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| Thread ID: 97406 | 2009-02-14 09:33:00 | Xp setup won't find hard disk | hueybot3000 (3646) | Press F1 |
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| 747895 | 2009-02-14 09:33:00 | hey im tryin to reinstall xp on a laptop but it stops and says it cant find a hard disk. From what ive read its a sata issue, not bein natively supported. www.howtogeek.com i tried the above approach but i cant find any drivers when it says i should. my system is running vista, dont know if that matters but thats the operating system im trying the nlite thing on Any ideas how i can get xp install to find the hard disk? or how i find the drivers for nlite |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 747896 | 2009-02-14 09:38:00 | You need the SATA drivers from the mobo / laptop maker's site You probably need a floppy as well to extract them to Or change it to IDE mode in the BIOS. Just dont change it back to SATA mode in the BIOS after you reinstall. It may crash I dont think you can use Nlite on Vista to make an XP cd. You need XP. Vlite is for Vista not Nlite |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 747897 | 2009-02-14 09:44:00 | thanks for that, will it make a difference to speed or anything though? | hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 747898 | 2009-02-14 09:48:00 | Wouldnt have a clue. I've never had to install SATA drivers. Even tho I'm using a SATA hdd Probably because its on IDE mode in the BIOS Still loads fast enough for me |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 747899 | 2009-02-14 09:51:00 | ahk cool, i changed it to ide anyway and its working now Thanks Speedy! there should be a counter at the bottom of the forum showing how many problems youve solved |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 747900 | 2009-02-14 09:54:00 | lol no probs :) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 747901 | 2009-02-14 10:11:00 | IIRC AHCI configuration is supposed be a bit faster:) | Blam (54) | ||
| 747902 | 2009-02-14 19:16:00 | You need the SATA drivers from the mobo / laptop maker's site You probably need a floppy as well to extract them to Or change it to IDE mode in the BIOS. Just dont change it back to SATA mode in the BIOS after you reinstall. It may crash I dont think you can use Nlite on Vista to make an XP cd. You need XP. Vlite is for Vista not Nlite I've used nLite to modify XP CDs on Vista, and it works fine. vLite is for modifying Vista DVDs. :) |
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