My notebook came with vista pre-loaded. I have been trying to do a clean
install of XP! I have had no luck! It says setup did not find any hard disk
drives! Can any one please help me!

Contact Acer support to see if your hardware is
compatible with the old Windows XP O/S.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"dvd_crbn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:897E6D9D-9BB0-4CFB-A863-(E-Mail Removed)...
My notebook came with vista pre-loaded. I have been trying to do a clean
install of XP! I have had no luck! It says setup did not find any hard disk
drives! Can any one please help me!

are u using a sata hard drive?

"dvd_crbn" wrote:

> My notebook came with vista pre-loaded. I have been trying to do a clean
> install of XP! I have had no luck! It says setup did not find any hard disk
> drives! Can any one please help me!

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:45:00 -0800, dvd_crbn
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>My notebook came with vista pre-loaded. I have been trying to do a clean
>install of XP! I have had no luck! It says setup did not find any hard disk
>drives! Can any one please help me!

Take a look here...

http://www.waxinlyrical.com/journal-...nd-windows-xp/

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:45:00 -0800, dvd_crbn
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>My notebook came with vista pre-loaded. I have been trying to do a clean
>install of XP! I have had no luck! It says setup did not find any hard disk
>drives! Can any one please help me!

lookee here, too

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=146832

It can be done.

=?Utf-8?B?ZHZkX2NyYm4=?= wrote:
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> My notebook came with vista pre-loaded. I have been trying to do a clean
> install of XP! I have had no luck! It says setup did not find any hard disk
> drives! Can any one please help me!

Best bet for laptops is to use the OS it's designed for.























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