Struggled To Install Windows XP in your new Laptop?? Here is the solution..

          Including me, many of you must have found it hard to install Windows Xp in your newly bought Laptops that are pre-installed with Windows 7. Actually the problem is that Windows Xp doesn't get detected in AHCI/RAID mode that is enabled in your BIOS settings. Many of you might have tried to install Windows Xp in your laptops but are annoyed by a Blue Screen Error and you just failed to get it installed. Windows Xp is generally got detected in IDE/ATA mode that can be enabled in the BIOS settings, but this makes no actual good that you wish to get because Windows Xp in IDE/ATA mode in most new laptops deliver only 40% compatibility ,i.e., the Windows Xp experience in IDE/ATA mode is unexpectedly sluggish. Another big problem is that Windows 7 or Vista doesn't actually get detected in IDE/ATA mode but in AHCI/RAID mode, so when it comes to dual-boot Windows 7/vista with Windows Xp, during every restart of your PC you have to change Hard Drive modes to boot your desired Operating System and this is the real pain.
          I myself have encountered the same installation problem in my new Dell Inspiron 14R and applied the following steps to get the problem solved and also get a Windows 7 & Xp dual-boot :-

1. Needed Software

• A Genuine Windows XP CD (Home/Professional) with Service Pack 2 integrated. In case of no integrated Servicepack 2 on the Windows XP Setup CD, you can integrate it with the below mentioned tool.
  Slipstreaming tool which integrates the drivers on the Windows XP Setup CD.
• In this tutorial the freeware tool "nLite 2.0 . exe" was used for integration of the drivers. Get the software online.
• Driverfiles which are needed for the integration: "IAAHCI.INF", "IAAHCI.CAT", "IASTOR.INF", "IASTOR.CAT", "IASTOR.SYS", and "TXTSETUP.OEM"
  You can either download the driver package from the Intel website(http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/). 
• CD-Recording software to write the generated image to a CD/DVD (e.g. "Ahead Nero")

2. Downloading and unpacking the driverfiles

Attention: The filenames in this tutorial are for a system with an "ICH8M SATA AHCI controller" and must not match the drivers and chipset of your system.

Step1:

To find out which chipset is installed in your system, right-click on "My Computer" -> left-click on "Properties" -> left-click on the tab "Hardware" -> left-click on "Device Manager" and scroll down to "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers" -> left-click on the square to expand the tree and check which chipset is installed.

In this example an "Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller" (also called "ICH8M") is installed:

     
Please replace the filenames and paths from the tutorial with your drivers which match the chipset in your system.
(For example: If you have an "ICH7M" chipset, use the "ICH7M" drivers for integration on the Windows XP SP2 setup CD) 

Step 2:

Drivers from the Intel website:
In case of downloading the drivers from the Intel website you must make sure you have downloaded the appropriate driverpackage for your system!!
Attention: The filenames in this tutorial are for a system with an "ICH8M SATA AHCI controller" and must not match the drivers and chipset for your system.

Unpack the the driverfiles by running the downloaded file (i.e. IATA78_ENU.EXE) with the command line parameters "-A -A PC:\<path for extraction>".
Open a commandline and type the following to extract the files:




Please follow the wizard which appears after executing the command.
After the installshield has finished, the needed files are now available in the folder you have typed in the commandline:



Copy these files to the newly created folder in "Step 3"
Drivers from the Toshiba Drivers Download site:
In case of downloading the drivers from the Toshiba Driver download site (http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_drivers_bios.jsp) unpack the downloaded file to a folder on your harddisk (i.e. C:\stormng-20070827133046)
Go to the folder where the files were extracted and go into the folder "F6flpy" to choose the drivers for your chipset:




Copy the files from the chosen folder to the newly created folder in "Step 3"

Step 3

For the integration of the drivers the folder "DriverDisk" is needed. Create this folder and copy it in a folder of your choice (i.e. "C:\CDImages").
Copy the files from the downloaded driverpackage to this folder:

