Installing Windows XP in Dell Laptops

This topic is dedicated for the people who have tried but unsuccessful in installing Windows XP in their Dell laptops. Dell people strongly oppose installing XP in a Dell laptop which comes with Vista. So don't consult yo customer care for installing XP in yo machine. I have been trying to install it for quite a long time and i just found the method. I know i'm late cos Windows 7 is gonna release in a short while and it will shut the holes in Vista. Seriously Windows 7 rocks!

I have a DELL XPS M1530 which is an year old, so i took the risk of removing Vista. When i Googled about installing xp in dell laptops, i found a tool called nLite. This tool allows an user to extract the XP ISO and it allows us to add some software and then build the ISO. I could easily get all the drivers for my laptop for windows xp. Just Googling will do that.

Later, i found that those drivers could be installed even after installing XP. Basically, Dell gives SATA hard disks which operates in AHCI mode. XP does not have AHCI drivers and so it doesn't get installed in the laptop. So the hard disk operation mode must be changed. There are only two operations: AHCI and ATA. It is enough if you change it to ATA mode. You can find this option in BIOS setting. You need to disable the flash memory too before changing to ATA. Once you are done with it, then you can boot yo XP cd and install!

Unfortunately, i couldn't get the AHCI drivers for XP. So it still works in ATA mode:(. But i don't have any problems:). So try out and enjoy XP in yo laptop!