win. xp pro 64bit trial, error: "

[FLOBIE]

f3 to quit hi guys,i was advised to use my laptops potential and install the
trial of windows xp pro.64 bit. i downloaded it put it on disc and loaded it
on the laptop.it was doing great until it was time to load windows and it
said: "cannot find harddrive" , hit f3 to quit. i tried it 3 times and ended
up with the same thing. can you tell be whayts up and what i can do to remedy
this.here are my spec's:
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name NONE-A6A8FFCEDF
System Manufacturer Gateway
System Model NX570X
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 2 GenuineIntel ~1729 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 2 GenuineIntel ~1729 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies LTD 77.11, 3/19/2007
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name NONE-A6A8FFCEDF\flobie
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 1.59 GB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 3.85 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

thank you
bill major- kidcanvas@hotmail.com

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Re: win. xp pro 64bit trial, error: "

You need a SATA controller driver for that model. Gateway provides them for
Vista x86, Vista x64, and XP x86 but does not list one for XP Pro x64.
Unless you can obtain one from the manufacturer of the controller you may
not be able to run XP Pro x64 on this machine.

"FLOBIE" <FLOBIE@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:42FEF2CD-FF56-43C7-8CCF-221382D826AB@microsoft.com...
> f3 to quit hi guys,i was advised to use my laptops potential and install
> the
> trial of windows xp pro.64 bit. i downloaded it put it on disc and loaded
> it
> on the laptop.it was doing great until it was time to load windows and it
> said: "cannot find harddrive" , hit f3 to quit. i tried it 3 times and
> ended
> up with the same thing. can you tell be whayts up and what i can do to
> remedy
> this.here are my spec's:
> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
> System Name NONE-A6A8FFCEDF
> System Manufacturer Gateway
> System Model NX570X
> System Type X86-based PC
> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 2 GenuineIntel ~1729 Mhz
> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 2 GenuineIntel ~1729 Mhz
> BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies LTD 77.11, 3/19/2007
> SMBIOS Version 2.4
> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
> Locale United States
> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180
> (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
> User Name NONE-A6A8FFCEDF\flobie
> Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
> Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
> Available Physical Memory 1.59 GB
> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
> Page File Space 3.85 GB
> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
>
> thank you
> bill major- kidcanvas@hotmail.com
>