Successful install of XP after Vista
CZ
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
Rod
Nemesis72
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
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Nemesis72
Mick Murphy
Have a read of above link!
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
Rick Rogers
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.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
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smellydidone
Rick Rogers;766980 Wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 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.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> (http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/)
> Windows help - 'Nutcase's Home' (http://www.rickrogers.org)
> My thoughts 'Life and other stuff' (http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com)
>
> "Nemesis72" <Nemesis7...@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
> news:Nemesis7...@no-mx.forums.net...
> >
> > 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
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.
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Bruce Chambers
>
> 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.
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smellydidone
Thanks Bruce for your input.
I'm not sure where you live but I cant source a USB floppy for less
than $100 and thats not cheap to me.
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.
I have an XP Partion I can ghost on but all the Ghost tools don't see
the SATA drive so back to square 1.
Thanks
Rick Rogers
You'll find many of them under $35 here:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=usb+floppy
XP setup does not provide for any other means of loading an additional
driver during this stage.
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Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"smellydidone" <smellydid...@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in
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Bruce Chambers
> Thanks Bruce for your input.
>
> I'm not sure where you live but I cant source a USB floppy for less
> than $100 and thats not cheap to me.
>
You're looking in the wrong place, that's for sure. Try one of these:
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=353943
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=533299
> 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.