These are the steps I used to successfully install XP after Vista RTM.
Disk was clean (no partritions) Boot via Vista DVD Create C: Install Vista into C: Boot into Vista, create E: via Disk Mgr (D: is the CD/DVD drive)
Boot via XP CD Select E: as target Install XP into E:
When XP install is finished, computer will only boot into XP Copy ntldr file from Vista vol into root of XP vol
Boot via Vista DVD Select Repair Your Computer Select Vistal vol Select Startup Repair (no notice of finding an error) Reboot per prompt
Boot into Vista Install VistaBootPro v3.1 beta Do the BCD backup Select "Manage OS Entries" Select "Add new op system entry" Select "Windows Legacy" Enter a name (to show in the Vista boot mgr menu) Select drive letter E: Select Apply
Reboot Select XP op system from the Vista boot mgr menu
> These are the steps I used to successfully install XP after Vista RTM.
> Disk was clean (no partritions) > Boot via Vista DVD > Create C: > Install Vista into C: > Boot into Vista, create E: via Disk Mgr > (D: is the CD/DVD drive)
> Boot via XP CD > Select E: as target > Install XP into E:
> When XP install is finished, computer will only boot into XP > Copy ntldr file from Vista vol into root of XP vol
> Boot via Vista DVD > Select Repair Your Computer > Select Vistal vol > Select Startup Repair > (no notice of finding an error) > Reboot per prompt
> Boot into Vista > Install VistaBootPro v3.1 beta > Do the BCD backup > Select "Manage OS Entries" > Select "Add new op system entry" > Select "Windows Legacy" > Enter a name (to show in the Vista boot mgr menu) > Select drive letter E: > Select Apply
> Reboot > Select XP op system from the Vista boot mgr menu
Question? everything step have workedup until the point where i try to install XP. i receive a message stating that setup did not find any hard drive installed. why is this and how can i bypass this roadblock
> Question? > everything step have workedup until the point where i try to install > XP. > i receive a message stating that setup did not find any hard drive > installed. > why is this and how can i bypass this roadblock
Is it a SATA or RAID array? You may need to install an appropriate driver via floppy for XP's setup to recognize it. Sata drives were not common when XP was released, and XP's setup would not contain any drivers to support it. Also, it has to be via floppy, as XP setup does not provide for adding drivers from any other source.
> Question? > everything step have workedup until the point where i try to install > XP. > i receive a message stating that setup did not find any hard drive > installed. > why is this and how can i bypass this roadblock
> Is it a SATA or RAID array? You may need to install an appropriate > driver > via floppy for XP's setup to recognize it. Sata drives were not common > when > XP was released, and XP's setup would not contain any drivers to > support it. > Also, it has to be via floppy, as XP setup does not provide for adding > drivers from any other source.
> > Question? > > everything step have workedup until the point where i try to install > > XP. > > i receive a message stating that setup did not find any hard drive > > installed. > > why is this and how can i bypass this roadblock
> > thanks
> > -- > > Nemesis72
HI, I have the same problem with a pre-installed Ultimate on a Notebook, so what do you do if you don't have a diskette drive. Ok I know the prompt to add additional drivers etc when installing XP Pro but can we get it to add the extra driver from CD.
Just exactly where will we get a driver for SATA for XP? My XP Pro desktop system uses a SATA drive just fine.
Thanks for any light you can shed on this.
Just a thought. My Vista Ultimate is an OEM Pre-install (service partition) so I don't have a Vista DVD to help out.
> HI, I have the same problem with a pre-installed Ultimate on a > Notebook, so what do you do if you don't have a diskette drive. Ok I > know the prompt to add additional drivers etc when installing XP Pro but > can we get it to add the extra driver from CD.
No. But USB floppy drives are inexpensive.
> Just exactly where will we get a driver for SATA for XP?
From the computer's or motherboard's manufacturer.
> I also have some concerns as to whether the notebook bios will see and > accept the device at boot so that the XP install can see it.
To be safe, that is something you'll have to determine from the laptop's manual, or from its manufacturer. To be honest, though, I'd be very, very surprised to learn of any computer built in this century that lacks such capability. I've certainly not come across one.
