Ronnie Vernon MVP

Ian

There is a point in the install where you are prompted to install drivers.
If I remember correctly, you press the F6 key and install the drivers from a
floppy disk.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Ian Betts" <igb123@talktalk.net> wrote in message
news:498B6C5C-57ED-417B-8190-61529EF71741@microsoft.com...
> Well if you do not have a a bootable XP CD your floppy start up disks will
> only give you a driver for the CD and a doss prompt to run fdisk. This
> will not make your XP CD recognize the SATA so you will need a bootable
> XP. But why not run the Vista.
>
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> Ian
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> "Ender14" <Ender14@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2AEE66AE-928C-4229-AE6A-517772CB9CB6@microsoft.com...
>>I am running Vista Home Premium 64bit. Due to compatibility issues and
>>things
>> just not working correctly, I want to replace Vista with XP Pro. When I
>> put
>> my XP disc in, the option to install XP is grayed out and I can't select
>> it.
>> Is there any way around this?
>>
>> My XP disc is so old it is not bootable, nor does it contain SP1. I would
>> just wipe the hard drive and use the boot floppy discs I have, but I
>> don't
>> know if my antique version of XP will recognize my SATA hard drive.
>>
>> Any help is appreciated.
>>