XP Pro won't load + other shit

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Get your last LEGIT copy of windows on there, boot into that, then get another version of the XP ISO file off a filesharing service

that is from a dell and i dont think it can be loaded onto a non dell machine.

tomrrow i will type out all the shit it says on the BSOD. i have it written down. something about ACPI maybe and my BIOS not being fully ACPI compatable.

AbeSapien...do you still have that ISO laying around?

what i think im going to have to do is this...thorw the shit hard drive into my dads compaq (what im on now) and reformat it. then proceed to reinstall windows on it and see if that does the trick