Recent content by BlueDoji

Ahhh... Well if thats the case...my bad. enjoy. :)

When all else fails.... Use the restore disk as a coaster and instead, load the O/S and then the drivers yourself. Usually the OEM manufacturer will offer newer drivers to work with the newer operating systems. It just takes time. Many Win2000 based drivers will work with Win_XP as well. :)

You wrote: "Yeah, well... that was my point. While trying to install XP Pro with an older Dell reinstallation disk, the process stopped and basically said, "hard drive not recognized".... however the same model reinstall disk works on older Dells with IDE controller." ___________________...

You wrote: "Thanks. I'll keep your offer of help in mind. Hopefully, I already have something of a solution... I bought a later-dated disk on eBay with the presumption the controller driver is on it." ______________________ Gnome.... A newer hard drive has nothing to do with the...

You wrote: "Yes, I got you on all of that. I even tried it (F6, BTW...), but it told me to "insert the disk with driver in Drive A"... (As I didn't get it to work, I wasn't sure whether this was the proper routine for it...) 1. Didn't have the separate driver 2. This machine has no floppy...

You wrote: Well, you've got one on me. I just rechecked the Dell website with my Service Tag, and there was no mention of "controller subsystem" nor "controller driver".... drivers for lots of other things, though. You have to get the controller driver to access the HD, to be able to set...

Gnome.... You wrote.... ________________ "You are partly correct. However, unless the correct controller drivers are on the Dell reinstallation disk, you can't get a hard drive formatted not can you install Windows." _________________ Actually, no offense...but its ALL correct Gnome...

You don't need to worry about drivers at all. If you have the basic DELL restore disk for the PC you can add whatever drivers are necessary later by just grabbing them from the manufacturer site....such as SATA, PATA, SCSI or whatever. You could setup Win_XP without even the right DELL...