topic Re: Clean Install in PCs & Accessories

Clean Install

highroyds — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:28:54 GMT

Hey all,

I decided to give the clean install a try today, but ran into some problems.

My laptop runs on MCE2005 and though that if I followed the instructions that have been posted in this forum it would be the same except that a few changes.

Now I burned the DVD as it came out too much for a CD. Placed the disc into my laptop, booted up and it came up with the installation to start but when it came up with the Press Enter to installed Windows XP, I pressed Enter and it stated that it couldnt find any hard drive on the laptop ??

So I thought it was a problem with the disc, so I tried a Windows XP Pro disc that I bought for my main pc, and that came up with the same message.

Has anyone else had this problem ?? If anyone has and found a solution can ya pass it on please lol ??

BTW my laptop is a AR11B

Re: Clean Install

Blencogo — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:10:44 GMT

Hi highroyds,

Your AR11B has a SATA hard drive which is not supported by any version of XP. This means if you do a clean install, you will lose your SATA drivers and XP cannot recognise the hard drive during installation.

To do a clean install you normally need a USB Floppy Drive connected so you can load the SATA drivers by pressing F6 during the XP install.

Have a look at THIS THREAD which will give you the alternative of slipstreaming the SATA drivers into the disc.

Re: Clean Install

highroyds — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:38:45 GMT

Cheers for that I'll try it tomorrow.

Re: Clean Install

highroyds — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:49:20 GMT

Just wanted to say thanks for ya help, tried the program mentioned in that thread and I just had to find the correct driver for the sata that was on the hd and it worked 2nd time lol.

Thanks again.