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Problem with installing XP on Acer Aspire

Last answer on Nov 17, 2009 6:56:28 am GMT Sasika, on Sep 19, 2008 2:16:21 pm BST 
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Hello guys,

I have a Acer Aspire 4720z and it has vista installed in it(Sucks!) and now its giving problems, it continuousy restarts and thats it!..so ive decided to install XP on it now. But then i get the message in the XP setup that the setup doesnt detect any drimves on the computer so the setup cannot go through. Any one know how i can overcome this thing?

Ive used third part tools to try and format the drive first before trying to install XP but the hard drives are not being shown even on the third party tools.
Help anyone?..:D please.

Thank you,
Sasika

Configuration: Windows Vista, Dual Core 1.6ghz

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1

add, on Mar 6, 2009 12:18:01 pm GMT
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Try to change your SATA settings from AHCi to IDE.

   
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yankee, on Mar 26, 2009 12:15:48 am GMT
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When the stars goes bright, but trully your mind is more bright than the stars.
thanks for your post, it's perfectly working.

   
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sar, on Apr 14, 2009 11:35:41 am BST
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You r the best . It works

   
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enriko, on Apr 18, 2009 6:00:37 pm BST
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Thank you for your answer I have faith that its the correct one, however, there is no option for me to change the SATA setting in my BIOS. I have acer 4620z. there are only few details in my BIOS thats why I cant get it.. please help. thanks...

   
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Mirtheus, on Jun 27, 2009 2:06:31 am BST
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Changing the SATA setting to IDE did the trick. Thanks for your help.

   
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Gord, on Sep 20, 2009 11:03:08 pm BST

I have Acer Aspire Laptop Model 4720Z and it came with Microsoft Vista. I formated the hard drive and tried to install Microsoft Windows XP Pro and it got just past the windows installation screen and then came up with detecting no hard drive or drivers for the hard drive.Found this site and read some posts and found a solution that someone posted.I went into the Bios and changed hard drive from Sata Drive to IDE drive.Thanks for the post and it worked great....thank you very much for the post.

   
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guyWithProblem, on Oct 4, 2009 8:11:21 am BST

You saved me! The man is what you are...

   
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None, on Apr 22, 2009 5:21:06 pm BST
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Do you have a Windows Xp CD with the SATA drivers?
if you don't then that may be causing the problem. All you need to do is get the SATA drivers for your PC and integrate them into the windows xp cd. I think you can do this with a program called N-lite. all you need is windows xp installation cd and the SATA drivers.

try this SATA drivers: http://rapidshare.com/files/224480560/Intel_R__82801_1HEM-HB­M_SATA_AHCI.zip.
they worked for me.

   
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erkan, on Jun 21, 2009 8:44:54 am BST

Sata driver acer 4620Z teşekürler

   
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enriko, on Apr 23, 2009 2:07:41 am BST
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Hi sar,

would you be kind enough to teach me how to integrate the sata driver to my xp installer.
thanks, any help would be appreciated...

   
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petemeat, on May 17, 2009 10:52:26 am BST
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I have installe windows xp pro on my acer 5920g it wasnt to bad but i do have a problen finding the correct drivers for my network card ???

   
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anoniem2000, on Jul 11, 2009 12:36:58 pm BST
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Click this link end vind the drivers
http://www.acer.nl/...

http://www.acer.nl/...

   
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LoOpz1, on Jul 11, 2009 12:53:04 pm BST
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Hi, I got the same problem but I have a Gateway M465-E. The problem is that its have a Phoenix BIOS integrated so it doesn't have SATA Settings of something. So I can't reinstall windows XP.

   
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manwithaproblemalso, on Oct 9, 2009 12:15:18 am BST

I have an acer aspire 7720...it would get all the way to the "Starting windows setup" and then would go to 0x0000007b error. changing SATA modes like suggested worked perfectly. thanks much!

   
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 NNenad, on Nov 17, 2009 6:56:28 am GMT

One more thanks to add changing settings from AHCi to IDE wors fine for Acer Aspire 5732z.

   
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