Installing old Windows XP on a Dell Inspiron Mini?
in [Setup and Deployment]
|
From: BillW50 on 18 Sep 2009 10:08 In news:%23dexgWGOKHA.5488(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl, Ant typed on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:40:45 -0700: > 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? When you tried on a regular desktop PC, you didn't use the USB CD drive, did you? If not, that would make perfect sense. As non-USB drives don't require SP2/3 to install correctly, only USB drives do. Thus why I believe your slipstream for whatever reason didn't work. -- Bill Windows 2000 SP4 (5.00.2195) Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
From: David B. on 18 Sep 2009 10:31 What is the reason for the clean install? These errors are generally caused by a bad CD, bad CD drive, bad hard drive, or bad RAM. -- ------ "Ant" <ant(a)zimage.comANT> wrote in message news:uzCSpMCOKHA.220(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > 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. :) > -- > "He who storms in like a whirlwind returns like an ant." --Borneo > /\___/\ > / /\ /\ \ 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/was listening to a song on his home computer: S�bastien Tellier - > Divine
From: Ant on 18 Sep 2009 10:36 On 9/18/2009 7:08 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? > > When you tried on a regular desktop PC, you didn't use the USB CD drive, > did you? If not, that would make perfect sense. As non-USB drives don't > require SP2/3 to install correctly, only USB drives do. Thus why I > believe your slipstream for whatever reason didn't work. That was with the external USB CD/DVD drive. How can I verify if slipstream was good or bad? -- /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ 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 10:38 On 9/18/2009 7:15 AM PT, Daave typed: > 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? Maybe? I don't much about this netbook (new to it too). I will have to find the hardware datas from Windows 7 installation since that worked. > > Are you trying to install XP Home or XP Pro? Pro SP2/3. > What OS did the Inspiron Mini come with? If it came with XP, simply use > the hidden recovery partition. No idea. Hidden recovery only has diagnostics. Hence, 100 MB only. > 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.) Bummer, even with retail XP CDs? -- "This is what metaphor is. It is not saying that an ant is an elephant. Perhaps; both are alive. No. Metaphor is saying the ant is an elephant. Now, logically speaking, I know there is a difference. If you put elephants and ants before me, I believe that every time I will correctly identify the elephant and the ant. So metaphor must come from a very different place than that of the logical, intelligent mind. It comes from a place that is very courageous, willing to step out of our preconceived ways of seeing things and open so large that it can see the oneness in an ant and in an elephant." --Natalie Goldberg /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ 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 10:39
On 9/18/2009 7:31 AM PT, David B. typed: > What is the reason for the clean install? These errors are generally > caused by a bad CD, bad CD drive, bad hard drive, or bad RAM. Oh because I don't want Vista or 7 on this old, slow netbook. -- "I used to own an ant farm but had to give it up. I couldn't find tractors small enough to fit it." --Steven Wright /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ 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. |