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help Installing windows Xp On dell Studio 15??

  • 31-07-2009 12:09am
    #1
    quinnermint
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭


    Hi Im just wondering could anyone tell me How I could install windows xp on my dell studio 15?? Could I mess up my laptop by doing it or should I be able to download and the nesscery drivers & stuff to make it work?? Thanks


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  • #2
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    Well, have you tried it already? If you have a SATA harddisk, it will refuse to install normally. Assuming you have no floppy (my Studio 17 hasn't got one anyway), you could get a program like nLite and load the drivers and create a bootable ISO.

    Basically, if you dump your CD contents to a folder(dunno if this works with multiple CD versions), read the contents with nLite, load your HDD drivers (try the Dell Drivers and Downloads area), create a bootable ISO, burn to a CD-R, and then load it.

    It's complicated, so just post if you need any help with it.


  • #3
    quinnermint
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭quinnermint


    Cydoniac wrote: »
    Well, have you tried it already? If you have a SATA harddisk, it will refuse to install normally. Assuming you have no floppy (my Studio 17 hasn't got one anyway), you could get a program like nLite and load the drivers and create a bootable ISO.

    Basically, if you dump your CD contents to a folder(dunno if this works with multiple CD versions), read the contents with nLite, load your HDD drivers (try the Dell Drivers and Downloads area), create a bootable ISO, burn to a CD-R, and then load it.

    It's complicated, so just post if you need any help with it.

    Deffo Will need help with this one, ne chance u could post up detailed guide or point me in the direction of one, thanks?


  • #4
    J_E
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭J_E


    Give me a day or two and I'll try do a full guide.

    Alternatively, there is a version of XP on a certain mini torrent site with SATA drivers preinstalled that should work fine.


  • #5
    Jaybl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39 ✭Jaybl


    This video mentions doing it and think he made a video about doing it so check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtpLp5JXads Also I think the guy in the videos says he has all the drivers except the ones for bluetooth.


  • #6
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Do you have xp compatible drivers for all that hardware of the machine? If not you could loose allot of functionality downgrading

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