topic Re: LM2E XP-pro install cannot find hard drive in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/lm2e-xp-pro-install-cannot-find-hard-drive/m-p/27124#M17987 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Derek and welcome to Club Vaio.<BR /><BR />You either buy a cheap USB floppy drive for a few pounds and install the SATA drivers from this floppy using F6 or you make a slipstreamed installation disc using nLite where all the drivers are slipstreamed into the XP installation.<BR /><BR />Google for nLite<BR /><BR /> <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.co.uk/html/@0248C33DDCF34AA61B8F8F33F5AFA5BE/images/smilies/013.png" alt=":wink:" title=":wink:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:43:11 GMT Blencogo 2008-08-12T14:43:11Z LM2E XP-pro install cannot find hard drive https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/lm2e-xp-pro-install-cannot-find-hard-drive/m-p/27123#M17986 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>When I try and install Windows XP Pro on my LM2E VAIO the install tells me that it cannot identify a hard drive on my computer.<BR /><BR />If I press F6 during the install to install a 3rd party disk driver it then tells me I can´t because the PC does not have a floppy drive!!<BR /><BR />Obviously the hard drive is there!!<BR /><BR />How do I get round this problem?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:08:58 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/lm2e-xp-pro-install-cannot-find-hard-drive/m-p/27123#M17986 DerekBurleigh 2008-08-12T14:08:58Z Re: LM2E XP-pro install cannot find hard drive https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/lm2e-xp-pro-install-cannot-find-hard-drive/m-p/27124#M17987 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Derek and welcome to Club Vaio.<BR /><BR />You either buy a cheap USB floppy drive for a few pounds and install the SATA drivers from this floppy using F6 or you make a slipstreamed installation disc using nLite where all the drivers are slipstreamed into the XP installation.<BR /><BR />Google for nLite<BR /><BR /> <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.co.uk/html/@0248C33DDCF34AA61B8F8F33F5AFA5BE/images/smilies/013.png" alt=":wink:" title=":wink:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:43:11 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/lm2e-xp-pro-install-cannot-find-hard-drive/m-p/27124#M17987 Blencogo 2008-08-12T14:43:11Z Re: LM2E XP-pro install cannot find hard drive https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/lm2e-xp-pro-install-cannot-find-hard-drive/m-p/27125#M17988 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hmmm.....<BR /><BR />Slipstreamed the disk controller drivers into the XP install but it still doesn´t work.<BR /><BR />I will see if I can work out what I have done wrong!! <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.co.uk/html/@8A5BDCECEE2E5AB683F2BDAA500F2036/images/smilies/035.png" alt=":slight_frown:" title=":slight_frown:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:02:08 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/lm2e-xp-pro-install-cannot-find-hard-drive/m-p/27125#M17988 DerekBurleigh 2008-08-13T11:02:08Z Re: LM2E XP-pro install cannot find hard drive https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/lm2e-xp-pro-install-cannot-find-hard-drive/m-p/27135#M17989 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Which SATA drivers are you using?<BR /><BR />It should be SATA Driver Intel Non-RAID 7.0A-7.0.0.1020<BR /><BR />It is attached below: -<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:35:10 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/lm2e-xp-pro-install-cannot-find-hard-drive/m-p/27135#M17989 Blencogo 2008-08-13T22:35:10Z