How to install a hard disk in windows xp

Then type winnt to start the installation. I get bored or it gets too cluttered. I just format and re-install. Your participation helps us to help others.

By visiting this site, users agree to our disclaimer. The members, admins, and authors of this website respect your privacy. After pressing F8, you will come to the beginning of the Windows XP setup. On this page, you will want to press the Esc key on the keyboard. This will tell the program not to try and repair the current installation. The next step in installing Windows XP is to delet the old partition on your hard drive. You will see a screen similar to the one in the first picture of this page.

You will want to scroll over the C: partition that is current on your hard drive. The next thing you will need to do is click the D key. This will tell the program that you want to Delete the current partition. After you click the D key, you will see a screen like the one in the second picture. On this screen you will want to press the L key to confirm the deletion of the partition of the hard drive. Now that you have deleted the old partition, you will need to be sure that partition is selected and press the Enter key.

This will tell the program that you want to install Windows XP on that partition. In this step, you will want to choose whether you want to have system do a quick installation or a standard installation. For the purposes of this set of instructions, I have chosen to do a standard installation. After choosing your method of installation, you will want to press the Enter key to continue to the installation.

This step will probably be the longest step. This is because you are at the mercy of the system and how fast it installs Windows XP. After you have pressed the Enter key in the last step, you will see the screen in the first picture here appear. This will mean that the program is running the installation. Over time, the progress bar will move across the screen, as shown in the second picture where the progress bar is at twenty-five percent.

After the Installation has finished placing the file system on your hard drive, you will see the program restart your computer.

Do not be alarmed at this. The first screen seen in the first picture that will come up will be a screen for you to select the language and keyboard style that you wish to use for your new installation of Windows XP.

I have chosen to use the English Language and the US keyboard layout. You may select any configuration that you are comfortable with and then press the Next button. The next thing the program will ask for is the name and organization that this install is affiliated with as seen in the second picture.

You will want to fill this in with your information. After filling in the information, you will press the Next button. Worked on a Dell Dimension Copied R Thanks a lot!!!

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Very useful! I can finally install windows now as it eventually detected the hard drives. Thank god! That is after formatting my windows partition Given that i have two OS on my laptop i had the above mentioned problem setup did not find hard disk ….

Immediately i did this ,the set up could now find the hard disk so i proceeded with the installation. Thanks very much. Was as simple as disabling sata support in the bios! You are a genius!!! I had been having to install windows 7 whether I wanted to or not, because of this. I truly want to express my million thanks to the solving maker. I got 2 days annoyed by undetected hdd!

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Thanks so much. Thanks again for posting. Rebooted with the xp installation disk and hey presto, was able to repair the laptop, keep all my files thank god.

Thanks Boss.. It did the trick.. Thanks again for your much appreciated help and post :. It realy helped me as I looked for sata options on my motherboard and did it my way. After many attempts I finally got this to work. I have 2 tips: In order to get the F6 key to respond I had to press F6 much earlier than indicated. Thanks so much for the solution. Thank you so much Raymond, was a big help, couldnt install windows, read your notes and managed to put it to good use and Windows is now installing fine.

After fiddling with my friends computer for 6HRS, this post hit on my problem most succintly! I was doing it without any recovery discs.

Thanks again! Thank you all for your suggestions. Thanks after reading this sorted out install XP on my Laptop. I did not know that little changes can cause such big problems. Thanks to you I can install an OS in my laptop again. Reinstalling on an old Compaq, this post was spot on. Changed the sata option and it detected the drive ASAP. Great stuff. I have been looking for the solution since 6 months ago and now………………..

Thanks man great job. Excellent post mate…I installed windows 7 which includes sata drivers and everything is working perfect.. Your first tip did the trick! Thank you very much. I needed help with getting my laptop to show my HDD during installation. I found it right at the top, and it was nice to find what I needed to know so fast and easily.

I am reloading XP on a neighbors laptop that crashed, SP3. But this tips helped me in re-solving the issue. I was struggling for two days to fix this issue.. Thanks a million I was dealing with this issue for hours. Thanks so much Raymond after trying to install Windows xp on my Acer g Numerous times and it not detecting the hard drive i searched the internet for help and found this article keep up the good work! That was perfect, very helpfull, short, specific guide. I had the same problem on a T After attempting to install iDeneb 1.

I had to set to compatibility mode under the hdd settings in the bios. Thank you very much for this information. I would strongly suggest everyone try this setting solution first. You can certainly use nLite or vLite to create an ISO disc but that takes 30min just to get going and this was done in less than 5.

Hey man… thank you very much…. So glad I found your site! You saved my ass. I have an acer Aspire G laptop and I was on vista. I had problems with the internet connection. I couldnt find any wireless internet signal. So I poped it my windows xp cd and when it said.

Nothing happened. I pressed R and still nothing. So I took my cd out and restared my laptop. It would boot to windows Vista. I was so scared because he laptop is not even mine well is my brothers. To create the disk containing the SATA drivers, it is very simple. Then click format. Note : When you press F6 the loading process continues normally, but it will ask the driver before the menu "Installation, repair, leave".

The wizard displays a list of storage drivers that were found on the disk. And you're on the menu "Installation, repair, leave. If you've downloaded the correct driver the wizard should detect your hard drive and you can install Windows XP. To install it, nothing special. Select the folder containing the Windows XP installation files. Click on "Browse". In our case, the installation CD in our CD player. Once the files are copied you can see some information about your installation CD, like edition Home or Professional , language the most recent being SP3 integrated service pack CD,