Windows xp on laptop[SOLVED]

hey guys so i have a Toshiba Satellite l40n and im trying to install Windows xp gaming edition, and when i boot from cd ans try to start installation it always say that i dont have an gdd connected and check if i do, now i tried this with all different type of windows xp, untouched iso etcetc, i can install Windows 7 without a problem, but im sure i installed winxp black edition before no idea why it won’t install any xp, thanks for reading
Answer #1
use acronis disk director to delete the partitions and then create an ntfs partition ! and I hope u will install what you u like!
Answer #2
If you have a sata drive..You need to integrate your sata drivers to your XP install iso/CD..
Answer #3
The simplest solution would be switching off AHCI/RAID in BIOS or changing the SATA controller mode to IDE.
Your HDD will be recognized just fine after you do this.
Answer #4
thanks guys will try this in a few hours
edit1:@ibekr tried that before didnt work, @ roberto, no options to as what youve said in the bios, @ lionden i followed some tutorial using google to integrate SATA DRIVERS, my sata drivers are Intel(R) ICH8M SATA AHCI Controller – 2829
and Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers – 2850, i downloaded nLite and integrated and burned it, but keeps giving me the same error, am i doing something wrong? please help i really want xp since my laptop is so freaking slow!
Answer #5
bump please help!
Answer #6
You probably didn’t integrate the correct driver, SATA controllers tend to have many different hardware ids (even for
the same model) and if the id doesn’t match with what you got then it’s not gonna fly. Follow these steps:
1. Delete the XP source from your HDD and re-copy it from the disc so it’d be untouched.
2. Get the SATA driver pack from here:
http://driverpacks.net/driverpacks/windows/xp/x86/mass-storage/12.01
Note: You’ll need to use utorrent in order to download, Also, Do not extract it! you’ll see why later.
3. Get driverpacks base:
http://driverpacks.net/applications/driverpacks-base/10.06
4. Follow this guide:
http://driverpacks.net/docs/beginners-guide-windows-xp
5. When done, Run N-LITE and pick Bootable ISO then change the mode to Direct Burn and just
burn it.
Answer #7
1. Delete the XP source from your HDD and re-copy it from the disc so it’d be untouched. , thing is I have downloaded it from here, Windows XP Gaming Edition which 90mb, is that why its not working right? even so when I used another version of XP didn’t work, so im just wondering if the gaming edition is also messing things up, following ur intructions now will get back here
Answer #8
simple_faith replied: Windows XP Gaming Edition which 90mb, is that why its not working right?
No, That has nothing to do with it, But I think you’d be best using the original XP or customizing it yourself with N-LITE.
You don’t know what exactly was removed from it, And at 90MB I’d say probably too much. To be honest, The original XP
will run just fine if you have at least 512MB of ram (But you’ll be able to run more apps at once if you got 1GB or more)
Answer #9
OMG, thank you Roberto400, Your instructions were so clear, I just want to say thanks for your time on helping me, this windows xp is blazing fast, i was so happy to install it I forgot to get my drivers, since barely any drivers came with this 90mb winxp, but now all works, thanks again!!!
Answer #10
You welcome
Glad it all worked out. Btw, You should add [solved] to the title.