[M860TU]Problem installing Windows XP (SP 2)

Heya,


My nephew recently bought a Clevo M860TU notebook (under a different brand name tho) and has asked me to "get it in order". We opted for installing our own version of Windows XP (SP2), but ran into some trouble at the very start. This is the screen we get after windows "loads all the files": (sry for the dutch language, but I'm guessing you guys don't need to read the dialogue to see the problem. I can translate the whole shabang if needed, but hoping I don' thave to)





I tried searching google for an answer, but no luck. Next I tried the windows FAQ, but that didn't help either. Then I searched this forum but again found nothing helpfull. So I was forced to make a small thread concerning this issue, hope that's alright.

I've owned a Dell XPS M1530 for a while and ran into a similar problem when trying to install Windows XP onto it. If I recall, the problem was solved by installing some raid drivers, but I have no idea if that would work in this case aswell, nor how to do this. I'm guessing the notebook is unable to currently write any files onto the hard drive and thus freezes up right after it loads all the windows files and wants to start copying them to the HD.


Hope you guys can help,
Prophex

 

I had this exact same problem, though if you're using a service pack 2 disc you shouldn't have to do much to fix it.

When you boot up, go into the BIOS, and I believe there's a setting under hard disk or somewhere in there, but you'll see a value for the operating system to install set as Vista. Change this, and see if it works. If you can't find it, let me know so I can find it and tell you exactly what it is.

 

To be more precise, go into the BIOS, go over to the 'advanced' tab, and the first value should say 'installed OS', and switch it from Vista to XP

Hope that helps

 

You do need to slipstream your SATA drivers into your Windows XP install. To do this, get your MB/chipset/etc. drivers (since this is how, I assume they [your manufacturer] packages them). Then you need to slipstream it into your install using nlite (there's plenty of guides out there, search for them).

 

The 2 options above are both vialbe, what maedhros suggests is to turn off ahci (and lose features such as ncq from your hard drive) and the option notyou suggests enables winXP to use ahci

 

also disable turbo memory in the BIOS.

also make sure you are using a legitimate and clean XP install CD.... do not use custom XP CDs that have been slipstreamed or altered for specific systems.

 

Forgot to post a reply last week, but thx alot man, you were right. This solved the issue and the notebook is now running smoothly. You made my day.

 

The quick way around this - setting it to run on "XP" mode in BIOS, will result in what is essentially an emulated IDE mode for your install - it will result in slower hard drive speeds, and probably run hotter. You should really install an XP SP3 or slipstream SATA drivers (intel matrix storage manager) onto your XP install CD. Alternatively, install XP (XP BIOS mode), then use a USB key or USB floppy drive to install the proper SATA drivers (Intel ICH9M chipset, by the way) via XP setup. Search this forum for this topic (or my post history, I've posted a step by step of how to do all of this).