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Richard in AZ
| On 9/18/2009 7:56 AM PT, BillW50 typed:
|
| > In | > Ant typed on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:36:30 -0700:
| >> On 9/18/2009 7:08 AM PT, BillW50 typed:
| >>
| >>>>>> Please kindly reread what I said in my original post about
| >>>>>> slipstreamed SP2 and SP3 CDs.
| >>>>> I read it fine the first time, you said you tried. So what does
| >>>>> that mean? You tried and failed or what? It that is what is sounds
| >>>>> like to me. As without SP2/3 correctly slipstreamed into the
| >>>>> install, it will fail to see files on the CD after the install
| >>>>> resets the USB ports. As you had stated, the file is really there
| >>>>> on the CD, is it not?
| >>>> Yes, the \i386\asms and its files are there. I already tried
| >>>> installing them (slipstreamed SP2 and SP3 CDs) on regular desktop
| >>>> PCs without any issues. I wonder if XP is just too old for this
| >>>> netbook since installing Windows 7 had no problems?
| >>> When you tried on a regular desktop PC, you didn't use the USB CD
| >>> drive, did you? If not, that would make perfect sense. As non-USB
| >>> drives don't require SP2/3 to install correctly, only USB drives do.
| >>> Thus why I believe your slipstream for whatever reason didn't work.
| >> That was with the external USB CD/DVD drive. How can I verify if
| >> slipstream was good or bad?
| >
| > Okay I am convinced that it is a good slipstream if it worked on the
| > desktop with the USB CD/DVD drive.
| >
| > 1) Some BIOS has a toggle to install an OS. Once the operating system is
| > installed, you are supposed to toggle it back. I am not sure what this
| > is supposed to do. Prevent MBR modification or lock the USB at 1.1
| > speeds or something.
|
| Hmm. Wouldn't that problem occurred much earlier like during XP's text
| installer screens?
|
|
| > 2) Could be bad RAM. If you can swap it with some other I would try
| > this.
|
| Hmm. Wouldn't Windows 7 had failed or error'ed?
|
|
| > 3) Could be a bad drive like David already mentioned.
|
| Could be, but then Windows 7 would had failed too?
|
| >
| > 4) Don't think the USB CD/DVD drive or disc is bad. But if this drive
| > has two USB plugs, try plugging them both in. What make and model is
| > this drive anyway? Some can have problems on some netbooks.
|
| Only one on each one external USB DVD drives. One was a Lenovo DVD
| burner drive and other was an old HP DVD burner drive.
|
|
| > And no Windows XP should be perfect on this netbook, as long as the
| > system/boot drive has enough room.
|
| Odd.
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Does the Dell Mini have a STAT or IDE drive? Do you have the drivers on the USB for SATA?
Can you get to the BIOS and reset the basic from SATA to IDE?
|
| > In | > Ant typed on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:36:30 -0700:
| >> On 9/18/2009 7:08 AM PT, BillW50 typed:
| >>
| >>>>>> Please kindly reread what I said in my original post about
| >>>>>> slipstreamed SP2 and SP3 CDs.
| >>>>> I read it fine the first time, you said you tried. So what does
| >>>>> that mean? You tried and failed or what? It that is what is sounds
| >>>>> like to me. As without SP2/3 correctly slipstreamed into the
| >>>>> install, it will fail to see files on the CD after the install
| >>>>> resets the USB ports. As you had stated, the file is really there
| >>>>> on the CD, is it not?
| >>>> Yes, the \i386\asms and its files are there. I already tried
| >>>> installing them (slipstreamed SP2 and SP3 CDs) on regular desktop
| >>>> PCs without any issues. I wonder if XP is just too old for this
| >>>> netbook since installing Windows 7 had no problems?
| >>> When you tried on a regular desktop PC, you didn't use the USB CD
| >>> drive, did you? If not, that would make perfect sense. As non-USB
| >>> drives don't require SP2/3 to install correctly, only USB drives do.
| >>> Thus why I believe your slipstream for whatever reason didn't work.
| >> That was with the external USB CD/DVD drive. How can I verify if
| >> slipstream was good or bad?
| >
| > Okay I am convinced that it is a good slipstream if it worked on the
| > desktop with the USB CD/DVD drive.
| >
| > 1) Some BIOS has a toggle to install an OS. Once the operating system is
| > installed, you are supposed to toggle it back. I am not sure what this
| > is supposed to do. Prevent MBR modification or lock the USB at 1.1
| > speeds or something.
|
| Hmm. Wouldn't that problem occurred much earlier like during XP's text
| installer screens?
|
|
| > 2) Could be bad RAM. If you can swap it with some other I would try
| > this.
|
| Hmm. Wouldn't Windows 7 had failed or error'ed?
|
|
| > 3) Could be a bad drive like David already mentioned.
|
| Could be, but then Windows 7 would had failed too?
|
| >
| > 4) Don't think the USB CD/DVD drive or disc is bad. But if this drive
| > has two USB plugs, try plugging them both in. What make and model is
| > this drive anyway? Some can have problems on some netbooks.
|
| Only one on each one external USB DVD drives. One was a Lenovo DVD
| burner drive and other was an old HP DVD burner drive.
|
|
| > And no Windows XP should be perfect on this netbook, as long as the
| > system/boot drive has enough room.
|
| Odd.
| --
| "Number fourteen. The naughty bits of an ant." --Monty Python's Flying
| Circus
| /\___/\
| / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site)
| | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net
| \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: (e-mail address removed)
| ( ) or (e-mail address removed)
| Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
Does the Dell Mini have a STAT or IDE drive? Do you have the drivers on the USB for SATA?
Can you get to the BIOS and reset the basic from SATA to IDE?
