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changing hdd with vista for xp

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  • 31-07-2009 3:21pm
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    sideshowdave
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    alright lads have a slight problem,

    My da has a hp pavilion dv6000 running vista and wants to be rid of s**ty vista "his words" and run xp. so i got another hdd and swapped them inserted xp disk and this is where i run into problems.
    firstly the disk runs and spends a minute or two loading files as per normal it then gives me a message that there is no hdd found and goes to.. exit installation and restart the computer, giving me 30 seconds to remove disk before restart. now at first i thought the hdd was dodgy so put the original back in and thried to install xp over this and then it did the same thing only i got one step further where after the loading of files i was giving the option to install xp repair xp and so on so i seleted for a clean install and then low and behold.... there was no hdd to be found on the system.
    Very puzzled.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks for reading
    Dave
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    duckysauce
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    you need the xp driver for the sata controller look on the hp site for it


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    sideshowdave
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    ok thanks mate i will try that


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    J_E
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    You'll also need a floppy disk to put the drivers on, then at the beginning of setup, press F6 and it will let you use those drivers on the floppy.


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    sideshowdave
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    yeah i discovered the floppy disc part. Is it possible to use an external floppy drive? usb type?
    thanks again for replys.


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