There's an article in the support knowledge base on how to install Windows from scratch here. Follow this and you should be able to find and install all the drivers. There should be no question marks in the Device Manager when you're done.
Windows XP SP2 did not support the AHCI devices. That's the controller for SATA devices (hard drive). You can run in ATA mode which emulates an IDE device with no problems. If you feel the absolute need to convert, you'll have to re-install the OS with either a version with SP3 included in the distribution or by pressing F6 during the install and loading a driver disk in your floppy. What? You don't have a floppy? Now you see the problem.
You can take your Windows disk and do what's called "slipstreaming" of the SP3 update and/or drivers into your distribution but that's beyond what I'll explain here. I've done it and the best answer is go see Mr. Google :emotion-2:.
For your specific issue with the touchpad, I've got the same problem with other laptops. What you need to remember is they typically use the edges of the touchpad to control scrolling and other options. If you tap there, it may not recognize it. Once you load the correct driver for your laptop, you may be able to adjust the touchpad sensitivity and other parameters. If not, it's external mouse time.
For backup, there are a number of options. Some of the external drives provide a free copy of backup utilities, there is Hiren's Boot CD here which is a wealth of tools and utilities for PCs.
Thank you for your reply. But your none of your links work. Can you post the link again?
The problem I am facing in the touch pad isn't because of using the edges - this happens even when I am in the middle of touchpad. I have found a partial solution to it. I uninstalled the Alps Driver. Now the mouse is running on the default Microsoft PS/2 Compatible Mouse Driver. The problem no longer happens. However. the problem with the default driver is now I just need to use the control Panel->Mouse to adjust the mouse properties which doesn't have as fine grained adjustments as is there with a real touch pad driver. Is there a way to figure out which model of touch is there in my laptop - is it an Alps or a Synaptics?
jcn77056
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February 4th, 2011 16:00
There's an article in the support knowledge base on how to install Windows from scratch here. Follow this and you should be able to find and install all the drivers. There should be no question marks in the Device Manager when you're done.
Windows XP SP2 did not support the AHCI devices. That's the controller for SATA devices (hard drive). You can run in ATA mode which emulates an IDE device with no problems. If you feel the absolute need to convert, you'll have to re-install the OS with either a version with SP3 included in the distribution or by pressing F6 during the install and loading a driver disk in your floppy. What? You don't have a floppy? Now you see the problem.
You can take your Windows disk and do what's called "slipstreaming" of the SP3 update and/or drivers into your distribution but that's beyond what I'll explain here. I've done it and the best answer is go see Mr. Google :emotion-2:.
For your specific issue with the touchpad, I've got the same problem with other laptops. What you need to remember is they typically use the edges of the touchpad to control scrolling and other options. If you tap there, it may not recognize it. Once you load the correct driver for your laptop, you may be able to adjust the touchpad sensitivity and other parameters. If not, it's external mouse time.
For backup, there are a number of options. Some of the external drives provide a free copy of backup utilities, there is Hiren's Boot CD here which is a wealth of tools and utilities for PCs.
Hope this helps.
winman70
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February 4th, 2011 16:00
Thank you for your reply. But your none of your links work. Can you post the link again?
The problem I am facing in the touch pad isn't because of using the edges - this happens even when I am in the middle of touchpad. I have found a partial solution to it. I uninstalled the Alps Driver. Now the mouse is running on the default Microsoft PS/2 Compatible Mouse Driver. The problem no longer happens. However. the problem with the default driver is now I just need to use the control Panel->Mouse to adjust the mouse properties which doesn't have as fine grained adjustments as is there with a real touch pad driver. Is there a way to figure out which model of touch is there in my laptop - is it an Alps or a Synaptics?
jcn77056
667 Posts
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February 5th, 2011 09:00
Oops. I've not been on the forum for a while and this interface is new.
I've corrected the links. They should work now.