grafx1 Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 i'd create a bootable usb flash drive with "hp usb format tool", and boot my vista lap, but i can't read any hard drive to install xp.as xp cd refuse to boot at all, although i set bios to boot from cd and disabled serial support for HDD.the usb flash had took the letter C: and i can browse its content but there is no other partitions visible ??acer 4315Thank you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 (edited) <snip> and disabled serial support for HDD<snip> SATA HDD? Need drivers loaded to access it (?)... Couldn't say about the CD-ROM problem... BTW, you didn't say what is on the USB stick (OS you are booting...). Edited January 26, 2009 by submix8c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grafx1 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 hp usb format tool creates a DOS bootable usb... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 DOS doesn't fly... doesn't read/write/"see" NTFS. You need an NTFS-type bootable (2k and up). Look around the forum for how-to on creating an XP Bootable USB Install. I think there's one in the Unattended section... Create that one and install directly from the USB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grafx1 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 Thanks submix8c, i'd found it at the Unattended section, Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 (edited) You can also use a WinPE or NTFSDOS to view NTFS volumes. WinPE follows NTFS permissions while NTFSDOS doesn't. So I use NTFSDOS to reattribute, move or delete files otherwise inaccessible. Edited January 30, 2009 by Tripredacus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grafx1 Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 You can also use a WinPE or NTFSDOS to view NTFS volumes. WinPE follows NTFS permissions while NTFSDOS doesn't. So I use NTFSDOS to reattribute, move or delete files otherwise inaccessible.Thanks Tripredacus for the info... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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