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Hello, it''s me! - 24 May 2008 00:35 GMT

Hello, I am trying to change my Vista operating system to XP, no offence to
the microsoft people, but i think Vista has been their worst creation yet.
Anyway, i have my XP disk and when i insert it, its loading the setup and
then it says "cannot find any hard disk drives, setup cannot continue, press
F3 to exit setup". How do i fix this? How can i make my hard drive noticeable
for the setup? Please help

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Richard G. Harper - 24 May 2008 00:43 GMT

You need to contact your computer manufacturer and get Windows XP compatible
drivers, or else you won't be able to install XP. Windows XP does not have
drivers for whatever hard drive controller is in your computer, for
starters; probably not for most if all of the devices within it.

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> Hello, I am trying to change my Vista operating system to XP, no offence
> to
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> noticeable
> for the setup? Please help

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DL - 24 May 2008 01:05 GMT

Before you try you need to asertain whether winxp drivers exist for your hw
Your specific problem is likely because you have a sata drive/controler and
in order to install winxp you would need to use the F6 option, early in the
install process, to install sata/raid drivers from floppy, then your hd will
be detected.

> Hello, I am trying to change my Vista operating system to XP, no offence
> to
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> noticeable
> for the setup? Please help

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Hello, it''s me! - 24 May 2008 01:18 GMT

Well, I downloaded several XP drivers like sound and wireless, but i don't
see any hard drive ones. Anyway are a few problems. 1) Now i can't start up
my computer with my old operating system, well i just don't know how, can
some1 tell me how to do it.
and 2) i don;t have a floppy disk drive, i have a new "Satellite" Toshiba
notebook.
3) when i press F6, nothing happens, the installation just keep going.

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Andrei - 24 May 2008 02:09 GMT

Nvm, the F6 works, but i don't know what to do next. Is there any way to
start up my Vista again, so i could use my computer.

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Mike Hall - MVP - 24 May 2008 02:17 GMT

> Nvm, the F6 works, but i don't know what to do next. Is there any way to
> start up my Vista again, so i could use my computer.

Yes, contact the vendor and ask what provision exists to recover your
computer to the state that it left the factory..

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Colin Barnhorst - 24 May 2008 02:25 GMT

You have to provide a floppy with the SATA drivers after you press F6 and
the system stops to ask for it.

You can boot with your Vista dvd and use the repair functions to get Vista
going again.

> Nvm, the F6 works, but i don't know what to do next. Is there any way to
> start up my Vista again, so i could use my computer.

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Colin Barnhorst - 24 May 2008 02:23 GMT

If you have SATA hard drives then you will need the harddrive controller
drivers and you need to provide them when the message appears in the marquee
at the bottom to press F6 to provide drivers. You will need to have them on
a floppy. If your computer does not have a floppy drive you should buy and
intall one.

> Hello, I am trying to change my Vista operating system to XP, no offence
> to
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> noticeable
> for the setup? Please help

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Andrei - 24 May 2008 02:36 GMT

oh yeah, there is the full on recovery button, ok thanks everybody, i guess
ill fully reset my computer first and work on the problem from there.

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Colin Barnhorst - 24 May 2008 02:40 GMT

An excellent decision. Best of luck with your computer.

> oh yeah, there is the full on recovery button, ok thanks everybody, i
> guess
> ill fully reset my computer first and work on the problem from there.

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Andrei - 24 May 2008 07:40 GMT

ok, thanks everybody

> An excellent decision. Best of luck with your computer.
>
> > oh yeah, there is the full on recovery button, ok thanks everybody, i
> > guess
> > ill fully reset my computer first and work on the problem from there.

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Rotty - 27 May 2008 00:38 GMT

Hey..
i had the same problem as you..
well i dont know much about laptops (mine is even 5 months old) but i solved
that problem through a simple BIOS setting..
after turning on your system you have to push some button to get in the
bios.
after that you have to search for harddrive settings. there you'll have
hopefully to choose between 'ahci' and 'ata' mode.
the reason, why the xp setup hasnt found my harddisk was, because xp isnt
compatible with the ahci standard, while vista is. so you have to simply
switch to the ata standard and the setup should find your harddisk.
good luck!

> Hello, I am trying to change my Vista operating system to XP, no offence
> to
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> noticeable
> for the setup? Please help

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