Installing old Windows XP on a Dell Inspiron Mini?
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From: Ant on 18 Sep 2009 09:17 On 9/18/2009 4:02 AM PT, BillW50 typed: >> I am trying to install Windows XP cleanly onto an used Dell Inspiron >> Mini (no idea what model it is; do not have its boxes, manuals, discs, >> etc.), but its installation keeps failing at cdrom0\i386\asms. The >> error said it cannot find it, but it is there on the CDs (tried >> slipstreamed SP2 and SP3, other brands, other burns from other >> software and drives, etc.). I have to install from an external CD/DVD >> drive... > > Windows XP will not completely install from an USB drive unless it is > SP2 or higher. So slipstreaming to at least SP2 would be a good thing to > do. Please kindly reread what I said in my original post about slipstreamed SP2 and SP3 CDs. :) -- "It's like stepping on ants... I don't step on ants, Major." --Odo and Kira from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: philpi(a)earthlink.netANT ( ) or ANTant(a)zimage.com Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
From: Ant on 18 Sep 2009 09:17 > Where did you get the XP install CD? If it is branded with a > manufacturer's name it may be bios locked to a particular model > computer. If OEM it can't legally be transferred either to another > machine. It's retail. -- "He who runs from the white ant may stumble upon the stinging ant." --Nigeria /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: philpi(a)earthlink.netANT ( ) or ANTant(a)zimage.com Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
From: BillW50 on 18 Sep 2009 09:31 In news:eE5YdJGOKHA.220(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, Ant typed on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:17:24 -0700: > On 9/18/2009 4:02 AM PT, BillW50 typed: > >>> I am trying to install Windows XP cleanly onto an used Dell Inspiron >>> Mini (no idea what model it is; do not have its boxes, manuals, >>> discs, etc.), but its installation keeps failing at >>> cdrom0\i386\asms. The error said it cannot find it, but it is there >>> on the CDs (tried slipstreamed SP2 and SP3, other brands, other >>> burns from other software and drives, etc.). I have to install from >>> an external CD/DVD drive... >> >> Windows XP will not completely install from an USB drive unless it is >> SP2 or higher. So slipstreaming to at least SP2 would be a good >> thing to do. > > Please kindly reread what I said in my original post about > slipstreamed SP2 and SP3 CDs. :) I read it fine the first time, you said you tried. So what does that mean? You tried and failed or what? It that is what is sounds like to me. As without SP2/3 correctly slipstreamed into the install, it will fail to see files on the CD after the install resets the USB ports. As you had stated, the file is really there on the CD, is it not? -- Bill Windows 2000 SP4 (5.00.2195) Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
From: Ant on 18 Sep 2009 09:40 On 9/18/2009 6:31 AM PT, BillW50 typed: >> Please kindly reread what I said in my original post about >> slipstreamed SP2 and SP3 CDs. :) > > I read it fine the first time, you said you tried. So what does that > mean? You tried and failed or what? It that is what is sounds like to > me. As without SP2/3 correctly slipstreamed into the install, it will > fail to see files on the CD after the install resets the USB ports. As > you had stated, the file is really there on the CD, is it not? Yes, the \i386\asms and its files are there. I already tried installing them (slipstreamed SP2 and SP3 CDs) on regular desktop PCs without any issues. I wonder if XP is just too old for this netbook since installing Windows 7 had no problems? -- "All good work is done the way ants do things: Little by little." --Lafcadio Hearn /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Phil/Ant @ http://antfarm.ma.cx (Personal Web Site) | |o o| | Ant's Quality Foraged Links (AQFL): http://aqfl.net \ _ / Nuke ANT from e-mail address: philpi(a)earthlink.netANT ( ) or ANTant(a)zimage.com Ant is currently not listening to any songs on his home computer.
From: Daave on 18 Sep 2009 10:15
Ant wrote: > Hello. > > I am trying to install Windows XP cleanly onto an used Dell Inspiron > Mini (no idea what model it is; do not have its boxes, manuals, discs, > etc.), but its installation keeps failing at cdrom0\i386\asms. The > error said it cannot find it, but it is there on the CDs (tried > slipstreamed SP2 and SP3, other brands, other burns from other > software and drives, etc.). I have to install from an external CD/DVD > drive. > I researched on Google, and it seems like this a common problem (error > message) but none of their suggestions worked. One interesting > suggestion was to press shift-F10 keys when the error occurs so I did > that to bring up a command prompt/cmd.exe. From here, to do registry > edits with regedit but regedit.exe fails to run (not installed yet I > think). I also couldn't find the drive (only found the HDD). It seems > like during the blue text installer, the drive exists but after > rebooting to GUI installer, it forgot the external USB CD/DVD drive? > > I cannot make a new partition/drive, to install from another drive on > the same HDD) because the netbook only has 7 GB excluding its 100 MB > system drive (Dell stuff). > > I had no problems installing Windows 7 though. Any ideas? Thank you in > advance. :) Do you have a SATA hard drive? Do you have the necessary drivers for it? Are you trying to install XP Home or XP Pro? What OS did the Inspiron Mini come with? If it came with XP, simply use the hidden recovery partition. If it came with Vista, you may be out of luck. That is, although any Dell XP installation CD (Home or Pro, but because of your 7GB hard drive limitation, a genuine Dell disk at the SP3 level would be a godsend) could work, the hardware might not support it. Go to Dell's support site and you will learn whether or not there are any XP-specific drivers for your model. Be careful if your Dell XP CD isn't at SP3 and if you plan on slipstreaming because the process is a bit trickier than with regular XP CDs. (Then again, there might be potential licensing issues, too.) |