I just got a new laptop, which naturally has Vista pre-loaded. For school I need linux, so I'd like to ditch Vista and build a dual-boot XP & Fedora system. I've already created recovery disks using Vista.
Problem is, neither my XP install CD, nor the open-source tool GParted will detect my harddrive. I think I've figured out why, my laptop's HDD uses the SATA interface instead of the conventional ATA interface. I didn't think it would be a problem when I bought it, silly me.
I've done some searching, but I haven't yet found any info that addresses this specific problem. I've found some mentions that I need to put XP SATA drivers on a floppy disk, but my laptop doesn't have a floppy drive. Anyone else have this issue?
Problem is, neither my XP install CD, nor the open-source tool GParted will detect my harddrive. I think I've figured out why, my laptop's HDD uses the SATA interface instead of the conventional ATA interface. I didn't think it would be a problem when I bought it, silly me.
I've done some searching, but I haven't yet found any info that addresses this specific problem. I've found some mentions that I need to put XP SATA drivers on a floppy disk, but my laptop doesn't have a floppy drive. Anyone else have this issue?
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