Trying to go to XP from Vista

JSquier · 06-04-2007, 03:40 PM

I'm trying to load windows xp on a POS Compaq Presario that has Vista on it. Don't laugh, This is not my computer, but a co-workers neighbor's. When booting from the disc, it says

"Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in the computer.

Make sure any hard disk drives are powered and properly connected....blah blah."

It has a SATA HD btw. What do I need to do about this to get it to continue setup and get rid of this OS?

subtle · 06-04-2007, 03:44 PM

You need to install sata drivers.
On the beginning you need to hit F6 (if I remember correctly) and provide sata drivrs on the floppy disk.

JSquier · 06-04-2007, 03:46 PM

I was thinking that too, but I wasn't sure where I could get the SATA drivers from.

subtle · 06-04-2007, 03:55 PM

I would imagine you can find them on the compaq website.
Or on the moterboard or HDD manufacturer website.

EDIT:
That might be hlpful: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...ctID=c00758841

JSquier · 06-04-2007, 04:59 PM

I figured it out. I went into the BIOS and disabled RAID and put it to IDE. It's formatting now. Damn 160gig takes awhile

06-04-2007, 03:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
JSquier Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 208	Trying to go to XP from Vista I'm trying to load windows xp on a POS Compaq Presario that has Vista on it. Don't laugh, This is not my computer, but a co-workers neighbor's. When booting from the disc, it says "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in the computer. Make sure any hard disk drives are powered and properly connected....blah blah." It has a SATA HD btw. What do I need to do about this to get it to continue setup and get rid of this OS? __________________ LIAN LI PC-60BPLUSII Black Case ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe CrossFire Radeon XPRESS 3200 Athlon 64 4200x2 Manchester 2.2ghz-stock w/Zalman cooler CORSAIR 2 gig (4x512M) DDR400 PC3200 Sapphire x1800XT 256mb MAXTOR 320 gig 3.0gb and 300 gig ATA150 2 NEC DVD±RW drives 500-Watt Antec p/s Dual Dell 17" LCD

06-04-2007, 03:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
subtle Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 699	You need to install sata drivers. On the beginning you need to hit F6 (if I remember correctly) and provide sata drivrs on the floppy disk. __________________ Winner of the picture tounrament theme: Trees

06-04-2007, 03:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
JSquier Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 208	I was thinking that too, but I wasn't sure where I could get the SATA drivers from. __________________ LIAN LI PC-60BPLUSII Black Case ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe CrossFire Radeon XPRESS 3200 Athlon 64 4200x2 Manchester 2.2ghz-stock w/Zalman cooler CORSAIR 2 gig (4x512M) DDR400 PC3200 Sapphire x1800XT 256mb MAXTOR 320 gig 3.0gb and 300 gig ATA150 2 NEC DVD±RW drives 500-Watt Antec p/s Dual Dell 17" LCD

06-04-2007, 03:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
subtle Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 699	I would imagine you can find them on the compaq website. Or on the moterboard or HDD manufacturer website. EDIT: That might be hlpful: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...ctID=c00758841 __________________ Winner of the picture tounrament theme: Trees Last edited by subtle; 06-04-2007 at 03:58 PM.

06-04-2007, 04:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
JSquier Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 208	I figured it out. I went into the BIOS and disabled RAID and put it to IDE. It's formatting now. Damn 160gig takes awhile __________________ LIAN LI PC-60BPLUSII Black Case ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe CrossFire Radeon XPRESS 3200 Athlon 64 4200x2 Manchester 2.2ghz-stock w/Zalman cooler CORSAIR 2 gig (4x512M) DDR400 PC3200 Sapphire x1800XT 256mb MAXTOR 320 gig 3.0gb and 300 gig ATA150 2 NEC DVD±RW drives 500-Watt Antec p/s Dual Dell 17" LCD

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