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by neerajlad

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i have updated my bios setting in xp. after that is showing blue screen while booting. then i installed ubuntu os is running perfect. now i want to install xp again. but is showing hdd is not detecting.. how it possible. if so i couldn't able to install ubuntu. then what i need to do install xp again.. pls help me..
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by oh smeg

And you are not using a Recovery Disc but a straight XP install Disc. Because XP doesn't Natively support SATA HDD you need to push the [b]F6 Key[/b] when the first blue screen appears and wait till you are prompted to insert a Floppy into Drive A with the SATA Drivers for your Computer and XP copied to its Root then when the Floppy is in the drive you need to press Enter to load the SATA Driver.

if you do not have a Floppy available you can make a slipstreamed Install Disc and include your required SATA Driver with a product like nLite available here

http://www.nliteos.com/download.html

Just do not forget to read the diirections here

http://www.nliteos.com/guides.html

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