Question : Acer Aspire 5532 - Windows XP Drivers

Hello Experts,

I have a new Acer Aspire 5532 laptop that has Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit installed. I have older programs that will only work on Windows XP 32-bit. I have a Genuine copy of Windows XP Home Edition 32-bit that I am having no success on reloading.  I am getting a blue screen error 0X0000007B (0xF78D663C, 0XC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000).

I went to the Acer support website and they do not have any supported Windows XP drivers. Although there is no support from Acer, I was hoping someone can help me find the Storage Controller so I can install Windows XP Home Edition anyways. I believe that is what the blue screen error is telling me.

When I go into device manager, the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers are:

ATA Channel 0
ATA Channel 1
ATA Channel 2
ATA Channel 3
ATA Channel 4
ATA Channel 5
Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller

I am pretty sure it is not one of the "ATA Channel x" so when I go into "Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller" properties it shows that is it using:

Driver Provider: Microsoft
Driver Date: 6/21/2006
Driver Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Digital Siner: Microsoft Windows

When I go into the Driver File Details is shows:

C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\atapi.sys
C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\ataport.sys
C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\msahci.sys
C:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\pciidex.sys

Can anyone help me find Windows XP 32-bit storage drivers so I can reload Windows XP?

Answer : Acer Aspire 5532 - Windows XP Drivers

Go in BIOS and set SATA mode to IDE (not AHCI) ...