Comments on: Resolving "Setup did not find any hard disk drives" during Windows XP Installation

By: The Geek

The Geek — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:04:10 +0000

Alrighty guys, I’m going to close comments on this thread… we’re nearing 300 comments and there’s really no reason to continue.

If you want help with issues surrounding this topic, PLEASE POST ON THE FORUM, that’s what it’s there for.

http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/

By: onzki

onzki — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:56:01 +0000

i was able to make xp cd with driver thru nlite.. however—
an error appears during my XP installation– “ULSATA2.SYS” NOT FOUND.. SETUP FAILED.
what drivers did i missed?

thanks!

By: Fadi

Fadi — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:58:25 +0000

Aml,

i guess thats what i didnt do…Thanks…

By: Fadi

Fadi — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:56:49 +0000

grateway

Thanks a million man, it worked..You are the MAN…

By: grateway

grateway — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:10:36 +0000

@Fadi

Sounds to me like you have simply burnt the .iso file as a data CD. You need to burn it in a different way, as an ‘image file’. Tell us what CD burning program you are using. If it is Nero, don’t drag the .iso file into the list of files to be burned, open it directly from the File menu. Other programs should have a similar option. Burn at a slow speed.

Good luck
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By: Aml

Aml — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:33:58 +0000

@Fadi

When u make the ISO file, do u choose to bootable or not ?

I already using Win XP SP2 om my DV2711TX (bought it a week ago) & everything went smooth now, no more BSOD
But before i downgrade my BIOS form F.26 to F.13…

Now i can use my DV2711tx with XP

Thanks a lot for this walkthrough.. absolutely helpfull…

Now i’m gonna install XP on my friends laptop (COMPAQ Presarion V3000 series)

Thanks a lot man

By: Fadi

Fadi — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:32:43 +0000

Hi
Man, everythig is clear and i mean wow. just one thing, i got into the last step, and i am stuck now…Its the step where you burn the cd…its done, now i have a file inside labeled with “winlite.iso”…now, what should i do next???

you mentioned “At this point you can burn the ISO image to a CD, and then start your XP installation process”…so, after i burned the cd, i left it inside, and i restarted and tried to boot from it…the laptop didn’t see it as a booting cd, it started windows VISTA normally…i went again and changed the booting order..put to boot from cd FIRST…again, it didnt see it..

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S my laptop is an HP DV-6500 special edition…just bought it 3 days ago…and vista is driving me crazy..

By: AmL

AmL — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:56:40 +0000

http://forum.notebookreview.co.....p?t=247697

on this review, it says using F.2A Bios for his DV2799ea

So, which one is the correct one, using F.13 or F.2A ?

Please help

By: AmL

AmL — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:46:47 +0000

Hi all..

Just read on other forum (http://forum.notebookreview.co.....amp;page=3) that can install XP on dv2700 series but must downgrade BIOS from current to F.13.

Is it safe to do this ?

By: AmL

AmL — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:06:52 +0000

Thanx a lot for this tutorial….. very helfull…
I already install WinXP SP2 at on my HP Pavilion dv2711tx. Upon installation, it appears that XP still not recognize my SATA controller & i have to disable the SATA controller to be recognized by pressing F7 when the screen asking to install SATA or RAID by pressing F6… But, by pressing F7 also disable the ACPI -compliant ontroller & battery to be recognized by XP.

Everything went smooth… After loading XP for the first time, the windows did not recognized the ACPI & battery since I disable ACPI controller by pressing F7. So, my notebook now not have any ACPI-compliant & battery on device manager. Is there anyone have similar case like this & how to enable it back ?

Also, my wireless is not working too…

Please help, any suggestions will be very helpfull.

Thanks a lot