bsod installing vista beta 2 64 bit

OK... I have no clue of what is hapenning. Here it is:
My HDD is split in two partitions:
I have Win XP SP2 32 bits installed on first partition
The second partition is NTFS formated and I am TRYING to install Vista Beta 2 64 bits. I boot my PC using the DVD, it starts loading all files, and then that black copyright screen appears. It is still loading drivers...
Then I get a BSOD (blue screen of death) saying:
STOP: c000021a FATAL SYSTEM ERROR The initial session or system process ..... 0x00000000 (0xc0000221 0x001003x0) Your computer is shut down.
Something like that... WHAT ERROR IS THIS??? What is the problem? Please, someone help me!
Thanks in advance!
Daniel

That type of Stop error is usually hardware related. This link may provide you with help in tracking down the cause: http://www.aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php

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"paiva.daniel" wrote in message

OK... I have no clue of what is hapenning. Here it is:
My HDD is split in two partitions:
I have Win XP SP2 32 bits installed on first partition
The second partition is NTFS formated and I am TRYING to install Vista Beta 2 64 bits. I boot my PC using the DVD, it starts loading all files, and then that black copyright screen appears. It is still loading drivers...
Then I get a BSOD (blue screen of death) saying:
STOP: c000021a FATAL SYSTEM ERROR The initial session or system process ..... 0x00000000 (0xc0000221 0x001003x0) Your computer is shut down.
Something like that... WHAT ERROR IS THIS??? What is the problem? Please, someone help me!
Thanks in advance!
Daniel

Daniel--
This error can mean a variety of things. Although it is difficult to write error messages to be precise for stop errors, MSFT hasn't made much progress in making them meaningful since they started writing them for years.
This message is often originated because when Windows switches into kernel mode and a user-mode subsystem, such as Winlogon or the Client Server Runtime Subsystem (CSRSS), is compromised and security can no longer be guaranteed. Because Win XP can't run without Winlogon or CSRSS, this is one of the few situations where the failure of a user-mode service can cause the system to stop responding. This Stop message also can occur when the computer is restarted after a system administrator has modified permissions so that the SYSTEM account no longer has adequate permissions to access system files and folders.
The messages can mean quite a number of things, and there are a several nebulous MSKBs purporting to explain this one in different contexts. Many of them are software origin as well as hardware, and after you rule out hdw as the cause of this, and I belive you will, I'd do this:
Turn off deadlock detection in your XP driver verifier and turn off inspection of your antivirus drivers (there will be about 5 depending on which flavor of AV you have on the XP box).
1) You seem to be dual booting so on your XP boot type "verifier" in run box and disable deadlock detection.
2) Disable the *inspection* by driver verifier of the software drivers--yep I said software drivers of whatever Antivirus program you are using.
1. Click Start, click Run, and then type verifier. 2. After Driver Verifier Manager starts, click Display Existing Settings, and then confirm that Deadlock Detection is turned on. 3. Click Back. 4. Click Create Custom Settings, and then click Next. 5. Click Select Individual settings from a full list, and then click Next. 6. Click the settings that you want to turn on, make sure the Deadlock Detection check box is not selected, and then click Next. 7. Click the drivers that you want to verify, and then click Next or Finish if you choose all drivers on your computer. 8. Restart the computer.

If you cannot log on to the computer after you restart with Driver Verifier turned on, turn off Driver Verifier, but this occurence is rare. To do so, start the computer in Safe mode, log on by using an account that has administrator rights, start Driver Verifier, and then choose to delete the existing settings. After you do so, Driver Verifier is turned off.
This alone is a much more common cause of BSOD stops of many stripes than MSFT's engineers have come to recognized yet. A frequent comment you'll hear from MSFT engineers is that 80% of BSOD stops are driver induced. That's a real oversimplification. But I would review if you installed any recent drivers on your XP box lately and make sure you're satisfied with them.
I would also reburn the DVD, making sure that you use a slow speed, close the session, use the ISO tab on your burning software if it has one, and also add this little mentioned step:
Get to Dev Manager by typing devmgmt.msc in run/win key + pause break or Rt. click My Computer>Prop>hardware tab>Device Manager if you like 5 steps instead of one cmd. If you're set to PMI here change to DMO and if set to DMO change to PMI:
a.. Click the + in front of IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers a.. Double Click the Secondary IDE Controller a.. Click Advanced Settings a.. Under Device 1  Next to Transfer Mode choose DMA (or vise versa) a.. Click OK a.. Reboot your System
Good luck,
CH

"paiva.daniel" wrote in message

OK... I have no clue of what is hapenning. Here it is:
My HDD is split in two partitions:
I have Win XP SP2 32 bits installed on first partition
The second partition is NTFS formated and I am TRYING to install Vista Beta 2 64 bits. I boot my PC using the DVD, it starts loading all files, and then that black copyright screen appears. It is still loading drivers...
Then I get a BSOD (blue screen of death) saying:
STOP: c000021a FATAL SYSTEM ERROR The initial session or system process ..... 0x00000000 (0xc0000221 0x001003x0) Your computer is shut down.
Something like that... WHAT ERROR IS THIS??? What is the problem? Please, someone help me!
Thanks in advance!
Daniel

Another thing I have noticed now:
When I open the EVENT VIEWER, I see some WARNINGS saying:
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk0\D during a paging operation.
I configured Windows to "SYSTEM MANAGED SIZE" and choose C: as the page drive.
My HD has TWO partitions (C and D). For D: I choose NO PAGING FILE.
Could this be corrupting my downloaded files?
"paiva.daniel" wrote:

OK... I have no clue of what is hapenning. Here it is:
My HDD is split in two partitions:
I have Win XP SP2 32 bits installed on first partition
The second partition is NTFS formated and I am TRYING to install Vista Beta 2 64 bits. I boot my PC using the DVD, it starts loading all files, and then that black copyright screen appears. It is still loading drivers...
Then I get a BSOD (blue screen of death) saying:
STOP: c000021a FATAL SYSTEM ERROR The initial session or system process ..... 0x00000000 (0xc0000221 0x001003x0) Your computer is shut down.
Something like that... WHAT ERROR IS THIS??? What is the problem? Please, someone help me!
Thanks in advance!
Daniel