Installing Windows Xp

[Guest]

I have recently purchased a brand new Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook S 7020, with a
SATA drive, Windows Xp had come pre installed but I like to do things right
and totally wipe the hard drive and start a fresh. When put the xp cd in at
boot it booted fine no problem, then when it goto the bit where it asks you
whether you want to install windows xp, repair it or exit, I pressed enter
for install, then the next screen says:

Setup did not find an hard disk drives installed in your computer.

Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected...


It goes on a bit and said press F3 to reboot to which I did, I tried that a
few times, and still to no avail, so I put my MSDN XP disk in to see if that
would work with SP2 slip streamed into it, still no luck, so I thought maybe
the current win XP on the hard drive is stopping me from doing this so I
formatted the hard drive completely, but no still doesn't let me install Xp,
please can you help me sort this out as now all I have is a brand new
expensive paper weight!!

Thanks guys and gals!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Open your BIOS and set the CD Drive as the first bootable
device and the hard drive as the second bootable device.

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
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| I have recently purchased a brand new Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook S 7020, with a
| SATA drive, Windows Xp had come pre installed but I like to do things right
| and totally wipe the hard drive and start a fresh. When put the xp cd in at
| boot it booted fine no problem, then when it goto the bit where it asks you
| whether you want to install windows xp, repair it or exit, I pressed enter
| for install, then the next screen says:
|
| Setup did not find an hard disk drives installed in your computer.
|
| Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected...
|
|
| It goes on a bit and said press F3 to reboot to which I did, I tried that a
| few times, and still to no avail, so I put my MSDN XP disk in to see if that
| would work with SP2 slip streamed into it, still no luck, so I thought maybe
| the current win XP on the hard drive is stopping me from doing this so I
| formatted the hard drive completely, but no still doesn't let me install Xp,
| please can you help me sort this out as now all I have is a brand new
| expensive paper weight!!
|
| Thanks guys and gals!
|
|
| --
| Sean McBrien
| --
| Sean McBrien

 

[Chris Priede]

Hi,

I have recently purchased a brand new Fujitsu Siemens
Lifebook S 7020, with a SATA drive... Setup did not find
an hard disk drives installed in your computer.

This happens to be a FAQ for your notebook:

http://www.fujitsu-siemens.co.uk/rl/servicesupport/techsupport/lifebook/General/FAQ/sfaq.html

I am slightly surprised you have this issue. Your notebook seems to use an
Intel chipset, and those (unlike most others) usually do not require the
third party driver for Windows installation. Nevertheless, it is obvious
yours does -- hopefully you have a floppy drive handy.

 

[Chris Priede]

P.S. The same FAQ (at the bottom) mentions a factory recovery CD and the
procedure for using it. That should get you back where you were, should you
not have a floppy drive and decide the clean install isn't worth acquiring
one.

 

[Michael Stevens]

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I have recently purchased a brand new Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook S
7020, with a SATA drive, Windows Xp had come pre installed but I like
to do things right and totally wipe the hard drive and start a fresh.
When put the xp cd in at boot it booted fine no problem, then when it
goto the bit where it asks you whether you want to install windows
xp, repair it or exit, I pressed enter for install, then the next
screen says:

Setup did not find an hard disk drives installed in your computer.

Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly
connected...


It goes on a bit and said press F3 to reboot to which I did, I tried
that a few times, and still to no avail, so I put my MSDN XP disk in
to see if that would work with SP2 slip streamed into it, still no
luck, so I thought maybe the current win XP on the hard drive is
stopping me from doing this so I formatted the hard drive completely,
but no still doesn't let me install Xp, please can you help me sort
this out as now all I have is a brand new expensive paper weight!!

Thanks guys and gals!

