[Ham-Computers] RE: XP with SATA Harddrive

[Hsu, Aaron (NBC Universal)]

OK, after reading your message a second time, I now realize you don't have a floppy drive.  In this case, you can either disable the "native" SATA support (sometimes called "legacy" SATA mode), or, slip-stream the native SATA drivers into a WinXP installation CD using the nLiteOS utility.  Using the nLiteOS utility is probably the better way to go as it also allows you to customize many of WinXP's features as part of the XP installation itself rather than having to do all the customizations after installing XP.  This becomes a big time-saver if you're installing WinXP on several systems.

73,

  - Aaron, NN6O

p.s.  BTW, USB floppy drives are about $20.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000020013+1088308277


-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:31 PM
Subject: [Ham-Computers] XP with SATA Harddrive


Hello,

I got a Compaq C700 laptop for Christmas and it has Vista on it. I want to install XP on it so I can use all of my radio software.

Xp will not recognize a SATA drive and I don't have a floppy drive in the laptop. Does anyone know how I can install XP on this laptop by getting it to recognize the HD? Thanks!

Loren WA7SKT