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April 10, 2009 at 12:44 PM
justdream

DELL _SATA, install windows XP ‘urgent’

by justdream . Updated 17 years, 2 months ago

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp, please

I have a big problem and I must travel to work abroad with my new laptop while I have a big problem in my new laptop so please help….

I prefer to use windows XP professional rather than vista….so I decided to buy windows with DOS system as all new and advanced laptops are using vista

anyway, when I tried to install XP on my new laptop,
once I get the window of Welcome to setup………To set up windows xp, press Enter

and press Enter

I got the following message:

Setup cannot find the temporary installation files, the hard drive on which setup placed temporary files is not currently available to windows XP. you may need a manufacture-supplied device driver, or you may need to run setup again and select a drive that is compatible with windows XP for the temporary installation files. See your windows XP documentation for more information.

On x86-based computers, floppy disks generated by setup for use with non-CD installations are not suitable for installing from CD

Setup cannot continue. to quit press F3

Hint: I’m trying to install windows from a source on my Hard disk and I access my hard disk using portable windows installed on CD

My new laptop is DELL Studio 15 with SATA Hard disk……..also hint that I changed SATA Mode Selection from AHCI to IDE

Please help. your fast response will be highly appreciated…………………Please

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