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    Problem to install Win XP.....Help please

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Charub, May 4, 2008.

  1. Charub

    Charub Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    I have one Lenovo T61p with T9300 and 4GB in Ram.

    I want remove Win Vista and Install Win XP, I followed the all instructions that found in this forum, clean installation procedure, but after boot and Windows show " Press Enter to install Windows ", show other blue screen that show:

    Win XP Professional SetUp

    Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer

    Make sure any hard drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer, and......etc, etc, etc,

    Setup cannot continue. To quit setup, press F3


    Really don't understand What happen or How is the problem, but if somebody knw, I will appreciate your help,

    Thanks
     
    Charub, May 4, 2008
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  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    You need to use nLite to slipstream the SATA drivers onto XP.
     
    Thomas, May 4, 2008
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  3. Charub

    Charub Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you and my apologizes but where can find information about nLite slipstream ?

    Thanks
     
    Charub, May 4, 2008
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  4. Vostro Guy

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    Not sure about all the procedures found in this forum. All I did to "downgrade" back to vista is boot my machine from the DVD drive with the XP disk. Everything went smooth and easy. Anything wrong with the way I did it?
     
    Vostro Guy, May 4, 2008
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  5. schoko

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    search the forum, there are quite some threads about this topic. i guess you will find a step by step guide in notime here at the forum.

    please use the search button for this query.

    best
     
    schoko, May 4, 2008
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  6. Charub

    Charub Notebook Consultant

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    Ok, But running win Vista need find the option " Downgrade " ? Or need do like reinstallation ?
     
    Charub, May 4, 2008
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    goofball, May 4, 2008
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  8. Vostro Guy

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    no, nothing will say downgrade. that is a term we use to kind of poke fun.

    just put the xp disk into your dvd drive, restart the computer, and enter your boot menu.
     
    Vostro Guy, May 4, 2008
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    My T61p came with XP Professional recovery disks....if yours did, use those and uninstall the bloatware after the automatic reinstall.
     
    SkeeteRX8, May 4, 2008
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  10. Vostro Guy

    Vostro Guy Notebook Consultant

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    hell, i used a XP reinstall disk from my girlfriends old gateway laptop from 2002. booted my dell from disk, installed XP and no problem at all. after xp was installed i got my driver disk that came with my current computer and installed all the drivers. got online, and had to download XP SP2 because the xp disk came out before that! haha. after that i downloaded SP3 and any other updates and now i am sitting pretty with 0 problems.
     
    Vostro Guy, May 4, 2008
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  11. Hster2

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    You can check the BIOS for a 'SATA Native' option and select Disable. Then set the correct boot order DVD first, HDD later.

    Try it.
     
    Hster2, May 5, 2008
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