In Need of Urgent Help - IDE Configuration "ballpointpen" <u47269[ at ]uwe> 10/29/2008 6:28:41 AM Hey all, Ok, I'll give you guys an idea about what's happened. I've an Asus m50s Laptop. I had Vista 32bit and 64 bit on two separate partitions, on the same hard disk. The IDE configuration was set on " Enhanced" in my Bios. I wanted to install XP 64bit onto over my Vista 64 bit. Once i booted from the disk. it read "Couldn't detect a harddisk" So i read up on some forums and told me to change SATA options. Understanding very vaguely i decided to go into my BIOS. I found something similar called IDE Configuration. And i set the settings from Enhanced to Compatable. This allowed the XP disc to read my hard disks and start installing. - first i deleted the Vista 64 bit partition and then formatted and installed. All went well then it said it had to restart. Expecting the Installation of XP to come up i find a black screen with a white underscore at the top left blinking. Nothing happens. I've tried Deleting the partition.. Changing the IDE config back to Enhanced. All these don't seem to work. Someone told me to place the XP disc in and repair with FIXBOOT and FIXMBR but im afraid this will mess with my 32bit Vista which has alot of valuable data. Any input on my stupidity would help, but most of all advice on how to fix this. Thanks Much Appreciated. Will be keeping a lookout on this post. Cheers -Ballpointpen

Re: In Need of Urgent Help - IDE Configuration "AJR" <ajrjdr[ at ]comcast.net> 10/29/2008 8:15:39 PM Regarding "...So i read up on some forums ...." - any information on a foru8m regarding dual booting would have emphasized that you always install the older (earlier) OS first - followed by the newer (later) OS. Obtain the utility VistaBootPro (free download) to remedy the boot manager. "ballpointpen" <u47269[ at ]uwe> wrote in message news:8c609c7bee950[ at ]uwe... [Quoted Text] > Hey all, > > Ok, I'll give you guys an idea about what's happened. I've an Asus m50s > Laptop. I had Vista 32bit and 64 bit on two separate partitions, on the > same > hard disk. > The IDE configuration was set on " Enhanced" in my Bios. > I wanted to install XP 64bit onto over my Vista 64 bit. Once i booted from > the disk. it read > "Couldn't detect a harddisk" So i read up on some forums and told me to > change SATA options. Understanding very vaguely i decided to go into my > BIOS. > I found something similar called IDE Configuration. And i set the settings > from Enhanced to Compatable. > This allowed the XP disc to read my hard disks and start installing. - > first > i deleted the Vista 64 bit partition and then formatted and installed. All > went well then it said it had to restart. > Expecting the Installation of XP to come up i find a black screen with a > white underscore at the top left blinking. Nothing happens. > > I've tried Deleting the partition.. > Changing the IDE config back to Enhanced. > All these don't seem to work. Someone told me to place the XP disc in and > repair with FIXBOOT and FIXMBR but im afraid this will mess with my 32bit > Vista which has alot of valuable data. > > Any input on my stupidity would help, but most of all advice on how to fix > this. Thanks > > Much Appreciated. Will be keeping a lookout on this post. Cheers > > -Ballpointpen >

Re: In Need of Urgent Help - IDE Configuration "ballpointpen via WindowsKB.com" <u47269[ at ]uwe> 10/29/2008 8:25:28 PM Hey AJR, Thanks for the reply. I had a final crack at the installation and have figured out what had happened. It seems that somehow a third partian (only 7 gbs) was somehow converted into a Primary drive. So i think it was booting from that partition. I found this by throwing in my 64bit Vista cd showing the partitions. I've now deleted it and installed 64bit vista, then in manager options re- activated my Main OS. However AJR, i'm unable to install 64bit "XP" on my HDD unless i set the IDE configuration to "Compatible" Which then disables my access to Vista. Quite the dilemma. I'm going borrow a friends XP 32bit and test if that works. If you have any ideas; it would be very much so appreciated. Other than that ill try and post what has happened. Cheers Regards - Ballpointpen. AJR wrote: [Quoted Text] >Regarding "...So i read up on some forums ...." - any information on a >foru8m regarding dual booting would have emphasized that you always install >the older (earlier) OS first - followed by the newer (later) OS. > >Obtain the utility VistaBootPro (free download) to remedy the boot manager. > >> Hey all, >> >[quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> >> -Ballpointpen -- Message posted via WindowsKB.com http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windows-vista-setup/200810/1

Re: In Need of Urgent Help - IDE Configuration DDW <dd.wright[ at ]KILLSPAMcomcast.net> 10/29/2008 10:55:43 PM On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:15:39 -0400, "AJR" <ajrjdr[ at ]comcast.net> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Regarding "...So i read up on some forums ...." - any information on a >foru8m regarding dual booting would have emphasized that you always install >the older (earlier) OS first - followed by the newer (later) OS. Another one of your ridiculous assertions - equally as goofy as your assertion concerning system checkpoints. What is one to do if Vista is already installed and humming along... uninstall it and start over?? Vista can be the first OR the second operating system installed. DDW -- Reply via this group No email please