[Wftl-lug] Cannot install XP (yeah yeah, I know)

[Patrick Green]

Correction....I was not able to get into fixmbr for same reason of not
detecting hard drive.  Sorry for the mis write.

On Dec 10, 2007 4:07 PM, Patrick Green <patlgreen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay...I know.  Here is the story.  One student at CLC took the Linux
> challenge since he does not like Vista.  So I removed Vista and Installed
> Gutsy.  Well, he is not a big fan of that either.  So he goes to Wal Mart
> and buys a copy of XP Pro.  Every time he tries to install it on his Sony
> Laptop it tells him the hard drive cannot be found.  So I take it home with
> me and I run gparted to delete the partitions.  I get the same error.
> Okay...fine...run gparted again and partition as a FAT32....still no joy.
> So I go into the R option of XP for repair and enter fixmbr.  And
> still....nothing.   Now, I know BIOS recoignizes the hard drive and I can
> get into it all day long with gparted or..welll...any live CD.  What am I
> missing here?
>
> End of the day I wish he liked the Ubuntu, but this is what he wants and I
> am trying to help facilitate it...ideas?  BTW, Sony VAIO with Duo Centrino
> 4GB RAM...PCG-384L is the Sony model number.
>

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