Installing XP on a Laptop running Vista Home Premium

adaaro · 02-26-2009, 06:42 AM

I tried installing XP on a laptop running Vista but the installation was aborted when it could not 'see' the Hard drive

**sobeit** · 02-26-2009, 06:47 AM

must need sata drivers - exactly what laptop?

seantobin5 · 02-26-2009, 12:55 PM

go into the bios and find somewhere where it says AHCI, press enter, and switch it to IDE mode. Vista can reconize it because it has the correct drivers and windows xp doesnt. when you get windows xp installed, install AHCI drivers if you want nd switch the thing in the bios to AHCI. if you restart the computer and you get a blue screen of death, then you didnt install the AHCI drivers right. so switch it back to ide and all... its not really a nesesity to install ACHI driver but its really nice to have cuz its a little faster the IDE but not by much at all...

joeten · 02-26-2009, 01:05 PM

hi before you try anything check you can get all the drivers for xp to run on a vista machine as you have seen xp does not always have the drivers needed so you need to check for all try mfr support website

seantobin5 · 02-27-2009, 12:59 PM

what kinda computer is it you're trying to install XP on?

02-26-2009, 06:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
adaaro Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4 OS: Vista Home Premium	Installing XP on a Laptop running Vista Home Premium I tried installing XP on a laptop running Vista but the installation was aborted when it could not 'see' the Hard drive

02-26-2009, 06:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: Installing XP on a Laptop running Vista Home Premium must need sata drivers - exactly what laptop? __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age

02-26-2009, 12:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
seantobin5 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 94 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows XP Home Edition SP3, Ubuntu Linux 9.04	Re: Installing XP on a Laptop running Vista Home Premium go into the bios and find somewhere where it says AHCI, press enter, and switch it to IDE mode. Vista can reconize it because it has the correct drivers and windows xp doesnt. when you get windows xp installed, install AHCI drivers if you want nd switch the thing in the bios to AHCI. if you restart the computer and you get a blue screen of death, then you didnt install the AHCI drivers right. so switch it back to ide and all... its not really a nesesity to install ACHI driver but its really nice to have cuz its a little faster the IDE but not by much at all... __________________ ~Sean T.

02-26-2009, 01:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
joeten Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,185 OS: vista	Re: Installing XP on a Laptop running Vista Home Premium hi before you try anything check you can get all the drivers for xp to run on a vista machine as you have seen xp does not always have the drivers needed so you need to check for all try mfr support website

02-27-2009, 12:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
seantobin5 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 94 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows XP Home Edition SP3, Ubuntu Linux 9.04	Re: Installing XP on a Laptop running Vista Home Premium what kinda computer is it you're trying to install XP on? __________________ ~Sean T.