dr.nick

Hey, i have just got my self a Siemens Amilo M3438G laptop with win XP Home already installed. But i would like to make 2 partitions and install win Xp PRO insted. However ... when i insert the XP Pro CD and try to install it, it says something like: "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer, setup cannot continue, press F3 to quit."

I have read on the siemens support forum that i need a bootable CD with ATA drivers. But i dont know how to make such a CD.

Do anyone know if its true that i need to create such a CD, if yes, how? A "step-by-step guide for newbies" would really be helpfull.


Here is a pic of my Device Manager:




Thanks!

LaptopExtreme

The WinXP Pro should be bootable already. Just make sure your computer boots off the CD drive. It'll walk you through the setup.

delta081

Well..... the regular XP pro installation cd don't have S-ATA drivers for the laptop harddrive and in this case it require a floppy disc or a USB device that the XP pro installation can recognize and this is very hard to find so your best option is to request a recovery disc from Fujitsu's homepage and this will cost you some cash or try to find one to download....(wich will prove to be a real pain in the ASS!)

Recovery CD is the answer to your problem since it already contains the S-ATA drivers for your harddrive try to find one and the problem will be solved....

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