Blue Screen when Installing Windows XP: Stop Error 0x0000007B
I’ve recently needed to reformat a Windows Vista (Home Premium) machine, and I was trying to load Windows XP Service Pack 2 on it. It kept on blue screening with the STOP error 0x0000007b. I did some research and it seems that it may have something to do with XP not communicating properly with the storage device.
If you go into your BIOS and find the settings for storage devices, change it from “Auto/AHCI” to “Auto/ATA” and you should be good to go. I did this and XP installed perfectly without a problem.
