Installing XP

JNS02 · #1 February 28th, 2009, 11:29 AM

Dale , Madjim, HELP. I am trying to install XP on my laptop (Dell XPS M1530) An I can not find anywhere to format HD. In HD properties it will not let me format C: Because that is where Vista is running. If I put in the XP Disc and try to load it will tell me that I have no HD Installed in my laptop. Any suggestions so I can get rid of Vista.

TheMusicGeek · #2 February 28th, 2009, 12:01 PM

Sounds like you're not loading the RAID drivers. If XP setup can't see the HD then you will need to load the drivers during the "Press F6 to load RAID or SCSI drivers" option at the start of setup.

Sometimes you can load them off of A: or a flash drive but in most cases you will need to build a custom OPK disk with the driver cache preinstalled.

ddouglass · #3 February 28th, 2009, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by JNS02

Dale , Madjim, HELP. I am trying to install XP on my laptop (Dell XPS M1530) An I can not find anywhere to format HD. In HD properties it will not let me format C: Because that is where Vista is running. If I put in the XP Disc and try to load it will tell me that I have no HD Installed in my laptop. Any suggestions so I can get rid of Vista.

You have a problem. Dell does not have any drivers for XP for that laptop. The only thing they have are Vista 32 bit and Vista 64 bit. You are not going to be able to put XP on that laptop, because with no drivers then you don't have any way for XP to see the HD. I am afraid with that one you are stuck in Vista. From the looks of it this hard drive is a SATA drive.

JNS02 · #4 February 28th, 2009, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ddouglass

You have a problem. Dell does not have any drivers for XP for that laptop. The only thing they have are Vista 32 bit and Vista 64 bit. You are not going to be able to put XP on that laptop, because with no drivers then you don't have any way for XP to see the HD. I am afraid with that one you are stuck in Vista. From the looks of it this hard drive is a SATA drive.

Dale, Dale, Dale, Why do you always have the answer for me that I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR when it comes to Vista LOL. Really you are one of the biggest helps on this forum. I will now go and install Hoster back on this laptop. I think I need to start looking for a differant (cheap) laptop to run shows on. When I say cheap I do know the min. requirements needed. (but with XP) Thanks Dale !

lmcmains · #5 February 28th, 2009, 03:02 PM

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Dale, Dale, Dale, Why do you always have the answer for me that I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR when it comes to Vista LOL. Really you are one of the biggest helps on this forum. I will now go and install Hoster back on this laptop. I think I need to start looking for a differant (cheap) laptop to run shows on. When I say cheap I do know the min. requirements needed. (but with XP) Thanks Dale !

I don't like Vista either, I bought a new Dell 1525 with vista on it and it runs hoster with no problems at all. I only paid $700.00 for it with Intel core 2 dueo 2.0gh processor and 4 gig or ram and 320 gig hd

ddouglass · #6 February 28th, 2009, 05:30 PM

If you look in the Small Business section of Dell they have both desktop and laptops that they offer the XP upgrade for an extra $100 with their computers. If you look in their Home section they don't make that offer. I also just bought a new laptop from them with XP and I paid $1100, but I also maxed out the hard drive size and memory along with getting some software from them.

JNS02 · #7 March 1st, 2009, 12:45 PM

Dale, Thanks for all the help. I have been testing 4.08 in mock show and everything seems to be going smooth. I don't have another 'real' show until Wednesday evening. I will let you know how it goes. I did have one problem that happens once in a while (not in 4.08 yet) that I keep forgetting to report, (because its not a big deal to me) Will not let me add singers from the main screen, I have to add them from the search screen. When that happens I just take a music break and restart hoster. Have to run music from a DJ program I have. No one knows the difference and then everything is fine. Not sure what causes it yet. I think its when I add a song to singers file ('+' button) from main screen then try to add another song just to playlist. Usually after about an hour and not every night, Maybe once a week out of five shows.

Ed Beram · #8 March 7th, 2009, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ddouglass

If you look in the Small Business section of Dell they have both desktop and laptops that they offer the XP upgrade for an extra $100 with their computers. If you look in their Home section they don't make that offer. I also just bought a new laptop from them with XP and I paid $1100, but I also maxed out the hard drive size and memory along with getting some software from them.

Is Dell the best choice if I am stuck with Vista? How much Ram, procesor, Ihave about 600 Gigs used up on my external drive and would like to keep my mp3 and kma files all together to switch back from DJ to KJ on same computer. Do I also need a terabyte inteadd of the 750 gig external drive I already have? Id like to buy it from a retaler if possible so I can have it ready for a thursday show.
Ed

TheMusicGeek · #9 February 28th, 2009, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ddouglass

You have a problem. Dell does not have any drivers for XP for that laptop. The only thing they have are Vista 32 bit and Vista 64 bit. You are not going to be able to put XP on that laptop, because with no drivers then you don't have any way for XP to see the HD. I am afraid with that one you are stuck in Vista. From the looks of it this hard drive is a SATA drive.

True, that model was only sold with Vista but he may be able to get drivers from the component manufacturers. For example go to Intel for the Chipset and RAID driver, Creative Labs for the WebCam driver, etc.

Obviously I would try find ALL the drivers before you delete the existing partition.

BTW XP SP2 and above can see SATA drives with no additional driver support. The problem is the chipset access to the RAID array. It looks like that model uses the Intel ICH series storage manager which works with either XP or Vista.

TheMusicGeek · #10 February 28th, 2009, 01:13 PM

Another Idea for Vista users. Has anyone tried creating a XP virtual machine within Vista?

JNS02 · #11 February 28th, 2009, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMusicGeek

Another Idea for Vista users. Has anyone tried creating a XP virtual machine within Vista?

Please, Tell me more

TheMusicGeek · #12 February 28th, 2009, 01:50 PM

Virtual PC is a program that will let you load an operating system from within Vista (or XP). I have used it many times for customers who have proprietary software from companies that are out of business or no longer support a particular product. The idea is to load the Virtual PC software then create a Virtual PC within it. You then start Virtual PC and load the operating system (you can have more than one). Once the OS is loaded you install and run what ever software you have. You will need a XP install disk with valid product key and the necessary XP drivers. Here is the link to the page where you can get more infomation and download the program: http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/pro...c/default.mspx

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