Am trying to rebuile a hard drive on a Gateway laptop that had Vista installed on it. Am trying to install XP Pro for them.
Here’s the problem. The PC is set up so that it will not let XP recognize the hard drive. I contacted Gateway and they said “sorry about that, you’re out of warranty”.
So I said, sorry but this PC was not sold to me with the caveat that it would only recognize Vista. Again… you’re out of warranty… sorry about that!!!
So they do tell me to install a SATA Driver Controller. It’s a Western Digital card and I go there and they say… go to the MoBo manufacturer…. duh…. isn’t that Gateway???
The also tell me to check with Microsoft about “slipstreaming”.
Do any of you folks have any help to provide to me on this whole issue?
I would have thought that a simple “format” of the hard drive and a quick install of XP Pro would have long been done by now. Have been working on this for almost 3 days.
Any HELP would be appreciated.
Thanks!!!
