Re: Wipe Home Premium 64

no>PS; If you do get the winxp cd to boot then likely as not you have a sa
no>drive, in which case you will either need to install sata controler dri
no>from floppy during the installation (F6 option) or ammend bios settings
no>the corect sata controller

no>"slowpokey" <> wrote in message
no>news:...
>
> I did try that on a couple different PC's and it boots up like it's
> suppose to. Now those PC's have XP on them already. But that told me
> that the CD is working ok.
>
>
> Tae Song;1057692 Wrote:
>> "slowpokey" <> wrote in message
>> news:...> > >
>> > >
>> > > My co-worker bought a new toshiba laptop with Vista Home Premium
>> > bit.
>> > > It is not compatible with our remote access system which is why
>> > > bought the pc to begin with. I tried to start the installation w
>> > the
>> > > XP installation CD but it won't allow me to start the process. I
>> > figured
>> > > out how to wipe the HD but when it still won't boot from the XP
>> > > used the recovery disk to reinstall Vista HP 64 bit.
>> > >
>> > > What am I missing here? It just will not boot from the XP CD. I
>> > > out and changed the bios boot feature to boot from the CD drive
>> > it
>> > > still doesn't work.
>> > >
>> > > Help!!!!!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > slowpokey > >
>>
>>
>> Have you tried to boot the XP CD on another computer?

Or having BIOS emulate IDE on the SATA drive to install Windows XP, then
switching it back to SATA mode on the BIOS?

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