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Old 10-15-2006   #1 (permalink)
culnaes


 
 

install vista on 2nd HDD ... installation can't change system driv

I have 2 HDD's in my laptop, XP installed on a 100 gig C drive and I
installed vista on the second, 60 gb hdd
both are SATA, separate arrays, and I successfully got vista install to load
the XP drivers to access them - from a USB key - interestingly would not load
them from a usb floppy drive.
anyway, install copies and expands the files etc, but then says it can't
make necessary changes to the system drive, and fails
any ideas?


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Old 10-16-2006   #2 (permalink)
Alejo


 
 

RE: install vista on 2nd HDD ... installation can't change system driv



"culnaes" wrote:

> I have 2 HDD's in my laptop, XP installed on a 100 gig C drive and I
> installed vista on the second, 60 gb hdd
> both are SATA, separate arrays, and I successfully got vista install to load
> the XP drivers to access them - from a USB key - interestingly would not load
> them from a usb floppy drive.
> anyway, install copies and expands the files etc, but then says it can't
> make necessary changes to the system drive, and fails
> any ideas?


cant follow what you are saying. did you successfully install VIsta? why are
you trying to load XP drivers in Vista?
if you need a driver that is not available for Vista and that is what you
are trying to do then you should do it in compatability mode.
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