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    Troubles Reformatting

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by trinkus79, Nov 21, 2007.

  1. trinkus79

    trinkus79 Newbie

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    I just got a Dell D630 and I wanted to reformat to get all the junk off and to delete the partition dell puts on. The problem I am running into is that when I boot from a CD to install Win XP or Vista, it says there is no hard drive installed in my PC. I know for a fact that there is because I can boot from the HDD and it runs fine. Anyone else run into this, or know how to get around it?

    Thannks,
    Tom
     
    trinkus79, Nov 21, 2007
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  2. aan310

    aan310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    the sata drivers need to be slipstremed, use n, or vlite
     
    aan310, Nov 21, 2007
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  3. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    You only have to slip stream them when installing XP, with Vista you can do it at install time without the slipstream.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Nov 21, 2007
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