Vista - Security - Hard Disk

Purchased a Toshiba laptop with Vista Install....tried to install XP Pro but
setup states 'can't see hard drive'. Any suggestions please.
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Thanks for your input as always..Ciao

Contact Toshiba support and ask if your new notebook's
hardware is compatible with the old Windows XP operating
system.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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"Riddler" <Riddler@xxxxxx> wrote in message news9E240DB-1812-4BBE-ABD0-1C20AFA528CF@xxxxxx
Purchased a Toshiba laptop with Vista Install....tried to install XP Pro but
setup states 'can't see hard drive'. Any suggestions please.
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Thanks for your input as always..Ciao

Thanks for that Carey. I have downloaded all the XP drivers for this model
from Toshiba website so I assume it is compatible. When I boot machine from
CD it loads all setup files, then asks if I want new installation, and when I
say okay, it tells me there is no hard disk. When I view the disk in
administrative tools it shows a primary partition 'C' drive as well as an
Eisa section which has no properties. I wonder if this is a secure area setup
by Toshiba to stop the average joe bloggs from deleting the partition and
maintaining a system recovery at all times..???
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Thanks for your input as always..Ciao


"Riddler" wrote:

Its probably a sata drive that requires the use of F6 early in the winxp
installation to install sata/raid drivers from floppy
The drivers should be available from Toshiba site.
If your Tosh has no floppy you either need a usb external, or would need to
intergrate the raid drivers into a slipstreamed installation disk

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"Riddler" <Riddler@xxxxxx> wrote:
The problem is probably SATA drive mode; I've run into this problem on
numerous SATA-capable systems over the past 18 months or so, although it's
been a long time since I last touched a Toshiba box.

Go into the BIOS setup dialogs and look for an entry that offers SATA mode
options, perhaps "compatible" or "legacy" on one side and "advanced" or
"native" on the other. Change the setting to "compatible," "legacy," or
whatever looks similar, reboot the computer, and try the installer again.

Toshiba may (or may not) offer add-in drivers that you can install from a
floppy disk during Windows XP installation (via F6 during the character-mode
bootstrap) that would allow you to use the newer/advanced/native/whatever
mode, but setting the BIOS to provide the legacy interface should work.

Joe Morris