xp/vista problem

[kazx123]

So i made the mistake of buying a premade computer .. it came with vista and i wanted to dual boot xp.
When i try to boot from my xp cd it starts loading the setup but before it actually reaches the installation menu my computer blue screens with a stop error 0x0000007B.

I'm not sure how to solve this problem, i thought maybe vista was somehow stopping it so i disabled my HD and tried it again and got the same problem.

Don't know what to do, it's driving me insane =P help !

edit: I don't care about my vista, i don't even want it.. i just want xp back. I'm also using a SATA HD so i thought perhaps that might be a reason for conflict too. My computer is around 3 months old.

 

[kip0130]

well you tried to overwrite the vista install with the XP one and a newer OS will not let you downgrade to and older one

so
first
partitionthe main OS into half so you then have C;vista D:XP
the restart the pc and boot off the XP cd and install it on the D partiton and it should work

-kip

 

[kazx123]

hmm i tried partitioning it as well - still didn't work =\

i was reading around i thought maybe it could be because i need to 'press f6 to install driver' or whatever.. but i don't have a floppy disk drive so i want to be sure before i go out and buy one
I asked some guy at a computer store.. he said just format and it should be fine, though it didn't sound too convincing..

 

[Mazo]

If it's BSODing on the CD installer, then it sounds to me like the CD is broken. Try downloading a copy of the same windows and burn it to a CD, then use your windows key to install it (Perfectly legal.)