istalling win xp on laptop

[mixoptical]

hi, i am trying to install win xp on laptop after full format. the setup starts, loads all the files and then displays a massage that no hard drives could be found.

*when i boot the computer with boot cd i can see the hard disk, format it, and whatever else, but windows setup cannot see it. (not even 98 or me)

is anyone familiar with this?
thanks

[snooker]

What type of hard drive is it ? If its an SATA drive ? You might need to enter the driver before installing windows , When you start at the begining to install windows ? I believe you need to hit the F6 key at which point you would install the driver for it , Personally I have never had the need to do such but I have read from others that they have done so

[mixoptical]

i tried that and when i try to install the HD, win xp says that it didn`t detect any floppy drives (it is a laptop and has no floppy) and doesn`t check the cd with the driver in the cdrom.

[Able]

This article explains how to insert drivers needed to install xp. This particular article deals with network drivers but its the same principle for your sata drivers.

[snooker]

Originally Posted by mixoptical

i tried that and when i try to install the HD, win xp says that it didn`t detect any floppy drives (it is a laptop and has no floppy) and doesn`t check the cd with the driver in the cdrom.

Yeah I know trying to install the driver without a floppy drive can be a little hard , Though you can use a usb floppy drive and I know there some programs were you can intergrate the driver within windows , let me see if I can find it

[snooker]

Have a view at this website , I believe you can intergrate the sata driver with windows with this program

http://www.nliteos.com/index.html

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