Installing XP on Tobshia Satalite X205 Laptop (XP Does Not See HardDrive)

PC eye · 01-11-2008, 11:21 PM

Both drives are seen while Vista is running showing that they are plugged in. The Disk Management or device manager>storage devices section will easily show the two drives there as well. The problem is generally seen with the installer itself when going to install XP on some boards due to the chipset on them.

SubDude199 · 01-11-2008, 11:52 PM

so I need to find a driver for the chipset and slipstream in into the xp install so i loads the driver with all the other generic drivers.

I have nlite and I know how to slipstream drivers if I can find them in ini format.

PC eye · 01-12-2008, 01:34 AM

Generally when getting to the first install screen you will see the press F6 for sata/raid drivers where you would browse to another drive like a floppy preprepared for that. The other option is waiting until the next screen or two where you will see the press S for special devices option. That's where you select the chipset from the list shown.

These types of drivers won't be found in an ini type format as a rule. Finding the actual support pages would be the plus item to find. The sata driver sets as well as updates for that model will be found there.

SubDude199 · 01-13-2008, 11:43 PM

so if I put the exe on a floppy i will be able to run it with f6

PC eye · 01-14-2008, 02:43 AM

Doe the laptop there have a builtin floppy drive? Most newer models lack a floppy or are designed to allow for fast swapping out drives from floppy to optical on some. With a floppy along with the optical you can then create the needed driver disk using the tool found at the support site.

SubDude199 · 01-14-2008, 04:33 AM

nope no floppy.. I was going to buy a external usb just to use.. I really wanted to slipstream,

SubDude199 · 01-14-2008, 06:21 PM

well nothin I have tried yet worked. does this sound like its posable or would work.

taking all the drivers off the vista install disk and slipstreaming them into an xp disk?.. I know that its not xp drivers, but there is still a chance it will work?

or. maybe there is a gutted version of vista that will look and run just as good as XP?

PC eye · 01-15-2008, 01:06 AM

Vista drivers won't work on XP in general. Those are written for a newer version of Windows there. On a desktop a friend had here when the XP installer refused to see the 200gb WD sata drive despite redownloading and creating multiple driver floppies the actual surprise was simply choosing the S for special devices option seen after the press F6 first screen later and simply chose the VIA chipset from the list to see the drive suddenly seen.

Vista itself contains it's own driver sets since sata is more commonly used in the years since XP was first released. Then ide was the typical unless adding in a separate controller card for a SCSI or RAID setup then. The XP installer can be touchy at times for various boards seeing different chipsets. On the newer build here XP immediately saw the two sata drives already in use on the AM2 board while needing a driver floppy for the old 939 build. Those have nForce chipsets while the VIA saw the press S option as the means with a VIA chipset.

sanddevil54 · 01-17-2008, 12:48 AM

Hey guys,

New here. I've been looking into trying to install the XP on my x205 also. I can get to the screen where it asks to insert the "Intel Storage Manager" disk. I press enter and nothing happens. It's like my computer can't see the floppy drive anymore. Can you guys help me out?

~m

PC eye · 01-17-2008, 01:42 AM

Try skipping the F6 driver disk option and proceeding until you see the press S for special devices on one of the following screens. That will bring up a list of chipsets where you select the one for that model. That would be one idea unless the driver disk wasn't done right.

Sometimes you have to use the tool for formmatting the floppy rather then Windows to see one that works. On the last desktop build here you had to first boot with the board's software disk to format the floppy there first and then run the create driver disk tool while in Windows to see it work. Bad floppy drive? or simply typically a bad floppy disk?

01-11-2008, 11:21 PM	#11 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	Both drives are seen while Vista is running showing that they are plugged in. The Disk Management or device manager>storage devices section will easily show the two drives there as well. The problem is generally seen with the installer itself when going to install XP on some boards due to the chipset on them. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

01-11-2008, 11:52 PM	#12 (permalink)
SubDude199 Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sheboygan, WI Age: 21 Posts: 606	so I need to find a driver for the chipset and slipstream in into the xp install so i loads the driver with all the other generic drivers. I have nlite and I know how to slipstream drivers if I can find them in ini format. __________________ MoBo: Asus PK5 Deluxe WiFi Processor: Intel C2Q Q6600 SLACR G0 3.6Ghz Cooler: ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 20C Idle PSU:* PC P&C Silencer 750W 60Amp 12V Rail HDD: Dual WD Raptors Running Raid0 Case: Antec NineHundred OSS: XP MCE 2005 (With Remote) GPU: EVGA 7900GTO 720/880 Ram: 2 Gigs Corsair TWINX PC6400 DDR2 @ 900MHz 4-4-4-12 Screen:Dell 3300MP HDTV Projector (110" Screen)

