Installing old Windows XP on a Dell Inspiron Mini?
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From: BillW50 on 18 Sep 2009 11:15 In news:k72dnYwTzcR6AS7XnZ2dnUVZ_gRi4p2d(a)earthlink.com, Ant typed on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:44:55 -0700: > On 9/18/2009 6:42 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 XP (Pro.) 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? > > The same CDs worked fine on another netbook, HP Mini (had to disable > its native SATA or something in CMOS according to hp.com's Web site > even if I used F6 trick with an external 3.5" disk with SATA drivers). Okay I am convinced that it is a good slipstream if it worked on the desktop with the USB CD/DVD drive. 1) Some BIOS has a toggle to install an OS. Once the operating system is installed, you are supposed to toggle it back. I am not sure what this is supposed to do. Prevent MBR modification or lock the USB at 1.1 speeds or something. 2) Could be bad RAM. If you can swap it with some other I would try this. 3) Could be a bad drive like David already mentioned. 4) Don't think the USB CD/DVD drive or disc is bad. But if this drive has two USB plugs, try plugging them both in. What make and model is this drive anyway? Some can have problems on some netbooks. And no Windows XP should be perfect on this netbook, as long as the system/boot drive has enough room. -- Bill Windows 2000 SP4 (5.00.2195) Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
From: Christopher Muto on 18 Sep 2009 12:02 http://www.pctipsbox.com/installing-windows-xp-using-a-usb-flash-drive/ "Ant" <ant(a)zimage.comANT> wrote in message news:cNSdnea6obK_hi7XnZ2dnUVZ_v6dnZ2d(a)earthlink.com... > 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. :) > -- > "Lay a stick of bubble gum on an anthill for instant Siamese Ant > Twins." --unknown > /\___/\ > / /\ /\ \ 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: Happy Oyster on 18 Sep 2009 12:11 On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:31:07 -0700, Ant <ant(a)zimage.comANT> wrote: >Dell Inspiron Mini What is the size of the flat screen? 9 inch or 10 inch? This is the data for the 10-inch version: <quote> Processor Intel� AtomTM Processor Intel� AtomTM Processor Operating System Genuine Windows� XP Home Edition Genuine Windows XP� Home Edition Weight 2.6 lbs1 2.5 lbs1 Battery Power 3-cell and 6-cell Battery2 3-cell and 6-cell Battery2 Memory 1GB3 1GB3 Display Glossy 10.1 inch LED display (1024x576) WSVGA Glossy 10.1 inch HD display (1366x768) WLED Glossy 10.1 inch display (1024x576) WSVGA Graphics Intel� Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 500 Integrated Intel� 945GSE UMA Graphics Media Accelerator Hard Drive Up to 250GB4 SATA HDD 2.5 inch 5400RPM Up to 64GB4 2.5" Solid State Drive MLC Up to 160 GB4 SATA HDD 2.5 inch 5400RPM Up to 16GB4 2.5" Solid State Drive MLC Navigation Optional GPS with optional internal WWAN support n/a Personalization Design Studio available from artist Tristan Eaton Colors available GPS Optiona <quote> My guess is: 9 inch, and the "disk" is a SSD. Can you access the BIOS to see the parameters? -- POLICE - POLIZEI - POLITIE - POLICIA http://www.ariplex.com/ama/amapolis.htm
From: Happy Oyster on 18 Sep 2009 13:08 On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:11:41 +0200, Happy Oyster <happy.oyster(a)ariplex.com> wrote: >On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:31:07 -0700, Ant <ant(a)zimage.comANT> wrote: > >>Dell Inspiron Mini > >What is the size of the flat screen? > >9 inch or 10 inch? If, as I guess, only ONE type of interface was built, is seems to be an 1.8-inch IDE SSD: http://www.activemp.com/USB_drives/Obama-USB-drive.htm The computer was built AFTER XP was made. So the XP CD will not have s�ecial drivers. My quess is that De�ll, like HP or Fujitsu/Siemens mess up the hardware, so either you should try to get the original CDs as a replacement or try it with Win 7. The problem is the drivers, which have to be installed. Or did you find a source for them? Has anyone else here a Dell Inspirion 9? -- POLICE - POLIZEI - POLITIE - POLICIA http://www.ariplex.com/ama/amapolis.htm
From: Barry Watzman on 18 Sep 2009 19:15
XP (even current production XP3 CDs) was intended only be fully installed both from and to an internal IDE drive ... not a USB drive, and not a SATA drive either. [In both cases (but more frequently for SATA drives) ***SOME*** BIOS' will "emulate" the non-IDE drive into an IDE drive.] There is a provision in Windows to install what is unofficially called an "F6 Driver" to support the non-IDE drive (btw, all of this applies to any non-standard IDE drive, so it all applies to SATA, USB and also SCSI, RAID, Network drives, etc.). In your case, it's not clear if the problem is occurring because you are installing FROM a non IDE drive or installing TO a non IDE drive (I am gathering that your internal drive is a SSD). If the SSD has a SATA interface, the Intel F6 driver for the chipset MIGHT solve your problem. It's available from the Intel web site, and is worth trying. You will find it with the drivers for the chipset of the computer. Note, F6 drivers can normally only exist on and be used by floppy disk drives. You will probably need an external USB floppy drive (those usually, but not always, work for this purpose). You will need another machine on which to download the driver and make the F6 floppy disk. If that doesn't work, you need to format the internal drive as FAT32 and make it DOS bootable, then use some bootable "Pre-installation" type bootable CD (Bart's PE, the "Ultimate Boot CD", etc. .... even the "recovery environment" that is on every Vista DVD) to copy entire "I386" folder from the XP CD to an "I386" folder on the [FAT32] hard drive. Then run winnt.exe to start setup, and install an F6 driver for the internal hard drive when prompted during XP setup [careful, this prompt at the bottom line of the display is only present for a few seconds and can be missed]. If the SSD is totally non-standard, you may be out of luck. 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. :) |