You might try formatting the hard drive using a Windows XP installation CD. After the hard drive has been properly formatted, try booting to the Windows 7. Windows 7 Installing new 4TB Hard Drive with GPT wont format. Installing XP on new computers Windows XP. Thanks for that input, but here is the solution Installing Windows XP on computers running Windows 7DriversCustomer I need drivers for my computer so I can install Windows XP on this machine. Are they available from DEALER For instance, I need a driver for the network card in this computer. When I installed Windows XP, it would not connect to the internet. Dealer I understand that you have installed Retail version of Windows XP and need drivers for it. I am having problems since I upgraded my system from Windows XP Pro to Windows 7 Pro. In Windows XP Print to File printer works fine and I was able to print full. How to Format a Hard Drive You Must Format a Drive Before Using it in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, or XP. You insert a DVD into your Windows 8 computer you want to watch a movie. Nothing happens. Correct Customer Yes, I installed it on a separate HD so I wouldnt mess with the Windows 7 installation. Dealer Please note that, DEALER does not recommend changing or upgrading the Operating System OS to a retail version. Format Disc Before Installing Windows 7' title='Format Disc Before Installing Windows 7' />They support only the pre installed Operating System. Customer I needed XP so I could run a Cad program that will not run under Windows 7. Note To do this I switched the HD mode from RAID to IDE in the system BIOS. Standard Windows XP does not have a RAID driver and will not install otherwise. Dealer First of all, Create Recovery Discs for your PC. It will be helpful if you need to reinstall operating system that was shipped with your PC. Customer But remember, I installed XP on a separate HD so Windows 7 is not affected. Dealer Alright, I understand. Just wanted to inform of that it is always recommended to create recovery discs before proceeding with PC usage. Customer Agreed. Note Other computers may require different drivers than those shown below. You will also need drivers for audio and video. Go to device manager in Windows 7 to learn which drivers are needed. Dealer Now, click on the link below to download LANNetwork driver. Let me know when the page is open. View. aspx Langid1 PNid1. Format Disc Before Installing Windows 7' title='Format Disc Before Installing Windows 7' />A perfect guide to install Windows 7 without using bootable USB or DVD. Youve been routed to this page because the operating system youre using wont support the Windows 10 media creation tool and we want to make sure you can. Thanks for that input, but here is the solution Installing Windows XP on computers running Windows 7 Drivers Customer I need drivers for my computer so I can. 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K Auto Installation Program SID 1. Casa En Venta Privada Vista Hermosa Mexicali Bc here. This will take care of the driver issue. For HP ComputersCustomer It should be noted that you must always switch between RAIDIDE before switching HDs because each OS is dependent on these settings. Windows 7 uses HD RAID mode and XP uses HD IDE mode. If you simply replace Windows 7 with XP, this is not an issue. Solution to the RAIDIDE problemDealer Let me provide more information on RaidIDE mode that you mentioned. Generally, some of the new PCs will not have the option to change the mode from BIOS as you said. In that case, we have an alternative option. I will share the information regarding it. Please give me a moment. The alternative solution is to integrate the SATA driver into Windows XP Disc itself. The process is called Slipstreaming. Here is the information http www. Slipstream Your Sata Drivers Into a Windows Xp Installation Cd. Please note that, the above mentioned URL will take you to a non DEALER Web site. DEALER does not control and is not responsible for information outside of the DEALER Web site. Customer Does this allow XP to operate in the RAID mode Dealer Yes, this would work fine. Customer Thanks, that may resolve the previous issue of disconnecting HDs and allow multiple OSs which I know you do not support, but it is sometimes necessary. Note This solution works fine and resolves all installation issues at least it does on HP Computers. Again, you need to check device manager in Windows 7 under HD Controller to determine the correct RAID driver. Afterwards, use the following method to install XP in a dual OS configuration. Procedure for installing Windows XP with Windows 7Note Back up your data first. Dealer First, you need to shrink the C drive and create a new partition and you need to install Windows XP in the new partition drive. If you are doing anything wrong then your PC will not boot and you will lose all the data in the PC. You may need to start from scratch. Customer How do I create the partition without losing all my current data Dealer 1. Click on start Right click on Computer and select Manage. In Computer Management, expand Storage and select Disk Management. Right click the primary partition C drive the one you need to make space on and select Shrink Volume Note You need to have minimum of 2. GB space to install Windows vista for example, so you need to choose more than that depend on the available hard drive space. Also you need to enter this value in MBs in shrink volume page. After creating the partition, then go to BIOS, change the boot order to CDDVD drive as first bootable device 4. Insert XP disc restart the PC boot from the disc, go ahead with running installation, choose the newly created partition to install XP file This will ask to format the drive Proceed with formatting Once it completes go ahead with installation. After completing installation, restart the PC you will get dual boot menu at startup choose the OS that you want to login. Note Windows 7 uses the same bootloader, Windows 7 boot entry is an addition to the existing bootloader rather than a replacement as with a Windows XP dual booting scenario. However, after completing windows XP installation and restarting system, you will directly boot into Windows XP. Thats because XP writes its bootloader over Windows. So, we need to restore the Win 7 bootloader. NOTE To create, edit or merge partition, you can download and use this free third party partitioning software http download. Easeus Partition Master Home Edition3. Pid1. 09. 82. 63. Perform the steps below to repair Windows 7 8. Turn on the computer and press the F8 key repeatedly as the computer starts 9. An Advanced Boot Options screen opens 1. Select Repair Your Computer and press Enter. Note If you do not see the Repair Your Computer screen, simple use the repair disk you created and select Startup Repair1. Restart the PC, this will fix the common boot issues of windows 7. After repairing, your system will restart and boot into Windows 7. Note You should get a multiple OS selection screen, if so skip steps 1. Now we need to download and Install Easy. BCD on your Windows 7 to add boot entry for XP 1. Download and install Easy. BCD from the link provided below free software http neosmart. Launch the app and go to AddRemove Entries. Under Add an Entry open the Windows tab and select the Type as Windows NT2kXP2k. Type or give name as Windows XP and click on Add Entry. Then select Save. Restart the PC, youll be presented with two options, Windows 7 and Windows XP. The URL above all will take you to a non HP Web site. DEALER does not control and not responsible for information outside of the DEALER Web site.