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    Vgn-fz38m No HDD Found...

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ©annabis, May 19, 2008.

  1. ©annabis

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    Hello all!

    Im trying to setup XP on my brand new Sony VAIO VGN-FZ38M. I have tried several solutions like Acronis Disk Director Suite and Windows XP's boot CD but Im keeping get the same error "No Hard Disk Device Found Try to Connect Some etc...". I looked up BIOS, becouse I saw some solution by changing ATA/SATA (or something like that) but there are nothing to change except BOOT devices numbers (what boots first SD, HDD, CDROM etc.). Im sick and tired of Vista, it is def the worst thing of this year :rolleyes: Any suggestions?


    Thank you!
     
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    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    You need some drivers to be installed.I think those are SATA and can be sli streamed to the XP CD via nLite.
     
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    Why are you saying that? Vista rocks for me :)
     
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    coolguy

    Its much slower than XP and pretty hard to use with all thouse notifications and warnings + restricted permissions for user groups :(


    Anybody know where I can download SATA drivers for my model and did someone tested this way of installing XP?

    Thanx!
     
    ©annabis, May 20, 2008
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    Turn OFF UAC for stopping annoying notifications. Vista is as fast as XP. But I am not a gamer.

    You can load XP in FZ, but some key functionality, and power management won't be available.

    For Slipstreaming sata driver, search using the top most search box.
     
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    Hmmm... I have searched a lot but no result. :( Any help XP SATA Slipstreaming. Where I can find SATA drivers for FZ38M (only FZ29 on official FTP)? Can use them? How I should slipstream by using nLite textmode or PNP?

    Thnx again!
     
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