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can't install win98 or xp

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by neilstan, 2007/10/21.

  1. 2007/10/21
    neilstan

    neilstan Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    hello
    i tried to reinstall xp it goes upto windows setup then i get a message xp setup did not find any had drives ...
    i tried win98
    that went as far as the restart in 15 seconds
    after restart the windows screen comes on then goes off
    then another message
    insufficent memory to initialize windows quit one or more memory resident programs or remove unnessessary utilities from your config.sys and autoexec.bat files and restart youe pc.
     
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  2. 2007/10/21
    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    Is the hard drive IDE or SATA?

    If SATA, you might have to do F6 and install the SATA drivers off a floppy found on the mobo makers web site.
     
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  4. 2007/10/29
    neilstan

    neilstan Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    its a sata i had tried that didn't work. in the end i used a copy of vista and it installed? but when you go into setup there is no hard drive?
    thanks for your input.
     
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  5. 2007/10/29
    PeteC

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    Most likely because Vista contains SATA drivers, whereas XP does not, hence the F6 routine and no floppy means no install :(
     
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  6. 2007/10/30
    Chiles4

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    I just installed XP on a SATA drive with no problems. The OS was XP Pro SP2. Windows 98 would be a lost cause on a SATA drive. Since Vista worked, it seems to have been a driver problem.

    The disk must be listed in your BIOS screens somewhere.
     
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  7. 2007/11/05
    neilstan

    neilstan Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    it is on the black screen at start up and in the boot sequence
    before i messed up using pq boot magic i had xp and vista
    installed when i couldn't get them back i wiped my disk
    i did the f6 when installing xp but it never worked
    i might try again but not at the moment
    thanks
     
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