Installing Windows XP on Windows 7 - Incompatibility Issues

Arc said:

Floppy discs are not available nowadays, and the floppy drives are not present in most of the recent machines.

Just afew from the web.
3.5in Floppy Disk Drive : Internal & External Floppy Drives : Maplin Electronics
Deals | Free Delivery | Pcworld
Sabrent SBT-UFDB Floppy Drive - Walmart.com
IBM Formatted Imation 3.5-inch Diskettes - Walmart.com

strollin said:

TwoCables said:

Yeah, and this is a very modern laptop we're working with here (look at the CPU to see how new it is).

Can it be done with a USB flash drive?

Nope, can't be done with a flash drive. XP is too limited and will only look for the driver via a floppy disk when you press F6 during install. These alternatives have been mentioned: switch off AHCI mode in the BIOS OR Slipstream the SATA drivers into the XP install disk.

So then it wouldn't work with an external floppy drive connected via USB.

TwoCables said:

strollin said:

TwoCables said:

Yeah, and this is a very modern laptop we're working with here (look at the CPU to see how new it is).

Can it be done with a USB flash drive?

Nope, can't be done with a flash drive. XP is too limited and will only look for the driver via a floppy disk when you press F6 during install. These alternatives have been mentioned: switch off AHCI mode in the BIOS OR Slipstream the SATA drivers into the XP install disk.

So then it wouldn't work with an external floppy drive connected via USB.

A USB external floppy drive & a USB Pen Drive, are not the same.

A list of USB floppy drives, which do not work WinXP.
A connected USB floppy disk drive does not work when you press F6 to install mass storage drivers during the Windows XP installation process

theog said:

TwoCables said:

strollin said:

Nope, can't be done with a flash drive. XP is too limited and will only look for the driver via a floppy disk when you press F6 during install. These alternatives have been mentioned: switch off AHCI mode in the BIOS OR Slipstream the SATA drivers into the XP install disk.

So then it wouldn't work with an external floppy drive connected via USB.

A USB external floppy drive & a USB Pen Drive, are not the same.

A list of USB floppy drives, which do not work WinXP.
A connected USB floppy disk drive does not work when you press F6 to install mass storage drivers during the Windows XP installation process

What? I wasn't thinking or saying that they're the same. I don't know how anyone would make that mistake unless they don't know what a floppy drive is!

Could someone find me a video on how to switch it to the IDE thing you were talking about. And if that works, I am considering duel booting in case I decide that I don't want to use windows xp anymore.

Gregrs said:

Could someone find me a video on how to switch it to the IDE thing you were talking about. And if that works, I am considering duel booting in case I decide that I don't want to use windows xp anymore.

I can't find any videos that show how to do it in your BIOS. It's not the same for all computers. For example, if I were to make a video showing how to do it, then you'd go into your BIOS and tell me that you're not seeing anything that I am showing. It's going to be different.

The best advice I can give is to go into the BIOS and then go through every last part of it. Don't leave anything out. Search through the entire thing. Look for anything that says "AHCI", or "SATA Mode", or "SATA Controller", or just anything similar to that. You'll find it if it's there because the BIOS of most laptops don't have much to look through.

I'm not saying that the option to change it is definitely there. I'm saying to look through your laptop's BIOS to see if it is.

theog said:

TVeblen said:

Well I'm surprised. Lenovo has all the drivers for XP (32 bit) for the 575:
Drivers and software - IdeaPad Z575 Notebook

Check to see if the Windows 7 is installed in UEFI mode.
As Lenovo have been using UEFI for some years, x32 will not install in UEFI mode.

the F6 Sata Conroller Drivers are in the zipped download.

Well, I change it to that IDE thing you guys said and it worked. Well, sort of. It booted windows xp perfectly and it made me choose the partition I created earlier. But when it was in the installing windows xp menu, my computer shut down again and said that it was being shut down to prevent damage to the computer. I thought to myself, ok windows xp isn't worth this, Ill just continue to use windows 7. I re did the order so it doesn't boot from the disc and I reset the IDE thing to ACHI or something like that. But when I boot my pc, it keeps going to the windows xp pro screen and shuts down again and said its being shut down. When I go into the advanced system options to repair my computer so it loads windows 7,it only shows windows xp pro, no windows 7. So now, My computer can't boot and I can'tuse windows xp. My computer is ruined.

Gregrs said:

Well, I change it to that IDE thing you guys said and it worked. Well, sort of. It booted windows xp perfectly and it made me choose the partition I created earlier. But when it was in the installing windows xp menu, my computer shut down again and said that it was being shut down to prevent damage to the computer. I thought to myself, ok windows xp isn't worth this, Ill just continue to use windows 7. I re did the order so it doesn't boot from the disc and I reset the IDE thing to ACHI or something like that. But when I boot my pc, it keeps going to the windows xp pro screen and shuts down again and said its being shut down. When I go into the advanced system options to repair my computer so it loads windows 7,it only shows windows xp pro, no windows 7. So now, My computer can't boot and I can'tuse windows xp. My computer is ruined.

This is because the installation of XP was interrupted and it has already replaced Windows 7 because as you noticed, it already began the installation.

You have 2 options now:

1. Keep trying to install XP (you will have to go back to IDE mode for this and stay in IDE mode)
2. Install Windows 7

Of course, now the question is this: do you have an installation disc for Windows 7? I'm assuming that you do since you confidently decided to begin installing XP. If not, now you'll have to go and download an "OEM" copy of Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit and use the Product Key that is on your laptop (probably on the bottom of it).