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Originally Posted by falcon..  I hav a compaq C571NR Notebook with Vista installed on C drive & a recovery Drive D.However i hav followed yor Step 1-'Partition the Drive' & made a new partition E for XP (im using a XP Prof Sp2 bootable Cd)
Now when i boot from Cd i get 3 options namely : ENTER (to install XP) , R (repair XP) & Cancel.Next,on pressing Enter i get another blue screen that gives this error :
"Setup did not find any Hardisk Drives installed.Make sure any drives r powered on & properly connected & that any disk related configuration is correct."
i read the previous posts wherin i encountered ppl with a similar problem & somone suggested "slipstreaming" but i tried doin that(gave the same error) though i alrdy hav the XP bootable Cd with SP2... |
Odds are the drive is SATA, in this situation, since you are using SP2, it should be a simple fix. Go to your bios: F8, delete or some other key while booting.
check that your SATA drive is labeled -0 and is set to ON. Then change the SATA operation to "Combination" which should allow the boot to find your drive. If this does not work, you will need to press F6 during your startup of setup and install your SATA drivers. They often come on floppies, so hopefully you still have them.
*If you get XP installed correctly, remember to change the SATA operation back to the default afterwards.