anybody try it on COMPAQ C714TU ?

nice guide, was wondering why win xp couldn't detect my hard disk.

fuh~
diz is very useful lesson.
thank U subkiller..
i tried it yesterday.. i can install win xp perfectly..
but only one driver is still missing.. i dont know
where to steal it! haha..

Thanks...glad it was useful...

PM me about your missing driver....

elo.. so who can help me how to format windows xp for my laptop Compaq presarion V3630TU// please.. how i can make that cd and at where the software for sata can i get it ... please ..

Are you even reading the article before posting?

It contains all the instruction you need to make your own disc and SATA drivers.

i read and do... but the hasil is nothing ... nothing happen .. so how that ?? can tell me to do thaht own disc ... i

thx for good tutorial mate..

This post has been edited by jackolantern: Dec 17 2007, 10:55 PM

thx guy can used oh...lolx

Becoz XP don't have such driver preloaded during server installation boot up.

Thanks for these information. If not, I could not reinstall my laptop with XP SP3.

Also, is it possible that some other XP OS Cd contains SATA Driver? Because I did not have this problem before with my XP SP2 September edition.

FYI, SP3 is not even released to the public yet. So there are many versions of CD in stores out there where the original owner of the CD did his own slipstream to the CD. Like myself, i slipstream all windows update into my CD up to the latest one too. Thus, this is why they call it SP3 because the actual SP3 would be all the updates from after SP2 up to the latest one plus a few other enchancement.

Meaning, you would never know what kind of things they slipstream with the CD that you buy from stores. Your other CD might contain the SATA drivers already slipstreamed into it and the new one doesn't. Not all those CD is from the same person anyway...

all work perfectly for me even for slipstream xp sp3.

[quote=jess_24,Aug 10 2007, 05:27 PM]
i have a aspire 4720. tried using the same drivers as 4710 b4 but it doesnt work.. could u please tell me which specific driver to use?? i really want to install xp.. thanx.. mayb u can email me, jess_jyl@yahoo.com. thanx

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just to update..for xp Acer 4720 is using ICH8 E/M

My Dear @SubKi||er

A Very Big Thanks to you,

This post has been edited by kiran2008: Jan 7 2008, 03:38 PM

Dear all pro,

Now I face a laptop problem , that is when I want to format my laptop , I use the XP installation CD to boot , it can boot actually , but after some checking or step / before start to install the windows , " Hard Disk is locked" or some other message came out . I don't know how to solve it .I using aspire 4710G laptop . Dear all pro... , I hope you can tell me how to solve it because I am totally blank with this . Thank you very much . hope to get your good reply soon.

maybe you hdd have some kind of password protect! check at the BIOS.

Besides BIOS, check any side button on the laptop and feature function. I never come across 4710G model.

Shoot, acer website got hacked.

Try to reboot into your windows again.. make sure there is no other program are locking the disk such as check disk or any other disk management tools.. once you done, shutdown your computer properly.

I have checked the bios already , but nothing is lock in the bios . not only aspire 4710G , others also face the same problem , some of them are can't find HDD . but the old aspire do not face the problems , it can be fix and format easly . Can you tell me how to solve the problem so I can format my laptop easily . Thank you .aspire 4710G