I've installed Vista in a HP nx9420 and started testing it. After a few days
I've needed to go back and install XP again, so I've used an HP utility to
make my PC factory ready (with XP Pro installed). It didn't worked. I've
tried all flavors of XP, Windows Server 2003 and all, and still couldn´t pass
trought HD detection on install. According to XP install, there is no HD im
my PC. I've ended noticing that only Vista and some flavours of Linux will
install.



My question is....
How do i fix this?!

Hi Caloman :-)

First we need some details of what has happened, then we can better
determine what the problem is:

How did you remove Vista?
Have you reformated the disk since removing Vista?
Is the disk SATA or PATA?
What is the exact message you see when trying to install the Vista?
Have you checked the BIOS to see what the status of the disk is?
What happens and what do you see when you boot up the machine?

Jan
MS MVP - Windows IE

> I've installed Vista in a HP nx9420 and started testing it. After a few
> days
> I've needed to go back and install XP again, so I've used an HP utility to
> make my PC factory ready (with XP Pro installed). It didn't worked. I've
> tried all flavors of XP, Windows Server 2003 and all, and still couldn´t
> pass
> trought HD detection on install. According to XP install, there is no HD
> im
> my PC. I've ended noticing that only Vista and some flavours of Linux will
> install.
>
> My question is....
> How do i fix this?!

Thank you for your interest.

It was a simple metter and your questions lead me into the answer. My pc's
HD is a SATA type. I had to disable the BIOS option for SATA native support
(XP doesn't have that)

Caloman

"Jan Ilacqua [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi Caloman :-)
>
> First we need some details of what has happened, then we can better
> determine what the problem is:
>
> How did you remove Vista?
> Have you reformated the disk since removing Vista?
> Is the disk SATA or PATA?
> What is the exact message you see when trying to install the Vista?
> Have you checked the BIOS to see what the status of the disk is?
> What happens and what do you see when you boot up the machine?
>
> Jan
> MS MVP - Windows IE
>
> > I've installed Vista in a HP nx9420 and started testing it. After a few
> > days
> > I've needed to go back and install XP again, so I've used an HP utility to
> > make my PC factory ready (with XP Pro installed). It didn't worked. I've
> > tried all flavors of XP, Windows Server 2003 and all, and still couldn´t
> > pass
> > trought HD detection on install. According to XP install, there is no HD
> > im
> > my PC. I've ended noticing that only Vista and some flavours of Linux will
> > install.
> >
> > My question is....
> > How do i fix this?!
>
>
>

Hi Caloman :-)

"> Thank you for your interest.
>
> It was a simple metter and your questions lead me into the answer. My pc's
> HD is a SATA type. I had to disable the BIOS option for SATA native
> support
> (XP doesn't have that)

You're very welcome. I'm glad to hear that you were able to resolve your
problem. And thank you for posting back and letting us know what helped for
the benefit of other readers.

Jan
MS MVP - Windows IE
Windows TechBeta Tester

>
> Caloman
>
> "Jan Ilacqua [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Hi Caloman :-)
>>
>> First we need some details of what has happened, then we can better
>> determine what the problem is:
>>
>> How did you remove Vista?
>> Have you reformated the disk since removing Vista?
>> Is the disk SATA or PATA?
>> What is the exact message you see when trying to install the Vista?
>> Have you checked the BIOS to see what the status of the disk is?
>> What happens and what do you see when you boot up the machine?
>>
>> Jan
>> MS MVP - Windows IE
>>
>> > I've installed Vista in a HP nx9420 and started testing it. After a few
>> > days
>> > I've needed to go back and install XP again, so I've used an HP utility
>> > to
>> > make my PC factory ready (with XP Pro installed). It didn't worked.
>> > I've
>> > tried all flavors of XP, Windows Server 2003 and all, and still
>> > couldn´t
>> > pass
>> > trought HD detection on install. According to XP install, there is no
>> > HD
>> > im
>> > my PC. I've ended noticing that only Vista and some flavours of Linux
>> > will
>> > install.
>> >
>> > My question is....
>> > How do i fix this?!
>>
>>
>>

