Xaven
09-01-2008, 11:36 AM
So yeah. My friend begged me to wipe Vista off his notebook and give him lovely old XP. So I wiped off Vista. Now when beginning Setup for XP, it complains that it does not find hard drivess installed on the computer. It says to check that disk-related hardware settings are fine, and they are to the best of my knowledge. GParted/ Partition Magic toy with the drive just fine, as does the Ubuntu linux live CD.
So, uh. I'm pretty much stumped as of now. Any suggestions on where to start?
(I do have a Vista installation DVD on me, but it came with my brother's lappy so I don't have a serial for it. It doesn't seem to NOT see the HDD, though I don't know if it even thinks about it before you enter the serial or not.)
(Hah, I'm beginning to reconsider starting this whole venture since the XP drivers don't appear at first glance to exist for the hardware on his fairly new notebook. :DDD)
So, uh. I'm pretty much stumped as of now. Any suggestions on where to start?
(I do have a Vista installation DVD on me, but it came with my brother's lappy so I don't have a serial for it. It doesn't seem to NOT see the HDD, though I don't know if it even thinks about it before you enter the serial or not.)
(Hah, I'm beginning to reconsider starting this whole venture since the XP drivers don't appear at first glance to exist for the hardware on his fairly new notebook. :DDD)