hi

i wanted to install windows xp on my external usb hdd, so i did the following:

insert win xp cd

boot

setup copies files to usb hdd (works fine)

first restart

boot from usb

windows xp loading screen

bluescreen stop 0x0000007b

k after a day of googling i found out that this is the normal behavior of windows xp (windows 98 works fine). this is because the nt kernel loads the usb drivers too late.

so i need a modified kernel or another workaround.

does anyone here can help me?

p.s.: will windows vista work?

windows is not *linux*. there is no way that you can't hack kernel.

about vista thing, it doesn't hurt to try it either

Edited July 28, 200521 yr by msfn11

i found a intresting post:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...+++installation

can anyone tell me more how to integrate those two files into a normal xp cd not a bartpe cd?

is there a legal way of getting vista now? any free beta downloads?

if your a beta tester or msdn subscribe yes otherwise no youl have to wait a year for it to realease

i downloaded the 2003 sp1 and extracted ramdisk.sys and setupldr.bin into my windows xp i386 folder and made a boot image. burned it and tried to boot : stop 0x0000007b any suggestions? i know it must be possible because bartpe works this way with this two files!

Windows Vista isn`t working either

But I found something interesting:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documen...mc_str_qugk.asp

"Ntldr searches the Services subkey for drivers with a Start value of 0, such as hard disk controllers."

could this information help?

try this 'enhancement', seems like it is quick for some, maybe it will work?:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=49923

makes for interesting reading....not sure if it will help what you need,though.

Edited August 3, 200521 yr by jasinwa