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> USB Drive-Based SATA Driver/Boot Disk Setup, Setting up Windows XP on a Laptop that needs External Drivers
TLoATDaE
post Jun 23 2009, 02:56 PM
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Greetings!

I need help to reinstall WinXP Pro, SP2 on my laptop.

Equipment is as follows:
Compaq Presario A938CA
320 GB Drive
3 GB System Memory
DVDRW Drive

What I need is this: Help making a USB-Drive boot disk with SATA drivers, so I can actually access my install media. Once I have that, I'm experienced enough to do the rest for myself.

So, that's what I need.

Thanks in Advance!
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post Jun 23 2009, 05:00 PM
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It would be easier to slipstream the SATA drivers into the XP CD using the link appleoddity provided.

As for a bootable flash drive, see here, several possibilities: add sata driver to bootable usb flash drive
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- TLoATDaE   USB Drive-Based SATA Driver/Boot Disk Setup   Jun 23 2009, 02:56 PM
- - appleoddity   Hi TLoATDaE! Usually, you can get around the ...   Jun 23 2009, 03:48 PM
- - TLoATDaE   Actually, my laptop doesn't have the IDE optio...   Jun 23 2009, 04:52 PM
- - Ztruker   It would be easier to slipstream the SATA drivers ...   Jun 23 2009, 05:00 PM
- - Raktor   http://forums.whatthetech.com/Trojan_horse...al_t1...   Jun 23 2009, 06:45 PM
- - Ztruker   Thanks Raktor. Reading through the malware thread ...   Jun 23 2009, 07:24 PM
- - TLoATDaE   Quickie Status Update: I have a USB Flash Drive t...   Jun 23 2009, 10:56 PM
- - appleoddity   Using nLite to slipstream your Windows XP disc wit...   Jun 24 2009, 07:17 AM
- - TLoATDaE   Actually, all I did was make a bootable UFD (USB F...   Jun 27 2009, 10:01 PM
- - appleoddity   Congratulations on sticking with it and figuring i...   Jun 27 2009, 10:58 PM
- - TLoATDaE   Isn't that what we're all here for? To He...   Jun 28 2009, 01:15 PM

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