Fresh XP install on a previous Vista system

[gabi68]

Hi,

I receive that unit which is not working (was a Vista system).I try to

install a fresh copy on XP but after many hours nada.

Unit boot on install XP CD but at some point everything stops and a blue

screen say's something it is wrong with video driver. HDD is formated and

empty.

I try to disable SATA from BIOS but doing that take me to a PLEASE INSERT A

BOOT DISK...

What else do I need to try to make it run again?

I post that in HP forum but I don't receive any answer maybe I am lucky

here.

I dld nlite and follow all steps (including files for MB - NVidia). My problem is: I have too large file to burn on CD something like 709MB. I read something from forum about this but I dont know how to decrease that.

XP file source folder has 708 MB, i386 folder has 645 MB. There is a list of files which can be deleted in order to decrease lenght of that folder (XP install folder)?

Can I use a DVD to burn that iso file? It will work?

Regards

Gabi

[Guest]

You probably need to integrate textmode RAID/SATA drivers or put them on a floppy and use the F6 method. Look for zip file on the manufacturer's website that has a TXTSETUP.OEM file.

To easily decrease the size of your source, delete the valueadd, cmpnents, docs, dotnetfx folders located in the root of your CD.

You can burn it to a DVD if you want.

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Hmmm, when I first read your post I missed this part...

screen say's something it is wrong with video driver

I thought you just said blue screen so I'm probably wrong.

Can you post the exact error with the error code?

Edited June 21, 2009 by -X-