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XP setup console didnt detect Hardisks (Vista installed)

hi guys;

i 've purchased HP dv6000 laptop core dou2 2GHz ,1024MB ram ,160 GB SATA with a preinstalled Vista

i want to get rid of vista and install XP on C: driver then install Vista on other partition as dual booting

the problem is when i want to format the C: since my hard disk is 160 GB (on partition) using bootable

XP CD >> it did not detect any Hardisk on my laptop

so how can  bypass this problem and use XP Setup to format and create new partition to install XP on C:

and VISTA in New created D:  


 
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its probably because your setup disk doesn't understand your sata controller you may need to slipstream sp2 into your setup cd

See
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_sp2_slipstream.asp
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if yur hard dusj us is not detectd then you need to install the hard drive drivers f6 option at beginning of xp install.
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thanx guys;

i spent the whole day searching for SATA driver and when i found it and download it, as a WinImage self extractor file >>> it requires floopy disk to extract to A: driver otherwise the extracting will fail

Driver path:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-39535-1&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=3224058&dlc=en&lang=en
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thanx all for help

the problem has been resolved using

1- Nlite
2- gparted
3- Disable native SATA in the BIOS
2- download SATA driver which provided by ve3ofa

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1) Disable native SATA in the BIOS and install XP Pro

2) Install XP SP2

3) Get the Intel Matrix software on your machine somehow ( I used the SD reader). I used the SP32492 of the intel drivers.

4) Run the SP (again, SP32492 in my case)

5) Open a command window in the directory that the SP install just created (c:\swsetup\sp32492)

6) type the following:
setup -A -P c:\intelsata
This extracts the driver files you will need into the intelsata directory

6a) If you know how to force a driver down window's throat, do so now with the 82801GBM driver you just extracted. Otherwise keep going

7) Go to device manager and look under Other Devices

8) find the device whose details mention AHCI
(I forget what this actually looked like, you will need to dig)

9) select Update Driver for that device

10) select no, not this time -> Next

11) select Install from a list... -> Next

12) select Dont search.. -> Next

13) click Have Disk

14) click browse

15) go to c:\intelsata and select the iastor.inf file

16) click OK

17) Uncheck show compatable hardware

18) Select the intel 82801GBM SATA AHCI controller

19) OK your way out

20) reboot

21) during the reboot, go into the BIOS and turn native SATA on.

22) Celebrate, you're done!