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[AcerDark]

I have an old laptop and i want to install windows xp but when i start installation it says that setup didnt find any hard disk drivers.

can someone help me?

[LukeLinusFanFic]

Don't install Windows XP. It's super virusy. May I recommend chrome os or Linux mint?

[AcerDark]

Just now, LukeLinusFanFic said:

Don't install Windows XP. It's super virusy. May I recommend chrome os or Linux mint?

i know but i need a light windows that can run on my laptop.

i have windows 7 but its super laggy

[Husky]

You probably need to load special disk controller drivers for the disks to be seen during Setup. If you go to the support and driver downloads website for your specific laptop there should be a driver there for something like SATA that is called an "F6 driver" or a setup driver. This is the driver that you need to load during Windows XP setup. You must put it on an optical disc and insert the disk after pressing F6 at the prompt when Setup loads.

[LukeLinusFanFic]

7 hours ago, AcerDark said:

i know but i need a light windows that can run on my laptop.

i have windows 7 but its super laggy

That's what the os' I mentioned are for. They are designed to be super light, far lighter than windows

[LogicalDrm]

Can you see the drive in BIOS? Or do you otherwise know that the drive is good and working?

[perk0vic]

Use something like nLite to slipstream in your hard drive controllers drivers.

F6 only works if you have a floppy drive in your PC... which you don't.

 

 

[Za69uzZ]

there is driverpacks for windows xp can be slipstreamed without nlite etc. google will guide you to official repository and basically hook you up for every driver from 2001 - 2014

 

[AcerDark]

Thanks to LukeLinusFanFic he sugested me Linux mint and it works better that Windows 7