01-12-2008, 01:34 AM	#13 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	Generally when getting to the first install screen you will see the press F6 for sata/raid drivers where you would browse to another drive like a floppy preprepared for that. The other option is waiting until the next screen or two where you will see the press S for special devices option. That's where you select the chipset from the list shown. These types of drivers won't be found in an ini type format as a rule. Finding the actual support pages would be the plus item to find. The sata driver sets as well as updates for that model will be found there. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

01-13-2008, 11:43 PM	#14 (permalink)
SubDude199 Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sheboygan, WI Age: 21 Posts: 606	so if I put the exe on a floppy i will be able to run it with f6 __________________ MoBo: Asus PK5 Deluxe WiFi Processor: Intel C2Q Q6600 SLACR G0 3.6Ghz Cooler: ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 20C Idle PSU:* PC P&C Silencer 750W 60Amp 12V Rail HDD: Dual WD Raptors Running Raid0 Case: Antec NineHundred OSS: XP MCE 2005 (With Remote) GPU: EVGA 7900GTO 720/880 Ram: 2 Gigs Corsair TWINX PC6400 DDR2 @ 900MHz 4-4-4-12 Screen:Dell 3300MP HDTV Projector (110" Screen)

01-14-2008, 02:43 AM	#15 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	Doe the laptop there have a builtin floppy drive? Most newer models lack a floppy or are designed to allow for fast swapping out drives from floppy to optical on some. With a floppy along with the optical you can then create the needed driver disk using the tool found at the support site. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

01-14-2008, 04:33 AM	#16 (permalink)
SubDude199 Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sheboygan, WI Age: 21 Posts: 606	nope no floppy.. I was going to buy a external usb just to use.. I really wanted to slipstream, __________________ MoBo: Asus PK5 Deluxe WiFi Processor: Intel C2Q Q6600 SLACR G0 3.6Ghz Cooler: ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 20C Idle PSU:* PC P&C Silencer 750W 60Amp 12V Rail HDD: Dual WD Raptors Running Raid0 Case: Antec NineHundred OSS: XP MCE 2005 (With Remote) GPU: EVGA 7900GTO 720/880 Ram: 2 Gigs Corsair TWINX PC6400 DDR2 @ 900MHz 4-4-4-12 Screen:Dell 3300MP HDTV Projector (110" Screen)

01-14-2008, 06:21 PM	#17 (permalink)
SubDude199 Platinum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sheboygan, WI Age: 21 Posts: 606	well nothin I have tried yet worked. does this sound like its posable or would work. taking all the drivers off the vista install disk and slipstreaming them into an xp disk?.. I know that its not xp drivers, but there is still a chance it will work? or. maybe there is a gutted version of vista that will look and run just as good as XP? __________________ MoBo: Asus PK5 Deluxe WiFi Processor: Intel C2Q Q6600 SLACR G0 3.6Ghz Cooler: ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 20C Idle PSU:* PC P&C Silencer 750W 60Amp 12V Rail HDD: Dual WD Raptors Running Raid0 Case: Antec NineHundred OSS: XP MCE 2005 (With Remote) GPU: EVGA 7900GTO 720/880 Ram: 2 Gigs Corsair TWINX PC6400 DDR2 @ 900MHz 4-4-4-12 Screen:Dell 3300MP HDTV Projector (110" Screen)

01-15-2008, 01:06 AM	#18 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	Vista drivers won't work on XP in general. Those are written for a newer version of Windows there. On a desktop a friend had here when the XP installer refused to see the 200gb WD sata drive despite redownloading and creating multiple driver floppies the actual surprise was simply choosing the S for special devices option seen after the press F6 first screen later and simply chose the VIA chipset from the list to see the drive suddenly seen. Vista itself contains it's own driver sets since sata is more commonly used in the years since XP was first released. Then ide was the typical unless adding in a separate controller card for a SCSI or RAID setup then. The XP installer can be touchy at times for various boards seeing different chipsets. On the newer build here XP immediately saw the two sata drives already in use on the AM2 board while needing a driver floppy for the old 939 build. Those have nForce chipsets while the VIA saw the press S option as the means with a VIA chipset. __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

01-17-2008, 12:48 AM	#19 (permalink)
sanddevil54 New Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Iraq Posts: 1	Hey guys, New here. I've been looking into trying to install the XP on my x205 also. I can get to the screen where it asks to insert the "Intel Storage Manager" disk. I press enter and nothing happens. It's like my computer can't see the floppy drive anymore. Can you guys help me out? ~m

01-17-2008, 01:42 AM	#20 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,005	Try skipping the F6 driver disk option and proceeding until you see the press S for special devices on one of the following screens. That will bring up a list of chipsets where you select the one for that model. That would be one idea unless the driver disk wasn't done right. Sometimes you have to use the tool for formmatting the floppy rather then Windows to see one that works. On the last desktop build here you had to first boot with the board's software disk to format the floppy there first and then run the create driver disk tool while in Windows to see it work. Bad floppy drive? or simply typically a bad floppy disk? __________________ Youtube falls short of Google's expectations http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5336532 Congress studies how people track your online use http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ahe...ory?id=5337932

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