A Technical Guy's Blog » xp http://www.technicalguy.org Technical Stuff is boring but Technical Guy is funny Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:49:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Install Windows XP over Vista on Dell Vostro Notebook http://www.technicalguy.org/2008/08/10/install-windows-xp-over-vista-on-dell-vostro-notebook/ http://www.technicalguy.org/2008/08/10/install-windows-xp-over-vista-on-dell-vostro-notebook/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:05:08 +0000 Pin http://www.technicalguy.org/2008/08/10/install-windows-xp-over-vista-on-dell-vostro-notebook/ Follow this guide to Slipstreaming SATA driver into XP bootable CD using nLite 4. nLite create the new image file burn into a bootable new XP CD with SATA support!]]> Most recent Dell notebook comes with SATA harddrive and Windows Vista preloaded. For those who wish to install Windows XP over Vista, you might run into problems because your XP CD doesn’t come with SATA driver support.

In other words, you will get an error message of disk can not found when booting your XP installation CD. To fix this,

1. Copy ALL content in your Windows XP CD into your computer
2. Go to Dell Support to download SATA Driver for your notebook model (under Windows XP)
3. Follow this guide to Slipstreaming SATA driver into XP bootable CD using nLite
4. nLite create the new image file burn into a bootable new XP CD with SATA support!

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