been there done that ,,,vista does something to the hd mbr and i found that
using my hd manufacturesrs utiltiliy disk i just reformated the drive and all
was well, however as i assume that your hdd has a hidden partion of your hd
with your windows xp stored there i can only suggest that you do a fdisk to
see if there is a hidden partition and that you delete the c partion (which
will reset your mbr) (but dont delete or format the extended partition) try
fdisk \mbr and see if you can install after that

"Caloman" wrote:

> I've installed Vista in a HP nx9420 and started testing it. After a few days
> I've needed to go back and install XP again, so I've used an HP utility to
> make my PC factory ready (with XP Pro installed). It didn't worked. I've
> tried all flavors of XP, Windows Server 2003 and all, and still couldn´t pass
> trought HD detection on install. According to XP install, there is no HD im
> my PC. I've ended noticing that only Vista and some flavours of Linux will
> install.
>
> My question is....
> How do i fix this?!

Hello,

I've installed on my system Windows XP S2 and Vista Ultimate RC1 on a new
partition. Evertime booting there's the new vista bootmanager where to choose
which OS should be started.

Now I wanted to uninstall Vista. How to do? I've read that deleting this
partition won't work.

Kind regards

Download the freeware application called VistaBootPro. Install it on your
system, then run it in elevated mode (right click the vistabootpro icon and
select 'run as administrator' option. Once VistaBootPro has loaded click on
the Bootloader tab. Now click on the radio button next to the 'Uninstall the
vista bootloader (used to restore legacy OS) option and click the Apply
button.

Once you have done this, reboot your PC. You should now boot directly into
your Windows XP partition. In other words, you know longer have a menu
coming up giving you the option of which operating system to boot to. Once
in Windows XP go to control panel, and click on administartive tools,
followed by computer managment. In the computer managment window click Disk
management and then Delete the Vista partition.

--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
Windows Shell/User

Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org

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"Dominic" <Dominic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F2828171-371F-4200-A9F9-52EFA9F4DACF@microsoft.com...
>
> Hello,
>
> I've installed on my system Windows XP S2 and Vista Ultimate RC1 on a new
> partition. Evertime booting there's the new vista bootmanager where to
> choose
> which OS should be started.
>
> Now I wanted to uninstall Vista. How to do? I've read that deleting this
> partition won't work.
>
> Kind regards

Thanks for your quick answer and merry christmas to you and everyone else
here

"John Barnett MVP" wrote:

> Download the freeware application called VistaBootPro. Install it on your
> system, then run it in elevated mode (right click the vistabootpro icon and
> select 'run as administrator' option. Once VistaBootPro has loaded click on
> the Bootloader tab. Now click on the radio button next to the 'Uninstall the
> vista bootloader (used to restore legacy OS) option and click the Apply
> button.
>
> Once you have done this, reboot your PC. You should now boot directly into
> your Windows XP partition. In other words, you know longer have a menu
> coming up giving you the option of which operating system to boot to. Once
> in Windows XP go to control panel, and click on administartive tools,
> followed by computer managment. In the computer managment window click Disk
> management and then Delete the Vista partition.
>
> --
> John Barnett MVP
> Associate Expert
> Windows Shell/User
>
> Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
> Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org
>
> The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any
> kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
> reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for
> any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the
> use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this
> mail/post..
>
> "Dominic" <Dominic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F2828171-371F-4200-A9F9-52EFA9F4DACF@microsoft.com...
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've installed on my system Windows XP S2 and Vista Ultimate RC1 on a new
> > partition. Evertime booting there's the new vista bootmanager where to
> > choose
> > which OS should be started.
> >
> > Now I wanted to uninstall Vista. How to do? I've read that deleting this
> > partition won't work.
> >
> > Kind regards
>
>