Dual boot vista/xp

metalfiiish · 04-17-2008, 09:02 AM

Hello! this is my first post, so I'm sorry if this topic is frowned upon (seeing as no one else has posted bout it). anyway i recently bought a laptop
Sony Vaio VGN-AR605E with vista home premium on it. I also had best buy
upgrade it to a 2 GB ram before i left the store with it. Well here is my problem, i want to add in Xp or if i have to then wipe out vista. I read a guide on google for this exact model but it did not work here is the link if you like http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=222277

but i downloaded all the drivers and slipstreamed it all and went to make bootable disc and it was too big...so i tried again but only with SP2 and the Sata driver sliped and it worked but when i tossed the cd in my laptop it still gave me the blue screen saying f-3 to quit because it cannot find my hard drive. My uncle has a usb-floppy if i really need to us it, to add in the driver but which driver do i download? obviously that one was wrong right?
also if anyone can refer me to a program to find out my current hardware would be appreciated as the past few i have found wont work for me.

metalfiiish · 04-17-2008, 11:21 AM

...couldnt figure out how to edit lol, well here is some info on my hard drive and such
hard drive= TOSHIBA MK1637GSX

i believe i have all the other drivers just cant find this one, my computer does not have an ahci mode switch in bios so i really need the driver for this , sony and micrsoft being...well who they are... wont help me
please!!help me, does anyone know if there is a driver for it?

saintecho01 · 04-17-2008, 06:00 PM

you are looking for a raid driver which needs to be put on a floppy then once xp is loading files press f6 and direct to the raid file on the floppy,here is the support site from sony .

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...GNAR605E&LOC=3

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...=2769&os_id=28

metalfiiish · 04-20-2008, 12:41 PM

ok well i just reached another problem, my uncle does not have the floppy to usb like i thought, i have heard there are other ways, is nLite a possibility? i really dont have the spare cash to buy something i will most likly never use again. thank you for your help!

saintecho01 · 04-20-2008, 05:11 PM

yeah i cant see why you couldn't use nlite.

**simpswr** · 04-20-2008, 05:31 PM

Some BIOS allow an Alternate method for SATA . . Go into the bios and check the "Sata Operation" setting, change it to "Raid Autodetect/ATA

metalfiiish · 04-20-2008, 09:08 PM

well when i go to bios it gives me next to nothing for things to change and nothing at all about my hard drive/sata also if i use nLite how would i extract the drivers from the download? the download works like an installer rather then a file i can choose for drivers, it does not show up when i go to integrate drivers.thank you again for your replies.

karuna_24 · 05-05-2008, 07:02 AM

Hi,
To extract the drivers from the .exe refer http://www.intel.com/support/chipset.../cs-020825.htm

There is also an issue with some drivers for XP , refer http://www.intel.com/support/chipset.../CS-020826.htm for the driver with the fix.

I used nlite to slipstream and was able to install XP successfully in my laptop without a floppy drive

Thanks,
Karuna

04-17-2008, 09:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
metalfiiish Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 17 OS: vista	Dual boot vista/xp Hello! this is my first post, so I'm sorry if this topic is frowned upon (seeing as no one else has posted bout it). anyway i recently bought a laptop Sony Vaio VGN-AR605E with vista home premium on it. I also had best buy upgrade it to a 2 GB ram before i left the store with it. Well here is my problem, i want to add in Xp or if i have to then wipe out vista. I read a guide on google for this exact model but it did not work here is the link if you like http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=222277 but i downloaded all the drivers and slipstreamed it all and went to make bootable disc and it was too big...so i tried again but only with SP2 and the Sata driver sliped and it worked but when i tossed the cd in my laptop it still gave me the blue screen saying f-3 to quit because it cannot find my hard drive. My uncle has a usb-floppy if i really need to us it, to add in the driver but which driver do i download? obviously that one was wrong right? also if anyone can refer me to a program to find out my current hardware would be appreciated as the past few i have found wont work for me. Last edited by metalfiiish : 04-17-2008 at 09:04 AM.

04-17-2008, 11:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
metalfiiish Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 17 OS: vista	Re: Dual boot vista/xp ...couldnt figure out how to edit lol, well here is some info on my hard drive and such hard drive= TOSHIBA MK1637GSX i believe i have all the other drivers just cant find this one, my computer does not have an ahci mode switch in bios so i really need the driver for this , sony and micrsoft being...well who they are... wont help me please!!help me, does anyone know if there is a driver for it?

04-17-2008, 06:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
saintecho01 HJT Trainee Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: southampton,uk. Posts: 216 OS: vista ultimate 64/win xp	Re: Dual boot vista/xp you are looking for a raid driver which needs to be put on a floppy then once xp is loading files press f6 and direct to the raid file on the floppy,here is the support site from sony . http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...GNAR605E&LOC=3 http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...=2769&os_id=28 Last edited by saintecho01 : 04-17-2008 at 06:02 PM.

04-20-2008, 12:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
metalfiiish Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 17 OS: vista	Re: Dual boot vista/xp ok well i just reached another problem, my uncle does not have the floppy to usb like i thought, i have heard there are other ways, is nLite a possibility? i really dont have the spare cash to buy something i will most likly never use again. thank you for your help!

04-20-2008, 05:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
saintecho01 HJT Trainee Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: southampton,uk. Posts: 216 OS: vista ultimate 64/win xp	Re: Dual boot vista/xp yeah i cant see why you couldn't use nlite.

04-20-2008, 05:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
simpswr Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 3,484 OS: XP, Vista	Re: Dual boot vista/xp Some BIOS allow an Alternate method for SATA . . Go into the bios and check the "*Sata Operation" setting, change it to "Raid Autodetect/ATA* __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BIOS \| BenchTest \| Spyware Cleaning \| How to Post a Screen shot \| PC running slow

04-20-2008, 09:08 PM	#7 (permalink)
metalfiiish Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 17 OS: vista	Re: Dual boot vista/xp well when i go to bios it gives me next to nothing for things to change and nothing at all about my hard drive/sata also if i use nLite how would i extract the drivers from the download? the download works like an installer rather then a file i can choose for drivers, it does not show up when i go to integrate drivers.thank you again for your replies.

05-05-2008, 07:02 AM	#8 (permalink)
karuna_24 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp	Re: Dual boot vista/xp Hi, To extract the drivers from the .exe refer http://www.intel.com/support/chipset.../cs-020825.htm There is also an issue with some drivers for XP , refer http://www.intel.com/support/chipset.../CS-020826.htm for the driver with the fix. I used nlite to slipstream and was able to install XP successfully in my laptop without a floppy drive Thanks, Karuna