How to install Windows XP on a SATA HDD laptop without floppy drive
As we know, Microsoft stopped Windows XP selling product to new computer purchasing in order to overcoming Windows Vista. On recent days, new computers or notebook s product which has the requirement hardware are now capable to use it. It will run, but slow (a very to me). To make it double faster running OS, try to using Windows XP.
One problem found that lots of newest computers or notebooks are equipped with a SATA interface hard drive that not all recognized by Windows XP installer. It would ask the SATA driver for the hardware and you must provide it before continue to installing the rest processes.
For example, a week ago I’ve purchased an Acer Travelmate 6291-100508. This sub-notebook are comes with Intel Core 2 Duo 1,66 GHz processor, 80 GB SATA hard drive, 512 MB DDRAM, DVD RAM Super Multi, 12.1” WXGA screen & LinPus Linux pre-installed OS. From the selling box, Acer recommended to use Windows Vista hence there are no Windows XP driver CD software included. In manner way, there will no chance to installing it with Windows XP since the installer didn’t recognized the SATA interface. One for sure, Acer website provides all of the Windows XP drivers software, including the SATA driver to support the Windows XP installation. So, how to integrating the bootable installer with the SATA driver software, since I’m not too interesting to buy a USB floppy drive?
First of all, get the SATA driver manufactured from your hardware factory website (Acer link) & download nLite to create a custom Windows XP installer (note that you need .NET Framework 2.0 available from Microsoft download site before running the nLite). Next, from nLite application, browse to the Windows XP CD installer (I’m not responsible to any legally use of Windows XP installer) & let it cached to a specified path:
Then, press Drivers & Bootable ISO button to inserting the SATA drivers & continue to create an ISO image to burn in a CD:
Clicking on Next button, you will be prompted to inserting from the source disk of SATA drivers software:
Insert the source disk contain SATA driver files:
Finally, confirmed with YES button to continue to burning the ISO image:
After it finished, let it try to boot from this bootable CD next to your computer or notebook.
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January 4th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
But if all you needed was more speed than vista, why not keep fast and free linux installed?
January 6th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Encountered the same problem with SATA on a Dell desktop. After playing (unsucessfully) with nlite, I got lucky by simply using a Windows XP CD which had SP2 integrated.
January 7th, 2008 at 7:13 am
I just purchased a HP notebook preinstalled with Vista. I would like reload XP on this machine. My question is:
Do I first load Windows XP on my newly formatted harddrive and then load the XP drivers for my SATA HD, or do I first load the XP dirvers for my SATA HD and then load windows XP?
Your help is much appreciated.
Brian
January 7th, 2008 at 8:25 am
First you need to create a new copy of XP with sata drivers, how it’s explained here, and then boot with this copy of XP.
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This is by far the most comprehensive page on the net describing the process of inserting SATA drivers to XP cd. I tried a dozen WinXP versions (SP2 integrated, etc), had no luck, till i stumbled upon this page. Well done, and thank you.
January 27th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
This will not work with XP Tablet 2005. It will not ask for the second CD that has the tablet extras included, so you basically get XP Pro
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