It is amazing to me that people purchase systems that work perfectly and
most if not all of the bundled software can be uninstalled from Add/Remove.
They immediately decide to format and install a version of XP that does not
include the proprietary drivers, service packs or the vendors built in
update links that inform them when a specific update is available for their
system [especially drivers required for laptops] before looking on the
manufacturers web site for the necessary proprietary drivers. They do not
read any of the included documents or bother to access the web sites
pertaining to their systems.
Hey, it's a new computer! It's probably still under warranty, call them,
they are used to this.
You may need to send it back for replacement, and next time think before
destroying your system.
--
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[Guest]

Don't you think this is a little harsh? Are you with Microsoft?

In

I have recently purchased a brand new Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook S
7020, with a SATA drive, Windows Xp had come pre installed but I like
to do things right and totally wipe the hard drive and start a fresh.
When put the xp cd in at boot it booted fine no problem, then when it
goto the bit where it asks you whether you want to install windows
xp, repair it or exit, I pressed enter for install, then the next
screen says:

Setup did not find an hard disk drives installed in your computer.

Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly
connected...


It goes on a bit and said press F3 to reboot to which I did, I tried
that a few times, and still to no avail, so I put my MSDN XP disk in
to see if that would work with SP2 slip streamed into it, still no
luck, so I thought maybe the current win XP on the hard drive is
stopping me from doing this so I formatted the hard drive completely,
but no still doesn't let me install Xp, please can you help me sort
this out as now all I have is a brand new expensive paper weight!!

Thanks guys and gals!

It is amazing to me that people purchase systems that work perfectly and
most if not all of the bundled software can be uninstalled from Add/Remove.
They immediately decide to format and install a version of XP that does not
include the proprietary drivers, service packs or the vendors built in
update links that inform them when a specific update is available for their
system [especially drivers required for laptops] before looking on the
manufacturers web site for the necessary proprietary drivers. They do not
read any of the included documents or bother to access the web sites
pertaining to their systems.
Hey, it's a new computer! It's probably still under warranty, call them,
they are used to this.
You may need to send it back for replacement, and next time think before
destroying your system.
--
Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
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[Guest]

In reply to the "person" who has pleasured himself in replying like a prick
to my question, the laptop is being connected to a work network, they do not
want service pack 2 on it, it could not be uninstalled from the add/remove,
nor using the command line. Also they were loads of free rubbish dvd software
and loads of other stuff not necessary for me to do my job. Plus it would
increase the size of the ghost image I would make and further machines of the
same model would be have that rubbish too.. So please kindly keep your
opinions to yourself.

Ta...

 

[Michael Stevens]

Don't you think this is a little harsh?

Yes.

Are you with Microsoft?

No.


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I have recently purchased a brand new Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook S
7020, with a SATA drive, Windows Xp had come pre installed but I like
to do things right and totally wipe the hard drive and start a fresh.
When put the xp cd in at boot it booted fine no problem, then when it
goto the bit where it asks you whether you want to install windows
xp, repair it or exit, I pressed enter for install, then the next
screen says:

Setup did not find an hard disk drives installed in your computer.

Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly
connected...


It goes on a bit and said press F3 to reboot to which I did, I tried
that a few times, and still to no avail, so I put my MSDN XP disk in
to see if that would work with SP2 slip streamed into it, still no
luck, so I thought maybe the current win XP on the hard drive is
stopping me from doing this so I formatted the hard drive completely,
but no still doesn't let me install Xp, please can you help me sort
this out as now all I have is a brand new expensive paper weight!!

Thanks guys and gals!

It is amazing to me that people purchase systems that work perfectly and
most if not all of the bundled software can be uninstalled from
Add/Remove.
They immediately decide to format and install a version of XP that does
not
include the proprietary drivers, service packs or the vendors built in
update links that inform them when a specific update is available for
their
system [especially drivers required for laptops] before looking on the
manufacturers web site for the necessary proprietary drivers. They do not
read any of the included documents or bother to access the web sites
pertaining to their systems.
Hey, it's a new computer! It's probably still under warranty, call them,
they are used to this.
You may need to send it back for replacement, and next time think before
destroying your system.
--
Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
(e-mail address removed)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com
For a better newsgroup experience. Setup a newsreader.
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