Xp install after vista

Am trying to install xp on a new laptop that already has vista.Have mad
another partition using vista disc management. I boot to xp disc and g
to install but cannot choose a drive or partition as box remains empt
and nothing shows.Any help on overcoming this would be greatl
appreciated.:

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David Berry

You have no knowledge of the mans problems!

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience



"Van Chocstraw" <> wrote in message
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> David Berry wrote:
>> Am trying to install xp on a new laptop that already has vista.Have made
>> another partition using vista disc management. I boot to xp disc and go
>> to install but cannot choose a drive or partition as box remains empty
>> and nothing shows.Any help on overcoming this would be greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>>
> What do you think this is? Linux? Windows HAS to be on the first partition
> no matter what. It thinks it's the king.
>
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You will likely need to have a driver disk ready to install the necessary
SATA drivers so that the Windows XP setup can access the hard drives.
Remember, Windows XP was introduced without support for SATA drives.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience



"David Berry" <> wrote in message
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>
> Am trying to install xp on a new laptop that already has vista.Have made
> another partition using vista disc management. I boot to xp disc and go
> to install but cannot choose a drive or partition as box remains empty
> and nothing shows.Any help on overcoming this would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
>
> --
> David Berry

Hi David,

First, delete the partition you created and leave it as unallocated space.
XP setup needs to create its own volume and cannot install on one created by
Vista.

Second, before proceeding read this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919529

Note that you will need a Vista DVD to do the repair operations.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"David Berry" <> wrote in message
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>
> Am trying to install xp on a new laptop that already has vista.Have made
> another partition using vista disc management. I boot to xp disc and go
> to install but cannot choose a drive or partition as box remains empty
> and nothing shows.Any help on overcoming this would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
>
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> David Berry

The O/P didn't say he was installing Windows XP SP3. He said he was
installing Windows XP. I take that to mean the original distribution (no
service packs included).

Anyways, on my old Asus A7N8X motherboard it didn't make any difference at
all. I still needed to install the SATA drivers to even SEE the hard drives.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience



"Van Chocstraw" <> wrote in message
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> Richard Urban wrote:
>> You will likely need to have a driver disk ready to install the necessary
>> SATA drivers so that the Windows XP setup can access the hard drives.
>> Remember, Windows XP was introduced without support for SATA drives.
>>
>
> They didn't fix that with service packs?
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