I have an acer and get the same message no drive found. Just stops me cold.

sounds like you are using a SATA or Raid configuration! you will need the drivers for this from your motherboard manufacturer web site or driver disc.

when prompted to Boot to CD hit any key....shortly after there will be another prompt to hit F6 key if you need to install 3rd party drivers. Hit the F6 key and follow the prompts to locate the driver files....either on floppy or CD

Dual boot vista xp
 

I have followed the tutorial and it works great. Unfortunately, I have to keep changing my bios settings to get each OS to work. Vista needs "Raid On" in the bios and xp needs "Raid Auto". Each OS works fine when I change the bios settings.

However, neither one will boot up (BSOD) if the setting is not like above. I have tried to load drivers for XP when installing thru F6 and a floppy. I have tried slipstreaming XP pro with SP2 and the Raid drivers and still no luck. I have tried a Recovery XP media slipstreamed with the Raid drivers, no luck.

I am running out of ideas to try. I have a Dell dimension 9200 with Quad core and Vista Basic pre-installed and no disc. I have updated the BIOS and the Raid drivers in Vista using the Intel Storage Matrix drivers for the controller Intel 82801 hr/hh/ho sata raid.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Does this tutorial work if i am installing xp on a different drive ?

like,
C: (WD 150GB RAPTOR) - Vista64
D: (WD 500GB) - DATA
E: (Seagate 160GB ) - XP should go here

same steps ?

whether a partition or a separate drive makes no difference. But for my 2 cents worth. I would depend on a 3rd party boot manager and save yourself a lot of issues in modifying the Boot records.

I use BootIt NG for my dual booting and have so for like 5 years without any issues what so ever. Drives can be swapped or removed and new ones added very simply.

Boot Manager, Partition Manager, and Drive Image Utility - BootIt Next Generation

This one has some good reviews behind it and is free but I have never tested it. It works on the same principle as BootIt NG though

Partition Boot Manager - Reviews and free Partition Boot Manager downloads at Download.com

My Dual Boot answer
 

Hi all,

Dell Vostro 1700 2 internal hds Vist ultimate.

Follow the tutorial as it is fine. however you will need to make some changes first.
First go into bios ad under onboard devices and turn off FLASH CACHE MODULE.
Then SATA OPeration set it to ATA.
reboot. This will allow XP to see the dirves.
Install XP and chage the boot settins as in the tutorial.

Boot into XP and download all onbord equipment drivers for XP and install them. ie.Video, network, bluetooth, wireles the list goes on.

You will have to download them under Vista as xp network will not work untill the driver is installed.

One other if you want to install it on the second h, as i did, make sure the partitionis not dynamic, it needs to be basic for xp to see the new partition on this drive. To do this you will need to deleate the drives partiton and convert it to basic. Obvouisly you will need to back up before you delete the partition. Do not use Vista's backup/Restore. I did and when I tried to restore, it could not find the backup file, but that might be my fault as I moved it from thr drive I was going to use.

good luck Clive.

I bought a new sony vaio laptop and sony doesn't support xp any more so there are no drivers for it, so i just made a small partition to see if i could even get xp to work. I did, so i decided to make the partition bigger and install xp again. I got that installed fine and used this tutorial and it is working great. it brings the screen up where you pick xp or vista. the problem is when i select XP it brings up another black screen where i have to pick which XP i want(there is 2 on that screen). The first small partition doesn't exist and if i pick the old one it does nothing. so how do i get rid of one on that screen? thanks, Jared

bugmenot
If you installed a boot manager to dual boot then use that to edit the boot entries.
If not here is a link to EasyBCD.
Software Library - NeoSmart Technologies

I had exactly the same problem and this solved the problem. I slipstreamed my XP install disk with SP-2 and the first time I booted from this disk, XP discovered all of the partitions. No problem.

There are various articles on slipstreaming. I used this one: http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...slipstream.asp

Dual Boot Vista and XP with Vista already installed
 

Hi, I bought a new computer a few months ago that has Vista Home Premium on it. I am trying to instsall Xp in a dual boot mode. I have followed your instructions and created a partition. I now have 3 partitions "C" windows, "D" Recovery (was on computer when I got it), and the new one I created "E"
When I try to install XP the only drive that appears is "C" drive. Any suggestions on how I get the other drives to appear, so I can install XP?