punkmartyr
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Hard drive is WD 1T. Roommate just put together new build. He has old XP cd. Put the cd in and it says hard drive "not recognized". Any idea what he is doing wrong? Thanks.
Win XP not installing on new build
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The original XP discs did not have a SATA driver in them.
You're best off slipstreaming all the necessary service packs into a new CD. Discs with SP3 were a bit better at detecting SATA drives. Otherwise you need to go into the BIOS and set the SATA mode to IDE.
Here's a guide to slipstream service packs into your CD.
http://lifehacker.com/386526/slipstream-service-pack-3-into-your-windows-xp-installation-cd
You're best off slipstreaming all the necessary service packs into a new CD. Discs with SP3 were a bit better at detecting SATA drives. Otherwise you need to go into the BIOS and set the SATA mode to IDE.
Here's a guide to slipstream service packs into your CD.
http://lifehacker.com/386526/slipstream-service-pack-3-into-your-windows-xp-installation-cd
punkmartyr
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He has a 10 year old computer with XP. If he copied that hard drive to the new one and booted his new build with that it would not work because all the hardware (motherboard etc) is different right? He is talking about ordering windows 8
Correct, it would not have worked. I wouldn't even install XP on it since support for it ends next April. If he wants Windows 8 then go for it. However I still prefer 7 (and OS X for that matter, lol).
