Solved Infinite loading on installer (AHCI), other issues

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I'm encountering an infinite loading screen when booting up the Windows Vista installer, specifically on that green loading bar after Windows loads the files. I get the same result in both Legacy or UEFI.

I figured out that changing the SATA Mode from AHCI to IDE made the installer accessible, but with more issues ahead. On Legacy, I cannot pick my hard drive and continuing gave me this error : "Windows could not determine if this computer contains a valid system volume".
On UEFI, I can go through with the installation after converting my hard drive to GPT, but once my PC reboots and Vista launches, it's an immediate blue screen. Switching back to AHCI from IDE still gives the blue screen.

My computer should be compatible as every subsequent version of Windows can run and it even has drivers for Vista. I don't know what to do from here though, I'd really appreciate some help,
 

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My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Windows 10
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Compaq 8200 Elite
    CPU
    i5-2400
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti
Issue was kinda just my main drive existing for some reason. I had Windows 10 installed on another drive and just unplugging it fixed the issues in Legacy...
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Windows 10
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Compaq 8200 Elite
    CPU
    i5-2400
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics card(s)
    Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti
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