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One for the techies #2
« on: November 21, 2009, 04:21:34 PM »
I am trying to reformat Mrs TG's laptop which runs Vista.

I have a genuine XP Pro CD but when I try to do the usual thing, i.e insert XP disc and boot from CD and install from there, the install goes only far. It eventually says it cannot install XP because no hard drive is present?

It is a toshiba laptop with vista pre installed in the usual way. I imagine Toshiba have locked the HDD in some way.

Any ideas?

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Re: One for the techies #2
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2009, 05:21:04 PM »
Quote from: TG on November 21, 2009, 04:21:34 PM
I am trying to reformat Mrs TG's laptop which runs Vista.

I have a genuine XP Pro CD but when I try to do the usual thing, i.e insert XP disc and boot from CD and install from there, the install goes only far. It eventually says it cannot install XP because no hard drive is present?

It is a toshiba laptop with vista pre installed in the usual way. I imagine Toshiba have locked the HDD in some way.

Any ideas?


I know, I know!  cloud9:

I'm guessing the Xp CD is quite old...?

If it doesn't have SP2 on it, it will be unable to 'see' the large hard drive on the laptop...

Even tho it starts the process, it cannot complete it....  Banghead

If that is the case then you need to get the XP install disc to create a smaller partition on the disc to install XP on...
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Re: One for the techies #2
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2009, 05:28:07 PM »
Quote from: Barman on November 21, 2009, 05:21:04 PM
I know, I know!  cloud9:


It's not bloody University Challenge you know! Just press your buzzer  lol:
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Re: One for the techies #2
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2009, 05:40:25 PM »
Quote from: Barman on November 21, 2009, 05:21:04 PM
Quote from: TG on November 21, 2009, 04:21:34 PM
I am trying to reformat Mrs TG's laptop which runs Vista.

I have a genuine XP Pro CD but when I try to do the usual thing, i.e insert XP disc and boot from CD and install from there, the install goes only far. It eventually says it cannot install XP because no hard drive is present?

It is a toshiba laptop with vista pre installed in the usual way. I imagine Toshiba have locked the HDD in some way.

Any ideas?


I know, I know!  cloud9:

I'm guessing the Xp CD is quite old...?

If it doesn't have SP2 on it, it will be unable to 'see' the large hard drive on the laptop...

Even tho it starts the process, it cannot complete it....  Banghead

If that is the case then you need to get the XP install disc to create a smaller partition on the disc to install XP on...

You are right. Pre SP2 disc. So wot do I do next? Partion on the what now?
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Re: One for the techies #2
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2009, 08:36:55 AM »
Quote from: TG on November 21, 2009, 05:40:25 PM
Quote from: Barman on November 21, 2009, 05:21:04 PM
Quote from: TG on November 21, 2009, 04:21:34 PM
I am trying to reformat Mrs TG's laptop which runs Vista.

I have a genuine XP Pro CD but when I try to do the usual thing, i.e insert XP disc and boot from CD and install from there, the install goes only far. It eventually says it cannot install XP because no hard drive is present?

It is a toshiba laptop with vista pre installed in the usual way. I imagine Toshiba have locked the HDD in some way.

Any ideas?


I know, I know!  cloud9:

I'm guessing the Xp CD is quite old...?

If it doesn't have SP2 on it, it will be unable to 'see' the large hard drive on the laptop...

Even tho it starts the process, it cannot complete it....  Banghead

If that is the case then you need to get the XP install disc to create a smaller partition on the disc to install XP on...

You are right. Pre SP2 disc. So wot do I do next? Partion on the what now?

Um...

If it is a SATA disc it may not support it at all...  noooo:

You could try formatting a small partition to install Xp on...
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Re: One for the techies #2
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2009, 02:30:15 PM »
You appear to be spot on with this. Son in law to be is coming for a visit soon and is an IT graduate and says he has a fix for it.



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Re: One for the techies #2
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2009, 02:31:45 PM »
Quote from: TG on December 05, 2009, 02:30:15 PM
You appear to be spot on with this. Son in law to be is coming for a visit soon and is an IT graduate and says he has a fix for it.




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Re: One for the techies #2
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2009, 11:32:56 AM »
Quote from: TG on December 05, 2009, 02:30:15 PM
You appear to be spot on with this. Son in law to be is coming for a visit soon and is an IT graduate and says he has a fix for it.





Probably, a hammer.
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Re: One for the techies #2
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2009, 05:21:05 PM »
Quote from: tel on December 07, 2009, 11:32:56 AM
Quote from: TG on December 05, 2009, 02:30:15 PM
You appear to be spot on with this. Son in law to be is coming for a visit soon and is an IT graduate and says he has a fix for it.





Probably, a hammer.

Mrs TG may take a hammer to it first.  noooo:
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Re: One for the techies #2
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2009, 05:29:43 PM »
I suspect it may be caused by a SATA drive. That is a pain to sort out.

You need the correct device driver and have to interrupt the installation to use them - a message appears, prompting this action, think it may say SCSI etc but the procedure is the same.

Can be very fiddly
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Re: One for the techies #2
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2009, 03:34:25 PM »
Quote from: tel on December 08, 2009, 05:29:43 PM
I suspect it may be caused by a SATA drive. That is a pain to sort out.

You need the correct device driver and have to interrupt the installation to use them - a message appears, prompting this action, think it may say SCSI etc but the procedure is the same.

Can be very fiddly

Plus you have to have a floppy disc attached to use it...  noooo:
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Re: One for the techies #2
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2009, 03:43:26 PM »
I do possess a USB floppy drive as it happens, but you can load the drivers from CD as well.
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Re: One for the techies #2
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2009, 03:50:25 PM »
Quote from: tel on December 10, 2009, 03:43:26 PM
I do possess a USB floppy drive as it happens, but you can load the drivers from CD as well.
From, memory... when it says "if you have a SCSI driver insert it now" in the install process that only supports a 3?" floppy - I spent all day trying to configure a working 3?" drive once to overcome the problem...

However, that may depend on what version of XP you have on the install CD I guess...
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Re: One for the techies #2
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2009, 03:54:12 PM »
I can't remember exactly what I did (twas a couple of years ago at least) but I did manage it - had to really, it was the MD's laptop and someone had purloined my floppy drive.
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Re: One for the techies #2
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2009, 04:02:12 PM »
It doesn't get that far and gives no other options other than abort the installation.

The man will sort it out on the 18th.

I shall tell you wot he did cos I know you are all waiting with bated breath.

I shall pay him in pickled onions.  cloud9:
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