the HD manufacturers utility (ie; MaxBlast, SeaTools, etc) to set the disk up to be used by Windows?

[EnzoRockstar]

OK, I got it to work!

I used

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

and I played with it runned diagnostics on everything. Not sure what I did, but it only worked with the custom made CD with the sata drivers.

[Adamsappleone]

Glad to hear you got it to work.

Please mark this thread as Solved.

Don