xp install help

[Guest big-ell]

hi i have a machine with vista on a sata hdd but i have a second sata hdd and

i want to install xp on it but no matter what i try when booting from disc it

inspects components then goes to blue screen says if you need to install a

third party scsi or raid driver press f6 and stays there and it wont carry on

 

any advice would be greatly appreiciated

 

regards big-ell

[Guest Jerry]

Re: xp install help

 

I'm assuming you are booting with the XP CD in the CD-ROM drive. Because XP

does not have SATA drivers you must tell it where to find them; that's done

by using the floppy you have that has the drivers on it and when asked by

the XP install routine you press F6 at the appropriate time and point to the

drivers on the floppy.

 

"big-ell" <big-ell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> hi i have a machine with vista on a sata hdd but i have a second sata hdd

> and

> i want to install xp on it but no matter what i try when booting from disc

> it

> inspects components then goes to blue screen says if you need to install a

> third party scsi or raid driver press f6 and stays there and it wont carry

> on

>

> any advice would be greatly appreiciated

>

> regards big-ell

[Guest philo]

Re: xp install help

 

 

"big-ell" <big-ell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:014C22E9-2DF7-49ED-96AA-160EEC0CA9F6@microsoft.com...

> hi i have a machine with vista on a sata hdd but i have a second sata hdd

and

> i want to install xp on it but no matter what i try when booting from disc

it

> inspects components then goes to blue screen says if you need to install a

> third party scsi or raid driver press f6 and stays there and it wont carry

on

>

> any advice would be greatly appreiciated

>

> regards big-ell

 

at that point you need to press F6 and load the SATA drivers...

but I'd be cautious about installing XP *after* Vista

[Guest Alan]

Re: xp install help

 

Hi Jerry,

 

What if someone doesn't have a floppy drive on their machine? Can these

drivers be loaded via a flash drive or some other method?

 

Alan

 

"Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoSpam@MSN.com> wrote in message

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> I'm assuming you are booting with the XP CD in the CD-ROM drive. Because

> XP does not have SATA drivers you must tell it where to find them; that's

> done by using the floppy you have that has the drivers on it and when

> asked by the XP install routine you press F6 at the appropriate time and

> point to the drivers on the floppy.

>

> "big-ell" <big-ell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:014C22E9-2DF7-49ED-96AA-160EEC0CA9F6@microsoft.com...

>> hi i have a machine with vista on a sata hdd but i have a second sata hdd

>> and

>> i want to install xp on it but no matter what i try when booting from

>> disc it

>> inspects components then goes to blue screen says if you need to install

>> a

>> third party scsi or raid driver press f6 and stays there and it wont

>> carry on

>>

>> any advice would be greatly appreiciated

>>

>> regards big-ell

>

>

[Guest Xandros]

Re: xp install help

 

Actually XP with SP2 or SP3 does not require additional drivers to recognize

SATA drives.

 

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Xandros

 

 

"Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoSpam@MSN.com> wrote in message

news:elbrSYtOJHA.780@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> I'm assuming you are booting with the XP CD in the CD-ROM drive. Because

> XP does not have SATA drivers you must tell it where to find them; that's

> done by using the floppy you have that has the drivers on it and when

> asked by the XP install routine you press F6 at the appropriate time and

> point to the drivers on the floppy.

>

> "big-ell" <big-ell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:014C22E9-2DF7-49ED-96AA-160EEC0CA9F6@microsoft.com...

>> hi i have a machine with vista on a sata hdd but i have a second sata hdd

>> and

>> i want to install xp on it but no matter what i try when booting from

>> disc it

>> inspects components then goes to blue screen says if you need to install

>> a

>> third party scsi or raid driver press f6 and stays there and it wont

>> carry on

>>

>> any advice would be greatly appreiciated

>>

>> regards big-ell

>

>

[Guest Xandros]

Re: xp install help

 

It sounds like you have a version of XP that has SP1 or lower. If your

version of XP has SP2 or SP3 then it should recognize the SATA drive and

install XP to it. If you do have an older version of XP then use the slip

stream method here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/slipstream.htm .

 

Keep in mind that you will need a boot manager if you plan to install XP

after Vista is already installed. Some BIOS enable you to pick the drive to

boot and display a key or key combo to press during startup. If not you will

need software to enable you to boot the drive of your choice. BootIt NG can

facilitate that. Do a search for it.

 

--

 

Xandros

 

 

"big-ell" <big-ell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:014C22E9-2DF7-49ED-96AA-160EEC0CA9F6@microsoft.com...

> hi i have a machine with vista on a sata hdd but i have a second sata hdd

> and

> i want to install xp on it but no matter what i try when booting from disc

> it

> inspects components then goes to blue screen says if you need to install a

> third party scsi or raid driver press f6 and stays there and it wont carry

> on

>

> any advice would be greatly appreiciated

>

> regards big-ell

[Guest peter]

Re: xp install help

 

Everyone already told you how to install the SATA drivers when Installing

XP.

