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    I have a problem here ! WinXp on new Laptops

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    by internetspider ·

    Hi All

    I bought new Toshiba and Acer Laptop the problem is i want windows xp on both systems but when i try Xp says

    Setup did not find any hard disk

    There is no problem in installing Vista.

    Some systems through bios we can disable sata then we can install xp, but i did’nt find something in bios, so the Question is how to install Xp.

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    • #2466907

      Clarifications

      by internetspider ·

      In reply to I have a problem here ! WinXp on new Laptops

      Clarifications

    • #2466884

      Most likely

      by w2ktechman ·

      In reply to I have a problem here ! WinXp on new Laptops

      you will need to add the SATA drivers during the install.

      • #2466879

        also possible

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to Most likely

        there are not any XP drivers for the laptops.

        some of the newer systems were coming with Vista only options and no way to go back.

        Check the vendors site for driver downloads.

        Model numbers are required for anything more than a wild guess.

    • #2466793

      SATA Drivers

      by thechas ·

      In reply to I have a problem here ! WinXp on new Laptops

      As W2K Techman stated, you will need to install the SATA drivers in order for XP to see the hard drive.

      Almost all new laptops use eSATA hard drives, and XP does not come with a native driver for the newer SATA interface.

      If Toshiba or Acer do not offer XP drivers for your laptops, you can try 2 things.

      1. Find an older version of a similar laptop and download the XP drivers for it.

      2. Download the “reference” XP drivers from the chip-set manufactures web site.

      You will need to create a CD or floppy disk with the SATA drivers on it.

      Then, startup the laptop with the XP CD.
      When the prompt appears for loading a storage driver, make sure to press the key. (F8?).
      When prompted for the disk, insert the CD or floppy and load the drivers.

      XP should now see your hard drive and install.

      Chas

      • #2474420

        It’s F6 …. (nt)

        by thumbsup2 ·

        In reply to SATA Drivers

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      • #2474375

        Or you may need to create your own Windows Install CD

        by oh smeg ·

        In reply to SATA Drivers

        Which has the SATA Drivers on the Slipstreamed Disc.

        Follow the directions in this TR Article and you will be able to include the SATA Drivers and any Patches into your own personal Install CD

        http://tinyurl.com/2ehzk3

        While this was originally written to include SP2 to XP it is also possible to include SATA Drivers for your NB’s as most new ones don’t come with Floppy Drives and they are a problem to include extra drivers not on the Install CD.

        Col

      • #2633330

        You’d be surprised how many people don’t realize this about SATA drives

        by maniacman ·

        In reply to SATA Drivers

        Everyone is so used to IDE drives being auto-detected during install, that people naturally assume the same thing will happen with SATA drives, which can’t be further from the truth. SATA and SAS drives are closer to SCSI in reality, and thus will require their own drivers to be recognized by Windows XP, because the XP kernel predates when SATA drives were available. Vista addresses this issue and sees the SATA drives just fine because it has the drives built in already. The same problem existed back then on NT systems, where you had to push F6 to get it to see SCSI drives.

        • #2460472

          Another way to do it is to take out the drives..

          by Anonymous ·

          In reply to You’d be surprised how many people don’t realize this about SATA drives

          And connect them up to a pc and then load on the Windows disk, after this just replace them into the laptops. You are only loading on the Windows software and the sata drivers. After this the laptops will run fine.
          Just something else to try out.

          Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

    • #2633336

      go into bios

      by lesparza ·

      In reply to I have a problem here ! WinXp on new Laptops

      once in bios go to the hard drive and then sata section under the second tab slect enter and change it from ahci to ide this will allow xp installs

      • #2545753

        Same problem different day

        by jgates ·

        In reply to go into bios

        We done the above solutions in the past (changing the BIOS and Slipstreaming Sata Drivers)and they work for the Dell’s that we use. We wanted to try the Toshiba Satellite U305-S7467 which does have XP drivers posted but we have had no luck finding a SATA driver that recognizes the drive and there is nothing in the Bios to change either.

        Any Ideas?

        • #2460508

          same problem with sony vaio’s

          by clive.wegner ·

          In reply to Same problem different day

          I’m having the same problem with a Sony Vaio VGN-NR285E. XP can’t recognize the HD, and there is no setting in bios to change the HD info. I guess the next step is to dig through layers of garbage and get the sata chipset drivers from sony.

        • #2461266

          As new NB’s don;t have Floppies available

          by oh smeg ·

          In reply to same problem with sony vaio’s

          You can make your own Slipstreamed Install Disc’s by following the directions here and adding the SATA Driver.

          http://tinyurl.com/54gjzz

          or here for the downloadable copy

          http://tinyurl.com/5q2jsw

          While both of these say they add SP2 & Hot-patches adding a SATA Driver is the same as adding a Hot Patch.

          If you prefer to Point & Click nLite is a software solution that you can use.

          http://tinyurl.com/e2mo4

          The reason why the CD is restarting after the initial sequence is that the system is not finding a HDD present to install the OS to. So if you have a SATA Drive you need to ad the drivers and if there is a IDE Drive it is either Faulty or needs Formatting to have a place to install the OS to. If you watched the screen the reason why this is happening would ave been told to you something like No HDD Present/Detected would have been shown.

          Col

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