Maxtor Drive - installation fails

> Important:
> when I got to the part about where you want to install Vista, I chose
> "custom" and selected the D: drive and did a clean install.

>I know this question has been asked, and I have read through previous
> answers, but I cannot understand all the techie stuff. Can someone provide
> me
> a simple "how to" based on the information below? I apologize in advance
> for
> asking a question that has apparently been answered before.
>
> It appears from my logs that my installation is failing due to Maxtor Hard
> Drive issues. I have a maxtor 6L100P0 drive broken into 2 partitions (C:
> drive and H: drive - both with XP Home SP2 on them) I am running install
> from
> a copy of the MS supplied install disk that I copied to my local C: drive.
> If I select the option to upgrade my install fails. I then selected the
> clean install option and found the ability to add drivers. However, when
> I
> do, no drivers are found (the box to show only compatible drivers is
> checked). When I uncheck, a list of files appears (.inf and .drv files).
> Do
> I simply select one of these and if so, which one? After I do this, can I
> close the installation and go back to upgrade or must I do a clean
> install.
> I really want to do an upgrade to avoid having to reinstall lots of
> programs.
>
>
> Again, if at all possible, could someone provide a simple (at least as
> simple as can be given that nothing seems simple these days) step by step
> guide to accomplish the install?
>
> Thanks again in advance for whatever help you can be. I would gladly
> supply
> my install logs if any one needs them to answer my questions.
>
> Len

> You can't upgrade from booting the dvd or from a copy on the hard drive. To
> upgrade you have to insert the dvd or run setup from within XP. And you
> don't say what drivers you're trying to install.
>
> "LenH" <LenH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9EAFF0E9-3A57-42C3-B162-E49B45BEF7A6@microsoft.com...

> >I know this question has been asked, and I have read through previous
> > answers, but I cannot understand all the techie stuff. Can someone provide
> > me
> > a simple "how to" based on the information below? I apologize in advance
> > for
> > asking a question that has apparently been answered before.
> >
> > It appears from my logs that my installation is failing due to Maxtor Hard
> > Drive issues. I have a maxtor 6L100P0 drive broken into 2 partitions (C:
> > drive and H: drive - both with XP Home SP2 on them) I am running install
> > from
> > a copy of the MS supplied install disk that I copied to my local C: drive.
> > If I select the option to upgrade my install fails. I then selected the
> > clean install option and found the ability to add drivers. However, when
> > I
> > do, no drivers are found (the box to show only compatible drivers is
> > checked). When I uncheck, a list of files appears (.inf and .drv files).
> > Do
> > I simply select one of these and if so, which one? After I do this, can I
> > close the installation and go back to upgrade or must I do a clean
> > install.
> > I really want to do an upgrade to avoid having to reinstall lots of
> > programs.
> >
> >
> > Again, if at all possible, could someone provide a simple (at least as
> > simple as can be given that nothing seems simple these days) step by step
> > guide to accomplish the install?
> >
> > Thanks again in advance for whatever help you can be. I would gladly
> > supply
> > my install logs if any one needs them to answer my questions.
> >
> > Len

>
>

>I ran the install from within XP. I ran it both directly from the CD ROM
>and
> from a copy on my hard drive. Same result either way. I am trying to
> install the maxtor hard drive drivers from the Maxtor CD that came with
> the
> hard drive that I purchased about 3 months ago.
>
> "Peter M" wrote:
>

>> You can't upgrade from booting the dvd or from a copy on the hard drive.
>> To
>> upgrade you have to insert the dvd or run setup from within XP. And you
>> don't say what drivers you're trying to install.
>>
>> "LenH" <LenH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9EAFF0E9-3A57-42C3-B162-E49B45BEF7A6@microsoft.com...

>> >I know this question has been asked, and I have read through previous
>> > answers, but I cannot understand all the techie stuff. Can someone
>> > provide
>> > me
>> > a simple "how to" based on the information below? I apologize in
>> > advance
>> > for
>> > asking a question that has apparently been answered before.
>> >
>> > It appears from my logs that my installation is failing due to Maxtor
>> > Hard
>> > Drive issues. I have a maxtor 6L100P0 drive broken into 2 partitions
>> > (C:
>> > drive and H: drive - both with XP Home SP2 on them) I am running
>> > install
>> > from
>> > a copy of the MS supplied install disk that I copied to my local C:
>> > drive.
>> > If I select the option to upgrade my install fails. I then selected
>> > the
>> > clean install option and found the ability to add drivers. However,
>> > when
>> > I
>> > do, no drivers are found (the box to show only compatible drivers is
>> > checked). When I uncheck, a list of files appears (.inf and .drv
>> > files).
>> > Do
>> > I simply select one of these and if so, which one? After I do this,
>> > can I
>> > close the installation and go back to upgrade or must I do a clean
>> > install.
>> > I really want to do an upgrade to avoid having to reinstall lots of
>> > programs.
>> >
>> >
>> > Again, if at all possible, could someone provide a simple (at least as
>> > simple as can be given that nothing seems simple these days) step by
>> > step
>> > guide to accomplish the install?
>> >
>> > Thanks again in advance for whatever help you can be. I would gladly
>> > supply
>> > my install logs if any one needs them to answer my questions.
>> >
>> > Len

>>
>>

> One of the files in the folder was what I thought was the driver file and I
> at first tried just using that alone (because of something that I had read
> here) but that did not work. Another file was named a cryptographic file (or
> something like that) and another file was a text file. I supplied all three
> and the installer just accepted that the floppy had the correct driver then.
> I wasn't given the ability to point to any file, it just found it or not.
>
> I would take all of the files in the XP folder out and put them all on a
> floppy (or I think cd is OK, also) by themselves and provide that to the
> installer.
>
> Are you installing on the H: drive? Maybe you have to boot the drive you
> are upgrading and insert the DVD and choose upgrade and verify that you are
> indeed upgrading the correct drive. That's what I would do. If you do the
> upgrade like that you may not need to supply a driver.