I am here to tell you that by leaving the Vista HD hooked up during the XP

installation XP will overwrite

the Vista Boot sector and you will only be able to boot into XP. Vista has a

completely different way of doing a Dual Boot.

If your BIOS is capable of displaying the HD boot choice during startup by

means of pushing F? then by all means disconnect the Vista

HD and then Install XP onto the other HD.

If your BIOS is not capable of that you would need to enter the BIOS each

time you boot and choose which HD to boot from.

If you install XP with the Vista drive connected it will not create a dual

boot unless you run the startup repair option from the Vista DVD

after you have XP installed.

Do a google for Vista dual boot and you will see various programs that you

can use to edit the Vista boot sector files.

I prefer the 2 separate HD choices with the F? option on boot...easier to

undo

 

peter

 

"big-ell" <big-ell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:014C22E9-2DF7-49ED-96AA-160EEC0CA9F6@microsoft.com...

> hi i have a machine with vista on a sata hdd but i have a second sata hdd

> and

> i want to install xp on it but no matter what i try when booting from disc

> it

> inspects components then goes to blue screen says if you need to install a

> third party scsi or raid driver press f6 and stays there and it wont carry

> on

>

> any advice would be greatly appreiciated

>

> regards big-ell

[Guest Ray Parrish]

Re: xp install help

 

Hello,

 

I've been lurking, now I'll speak, er... type. 8-)

 

The following link is a step by step tutorial with screen shots on how

to install Windows XP in a dual boot configuration with Vista when Vista

has been installed on the system first.

 

http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_vista_and_xp_with_vista_installed_first__the_stepbystep_guide.htm

 

Later, Ray Parrish

 

peter wrote:

> Everyone already told you how to install the SATA drivers when

> Installing XP.

> I am here to tell you that by leaving the Vista HD hooked up during the

> XP installation XP will overwrite

> the Vista Boot sector and you will only be able to boot into XP. Vista

> has a completely different way of doing a Dual Boot.

> If your BIOS is capable of displaying the HD boot choice during startup

> by means of pushing F? then by all means disconnect the Vista

> HD and then Install XP onto the other HD.

> If your BIOS is not capable of that you would need to enter the BIOS

> each time you boot and choose which HD to boot from.

> If you install XP with the Vista drive connected it will not create a

> dual boot unless you run the startup repair option from the Vista DVD

> after you have XP installed.

> Do a google for Vista dual boot and you will see various programs that

> you can use to edit the Vista boot sector files.

> I prefer the 2 separate HD choices with the F? option on boot...easier

> to undo

>

> peter

>

> "big-ell" <big-ell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:014C22E9-2DF7-49ED-96AA-160EEC0CA9F6@microsoft.com...

>> hi i have a machine with vista on a sata hdd but i have a second sata

>> hdd and

>> i want to install xp on it but no matter what i try when booting from

>> disc it

>> inspects components then goes to blue screen says if you need to

>> install a

>> third party scsi or raid driver press f6 and stays there and it wont

>> carry on

>>

>> any advice would be greatly appreiciated

>>

>> regards big-ell

>

 

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[Guest Alan]

Re: xp install help

 

Hi Xandros,

 

I did a Window XP repair install on my Dell computer a month ago to fix my

Help and Support using the SP2 Installation CD supplied by Dell.

 

Although my machine doesn't have RAID, the computer does use the Intel RAID

Bios.

 

I didn't press the F6 key when prompted to press it if I needed to load

other drivers.

 

However, about 5 minutes into the Installation, a dialog box popped up and

prompted me for the location of the RAID SATA drivers. I had to navigate to

a place on my hard drive to where the drivers were located in order to

continue with the installation.

 

Is it because I'm using a Dell XP CD that I had to manually load the SATA

drivers?

 

Alan

 

"Xandros" <arron.neus*remove*@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Actually XP with SP2 or SP3 does not require additional drivers to

> recognize SATA drives.

>

> --

>

> Xandros

>

>

> "Jerry" <ChiefZekeNoSpam@MSN.com> wrote in message

> news:elbrSYtOJHA.780@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> I'm assuming you are booting with the XP CD in the CD-ROM drive. Because

>> XP does not have SATA drivers you must tell it where to find them; that's

>> done by using the floppy you have that has the drivers on it and when

>> asked by the XP install routine you press F6 at the appropriate time and

>> point to the drivers on the floppy.

>>

>> "big-ell" <big-ell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:014C22E9-2DF7-49ED-96AA-160EEC0CA9F6@microsoft.com...

>>> hi i have a machine with vista on a sata hdd but i have a second sata

>>> hdd and

>>> i want to install xp on it but no matter what i try when booting from

>>> disc it

>>> inspects components then goes to blue screen says if you need to install

>>> a

>>> third party scsi or raid driver press f6 and stays there and it wont

>>> carry on

>>>

>>> any advice would be greatly appreiciated

>>>

>>> regards big-ell

>>

>>

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