3. Copying the Windows XP Setup files

1. Create the folder "XPCD" in "C:\CDImages" :
   
   
   
2. Copy all files from the Windows XP CD to the folder "C:\CDImages\XPCD"
   
   
   

4. Integration of the driver files (Example is given with "nLite")

1. In the first dialog "nLite" asks for the preferred language. Choose the language you prefer (in this example "English") and continue with "Next":
   
   
   
2. In the next dialog, "nLite" asks for the folder which contains the Windows Xp setup files. Search the folder by clicking on "Browse.." and choosing the folder "XPCD".
   Continue to the next screen by clicking on "Next":
   
   
   
3. In the following dialog choose the "Buttons Drivers" and "Bootable ISO". Continue by clicking on "Next":
   
   
   
4. In this dialog click on "Insert" and "Single Driver" to choose the needed drivers:
   
   
   
5. A window will open and ask for an "*.ini" file. Go to the folder where the drivers are and choose the "iaahci.ini". Click on "Open":
   
   
   
6. Choose the chipset which is installed in your system and click on "OK". If unsure which chipset is installed, go to "Step 1" of "2. Downloading and unpacking driverfiles"
   In this example the drivers from the Intel website were loaded which contain all available drivers. If you choose the driver from the Toshiba website only one driver will be available which must be chosen.
   
   In this example the previously determined "Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller" (also called "ICH8M") will be chosen:
   
   
   
7. The driver is now ready to be integrated into the new Windows Xp image. Click on "Next" to continue to the next step:
   
   
   
8. Please wait until "nLite" has finished the integration procedure and click on "Next":
   
   
   
9. The drivers are now integrated and the image is ready to be created. Choose "Create Image" and click on "Make ISO" to start the image creation:
   
   
   
10. The image will be created after you have chosen the destination folder and the filename.
    After creation the ISO file can be written on a empty CD/DVD with a burning program (e.g. "Ahead Nero"):
    
    
    
11. Now you can install Windows Xp on your machine without the need of an external USB floppy drive.

[ NOTE :- Now to install Windows Xp you don't need to change the BIOS setting from AHCI/RAID to IDE/ATA. Actually, now there is no need to mess up with the BIOS]

NOW THAT IT IS ALL SET TO GET WINDOWS XP INSTALLED, ONE LAST THING REMAINS, i.e., IF YOU WISH TO KEEP BOTH WINDOWS 7 AND WINDOWS XP ( in this case Windows 7 installed first and then Windows Xp), THEN YOU NEED TO FOLLOW FEW STEPS :-

          You will find that after installing Windows Xp you are unable to find Windows 7 in your PC. But, don't panic, Windows 7 is just fine but is just invisible. So to get it visible again, you need to download the Windows 7 Recovery Disc 32-Bit (x86) Edition torrent and you will get it from (http://neosmart.net/blog/2009/windows-7-system-repair-discs/) and download the 143MB file using Bittorrent software which you will get it in the internet. After you download the file, using Nero or Ashampoo DVD Burner, burn a DVD of this downloaded image file.

          Now insert the recovery DVD in CD/DVD drive and restart and start from bootable disc and recover Windows 7. Don't remove the disc until the recovery ends. Now download "EasyBCD 2.0.2.exe" and run the sofware.

          

Press the ADD NEW ENTRY tab and Enter Windows Xp Prof SP3 and manually specify the hard-drive partition in which it is installed or in which it is shown in Windows 7 - My Computer and Save Settings.

Next press the BOOTLOADER SETUP tab and click on WRITE MBR and close EasyBCD. You are completely ready to work with both Windows 7 and Windows Xp.

RESTART YOUR PC/ LAPTOP AND YOU WILL FIND TWO OPTIONS FOR BOOTING SHOWING BOTH THE OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT ARE INSTALLED IN YOUR PC. SELECT THE ONE YOU WANT TO WORK WITH.

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