Re: win xp home cd does not detect hard drive while on setup phase.
- From: "Shaun" <oggle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:51:19 -0500
My maxstore hd sata required no floppy to work proper. Just pluged in and it
worked.
"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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GG <GG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Greetz,
i accidently deleted the primary/ active partition on my new compaq
nx6310 )this laptop is shipped with no ms operating system(win xp
home edition herein.) how can i partition and format the drive to
install win xp home edition?
facts:
when i insert the win xp home cd into cdrom, it boots and load all
the files prior to installation, in this phase, win setup can not
detect the hard drive and thus the installation is aborted.
i do not have neither floppy drive nor win xp home bootable discs.
kindly advise.
The first part of your question is a little confusing.
How exactly did you delete the system partition on your laptop?
Also, what exactly does "this laptop is shipped with no ms operating
system(win xp home edition herein.)" mean?
Are you saying that Windows wasn't installed on the laptop or that they
didn't supply you with an installation CD?
Your laptop probably has a SATA hard drive. To install Windows XP on a
SATA hard drive you have to provide the correct drivers on a floppy disk
when you come to the screen where it says at the bottom "Press F6 if you
need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver...". Since you don't
have a floppy drive, you're stuck.
Note: I don't know if it's possible to use a USB floppy drive to provide
the SATA drivers during installation. I've seen references to the ability
to integrate the drivers into your installation CD but I have never tried
it.
Since this is a new laptop, I suggest you contact HP's tech support and
ask them for assistance in installing XP.
Good luck
Nepatsfan
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