Acer Laptop with Vista on it ... Help

Liam · 26 Feb 2010 at 17:16

Got an Acer laptop with Vista on it. For some reason when I tell it to boot from the CD using Windows 7 ULT it doesn't. Windows XP boots ok but for some reason doesn't detect the HDD when I go to install it?

I installed Windows 7 from Vista and it seemed to install ok until I restarted it and now it just loads to a blank screen :confused:

Any idea how I would completely format the HDD and just throw WIndows XP on it?

Cheers

postmanfw · 26 Feb 2010 at 17:36

Change the hard drive detection settings in bios...cant remember exact name but wifes laptop was the same (no hs detected) when i went to put xp on it till i changed setting.

Liam · 26 Feb 2010 at 17:38

postmanfw said:
Change the hard drive detection settings in bios...cant remember exact name but wifes laptop was the same (no hs detected) when i went to put xp on it till i changed setting.

Thanks buddy. I'll have a peak

Liam · 26 Feb 2010 at 18:24

I changed the boot sequence to boot from CD and it loads from CD but still can't decect a HDD?

postmanfw · 26 Feb 2010 at 21:30

No no not the boot order but another setting for hard drive...2 mins will check what its called...

Got it....Try changing the sata operation mode in bios from enhanced to compatable

Wouldnt have thought that would have caused a problem with W7 though

Deleted member 77746 · 26 Feb 2010 at 21:33

Compatibility mode set in bios for HDD.

postmanfw · 26 Feb 2010 at 21:34

Just beaten to it

Deleted member 77746 · 26 Feb 2010 at 21:35

postmanfw said:
Just beaten to it

mwahahah

Liam · 26 Feb 2010 at 22:15

Worked a treat. Changed to IDE and it worked fine

Thanks.

Windows 7 still don't boot from the CD though so im just gonna chuck XP on

postmanfw · 27 Feb 2010 at 19:09

Shame about W7 disk not working but glad you got it sorted

Deleted member 77746 · 27 Feb 2010 at 19:17

hmmm, have you got an external usb drive handy??? saw some posts about other people having problems with Windows 7 not booting and a fix is to use another drive. I think something fishy is going on with certain types of drives and Windows 7 boot media.......

Liam · 28 Feb 2010 at 09:10

Thanks to all the replies. Managed to get Win 7 on after the XP install. I think it was something to do with the laptops C: partition being labelled as OEM. Used my Windows 7 Repair CD and formatted all of it using DOS

Deleted member 77746 · 28 Feb 2010 at 10:11

Bummer said:
Thanks to all the replies. Managed to get Win 7 on after the XP install. I think it was something to do with the laptops C: partition being labelled as OEM. Used my Windows 7 Repair CD and formatted all of it using DOS

Formatted all of it? How come you didn't do that in the first place instead of just doing a repair and then just stick Windows 7 on only? Just asking...