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stabnormaly · 11-18-2008, 11:34 PM

recently my girlfriends laptops hard drive bit the dust luckily it was still under warranty so we took it in to get fixed and when we got it back they told us that they only fix hardware related problems so we have a new hard drive but the OS isn't installed on it. i want to install XP on it but when i try to it says theirs no hard drive. i have tried to use the program nlite and install the drivers for the SATA drive but it didn't work or i did it wrong im not sure. id like to think i have a higher then average knowledge of computers but things may have to be explained to me still. the new custom XP installer that i made only takes me to a page where it repeatedly asks me for my LAN internet cable and when i plug it in it cant find what its looking for. the laptop is a Toshiba satellite A200 -TJ7 that came with windows vista on it. unfortunately i don't have a usb disk drive otherwise this would be a lot easier. many thanks to anyone who can help me with this problem.

11-18-2008, 11:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
stabnormaly Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: canada Posts: 2 OS: xp	help hard drive issues recently my girlfriends laptops hard drive bit the dust luckily it was still under warranty so we took it in to get fixed and when we got it back they told us that they only fix hardware related problems so we have a new hard drive but the OS isn't installed on it. i want to install XP on it but when i try to it says theirs no hard drive. i have tried to use the program nlite and install the drivers for the SATA drive but it didn't work or i did it wrong im not sure. id like to think i have a higher then average knowledge of computers but things may have to be explained to me still. the new custom XP installer that i made only takes me to a page where it repeatedly asks me for my LAN internet cable and when i plug it in it cant find what its looking for. the laptop is a Toshiba satellite A200 -TJ7 that came with windows vista on it. unfortunately i don't have a usb disk drive otherwise this would be a lot easier. many thanks to anyone who can help me with this problem.