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From: TVeblen on 14 May 2010 09:05
On 5/13/2010 8:36 PM, ~hp-hdx~ wrote:
>
> "TVeblen" <Killtherobots(a)hal.net> wrote in message
> news:hs949f$sc6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>> On 5/10/2010 9:20 AM, ~hp-hdx~ wrote:
>>> Occasionally when i load an os on a laptop, it gets to where it will
>>> write to the hard drive,
>>> and then it will go no farther.
>>> This happened to me 3 times, twice with Toshiba's and i forgot who made
>>> the other one, but
>>> each time i bought the recovery disks and the os loaded.
>>> Linix wouldn't load eaither.
>>> Any idea why this happens?
>>> Al
>>
>> This can happen if the OS you are trying to install needs an updated
>> chipset driver and does not contain a driver in the install package
>> that it finds compatible with your hardware.
>>
> So basically, one has no other course of action but to buy the restore
> disks, as I did, from the manufactuer, right? Were I to find the
> chipset drivers, and was loading XP, would they be loaded right in the
> beinging of the install when it asks if you want to load other drivers?
> If so,
> at that point, can they be loaded from a usb thumb drive?

Yes, Windows OS's allow you to provide the correct chipset drivers
during installation. For XP, you press F6 when indicated at the very
beginning of the install process. Then you will get the option to select
and load the drivers.

If the laptop in modern enough to recognize usb flash drives in BIOS
then you could just have the "floppy disk" files on a stick. The laptop
would need to be pretty old to not handle this.

You usually get the chipset drivers from the manufacturer's website (or
motherboard CD). That means you need to know the brand and model of
chipset. If that info is not readily available, you can use the free
program CPU-Z to extract that info.

The chipset drivers you want are not the same as the chipset drivers
meant to be installed from within the working OS! You are looking for
"chipset drivers for a floppy disk" or similar language. You usually
need to search for these.

Hope that helps.

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