Installing XP Pro in English

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Hello,

I have just had my computer repaired and a new disk drive installed. The OS
that was put in is XP Professional but in Spanish (which I speak so there is
not a huge issue), and would like to re-install it with my previous XP Pro in
English.

When I boot from the disk, it goes through most of the installation, but
then it gives and error message that it cannot find the hard drive.

There is definitly a hard drive in the computer (a Maxtor 6Y080M0). It is
not partitioned beyond the C drive, so I am not sure what the problem is in
reinstalling.

Any help will be appreciated.

Maggie
 
msich472 said:
I have just had my computer repaired and a new disk drive
installed. The OS that was put in is XP Professional but in Spanish
(which I speak so there is not a huge issue), and would like to
re-install it with my previous XP Pro in English.

When I boot from the disk, it goes through most of the
installation, but then it gives and error message that it cannot
find the hard drive.

There is definitly a hard drive in the computer (a Maxtor 6Y080M0).
It is not partitioned beyond the C drive, so I am not sure what the
problem is in reinstalling.
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Older SATA controller?
Did you press F6 at the beginning of the installation and use the driver
diskette for the SATA controller?
 
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msich472 said:
Hello,

I have just had my computer repaired and a new disk drive
installed. The OS that was put in is XP Professional but in
Spanish (which I speak so there is not a huge issue), and
would like to re-install it with my previous XP Pro in
English.

When I boot from the disk, it goes through most of the
installation, but then it gives and error message that it
cannot find the hard drive.

There is definitly a hard drive in the computer (a Maxtor
6Y080M0). It is not partitioned beyond the C drive, so I am
not sure what the problem is in reinstalling.

Any help will be appreciated.

Maggie
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Check with Maxtor's support site for the correct driver for
your SATA drive. You'll need to place this driver on a floppy
disk and have it available early in the installation when your
prompted to hit F6 to install third party drivers.

You might want to take a look here:
http://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor...stallation_guides/sata_installation_guide.pdf

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
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