SimonLang Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Hi all im new here and have found the site due to trying to install windows xp on my mums laptop as her disc drive has packed in and the laptop is running real slow. I have followed the steps as needed and prepped my usb stick. I can get windows xp setup to run on the laptop via usb and as it goes through the steps and ask me which partition i want to install windows on the only option i can choose is the kingston usb stick with the setup files on. So for some reason its not giving me the laptops hard drive as an option what should i do or what have i done wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 what should i do or what have i done wrong.Most probably the laptop has a SATA drive, for which you need to integrate a driver (or check if in the BIOS you can set the drive to "IDE" or "Compatibility mode" or something like that, most probably you have now set it as "AHCI").jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonLang Posted January 21, 2010 Author Share Posted January 21, 2010 Thanks jaclaz finally managed to install windows xp now i just gotta get some drivers and im good to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Good to know we have yet another happy bunny, jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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