Download nLite and the SATA drivers. Use nLite to build a bootable ISO containing those drivers.
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Len Hammond <lenhammo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just picked up a new (refurbished) Gateway laptop for a non-profit account > I service. It came with Windows Vista Home Premium. The NP has some Open > license tickets for XP pro and I want to install XP Pro in this device so > that it can join the domain. I made all the Vista disks when I got the > machine and hunted down the XP drivers from the Gateway website. Actually > finding the drivers suggests that XP willrun in the box. > > However: > > When trying to load XP I get the isntall started and then it moves on and > says that it can't load it here. Somewhere, I think I remember reading that > XP won't boot off of a SATA drive. Can anyone verify that? I can't seem to > find any definitive reference at this time, but will continue ot look. > > This site is not yet ready to migrate to Windows 7, and I sure don't want > to introduce Vista there. They also don't, at this time, have a legal > license for Win7, and didn't want to incur that expense at this time. > > Anone have some thoughts about XP on SATA drives? > > Len Hammond > CSI:Hartland > lenhamm...@gmail.com > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
