BSOD on vista upgrade from xp pro

[Guest]

I am currently running xp pro with sp2 and all updates. The newest drivers
for all ym devices have been installed as well. I am trying to upgrade to
vista business, but am getting the BSOD after the first reboot. Im gettting
the error:

Stop: 0x0000007B (0x87606BA0, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

I had ran the upgrade advisor and i passed all the tests. It did say that it
could find any info for part of my sound card and part of my video card, but
that was just a side warning. Wasnt an actual stop error. Im running RAID 1
with two SATA drives, but everything else is pretty much standard.

 

[Rock]

I am currently running xp pro with sp2 and all updates. The newest drivers
for all ym devices have been installed as well. I am trying to upgrade to
vista business, but am getting the BSOD after the first reboot. Im
gettting
the error:

Stop: 0x0000007B (0x87606BA0, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)

I had ran the upgrade advisor and i passed all the tests. It did say that
it
could find any info for part of my sound card and part of my video card,
but
that was just a side warning. Wasnt an actual stop error. Im running RAID
1
with two SATA drives, but everything else is pretty much standard.

You need to provide more info, such as what is the computer, motherboard and
chipset, what is the RAID controller and driver, the video system and
driver. Did you check the device manufacturer's web sites for Vista
compatible drivers?

That stop code suggests windows lost access to the system partition or boot
volume during the startup process. Typical causes: Installing incorrect
device drivers when installing or upgrading storage adapter hardware, or a
virus.

 

[Richard Urban]

A RAID setup is very much non-standard. Add in the fact that other drivers
may not be included with the operating system and you don't know where the
problem is.

Install Vista first in a non RAID configuration. Does it install? If not,
you have other hardware/driver problems. But at least you have filtered out
the possibility that your RAID may be at fault.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

Here is a link to the advisor results:
http://macscr.com/vista_upgrade_advisor.pdf

 

[Chad Harris]

You need to provide detail on your box, and your components, please.

How to troubleshoot "Stop 0x0000007B" errors in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103/en-us


Error message when you try to install Windows Vista on a computer that
includes a DELL CERC SATA 1.5/6ch RAID controller: "STOP 0x0000007B"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928632/en-us

A list of Microsoft Knowledge Base articles is available to help
troubleshoot error messages that you may receive when you try to upgrade to
Windows Vista

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930743/en-us

Log files that are created when you upgrade to Windows Vista from an earlier
version of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928901/en-us

Good luck,

CH

 

[Guest]

I actually already posted my specs above. I think the advisor report is quite
detailed.

I will definitely take a look at all those kb's though (i think i had
already looked at most) and will also try and get ahold of my logs as well
and post them here.

 

[Guest]

Read through the dell raid kb and i do not have that same raid card or sys
file. Here is a copy of my setuperr.log:

http://pastebin.ca/359078

Any other logs i should post? That last log was made when i tried running my
system with all startup options turned off and only minimal services that
were needed to have the system up and still get internet access. Obviously
all anti spyware/virus were turned off. I still got the same BSOD.

I have read all the kb's that you have listed, but still no luck. Any other
ideas? A fresh install is out of the question unfortunately.

 

[Guest]

well shoot, i have tried about everything except a clean install and still no
luck. Any one know what 0x87606BA0 part of the error means? It doesnt come up
with anythign when i google it.

 

[Adam Albright]

well shoot, i have tried about everything except a clean install and still no
luck. Any one know what 0x87606BA0 part of the error means? It doesnt come up
with anythign when i google it.

For the life of me I don't know why Microsoft insists on using cryptic
error messages unless they deliberately like to annoy people. It is
bad enough to get a error message that haults the install process you
shouldn't have to figure it out besides. These are referred to as stop
errors which obviously stops your computer dead in its tracks. It
frequently can happen during the install process of a new OS but can
happen after you OS is up and running too for a variety of reasons.

The first part is what's important. 0X0000007B. Of that the only thing
that matters is the 7B. That in itself can means several things.
Sometimes it means a boot sector virus has infected your boot sector
or it is corrupted. More often it means some driver can't get
installed or isn't compatable with Vista or that Windows for some
reason can no longer access your boot volume or partition.

Stop errors or stops for short have been laughingly called BSOD's or
the blue screen of death by Windows users. Because your system just
died. Didn't really, it just stopped responding. Some BSOD's are just
a minor annoyance, others can mean real trouble.

A good article that explains these in far greater detail can be found
below. Good idea to bookmark or better, copy and save the page. Well
worth your time to gain knowledge on this always frustrating topic.

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877-6053684.html

 

[Guest]

Im familiar with all those KBs, i read those before posting. My raid is setup
fine and works great with XP Pro. My motherboard and raid controller is even
vista "certified" or whatever. I paid for an vista business UPGRADE and thats
all i plan to do. A fresh install is not an option. Looks like im basically
screwed from the looks of the replies here.

 

[Adam Albright]

Im familiar with all those KBs, i read those before posting. My raid is setup
fine and works great with XP Pro. My motherboard and raid controller is even
vista "certified" or whatever. I paid for an vista business UPGRADE and thats
all i plan to do. A fresh install is not an option. Looks like im basically
screwed from the looks of the replies here.

I'm in the same boat as you and many, many other people, ie buying
hardware that is "Vista Certified" only to find out there are still
unresolved issues. My MB was Vista cerftified (see link) mine is the
first one listed and it refuses to work correctly with the SATA drives
configured optimality and while they "work", they are limping along in
IDE mode.

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList...wtech/tech_20061103_vista_driver_download.htm

The so-called Microsoft "certified to run on Vista" BS should be seen
as nothing more than blatant marketing hype. I'm no attorney, but it
seems to me both hardware vendors and Microsoft are engaging in
consumer fraud to make untrue claims JUST to sell product.

 

[Guest]

The problem is that IDE mode doesnt seem to make a difference for me and i
dont think i can really even run that anyway since im using RAID1 for my two
SATA drives. Grrrr. This is so frustrating.

 

[Guest]

Not sure if this is helpful, but here is a print out of my disk information
from windows System Information:

Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model ALiSATA RAID1 ALi_RAID SCSI Disk Device
Bytes/Sector 512
Media Loaded Yes
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Partitions 1
SCSI Bus 0
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 2
SCSI Target ID 0
Sectors/Track 63
Size 34.47 GB (37,013,760,000 bytes)
Total Cylinders 4,500
Total Sectors 72,292,500
Total Tracks 1,147,500
Tracks/Cylinder 255
Partition Disk #0, Partition #0
Partition Size 34.46 GB (37,005,502,464 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 32,256 bytes