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    Install XP on G72

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by sagesse9891, Apr 14, 2010.

  1. sagesse9891

    sagesse9891 Newbie

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    Hey, I've been wanting to install Windows xp spp 3 on my Asus g72. I can't seem to get it to work though. I put the CD in, it reads the setup files, but when it attempts to run the Setup it tells me that there is a problem with the harddrive. Anyone have any idea if I'm doing this incorrectly?

    I also noticed on my cd for driver and utility that is says it's compatible with windows 7 32 & 64 versions. Will the driver disc work if I downgrade?

    Thanks.
     
    sagesse9891, Apr 14, 2010
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  2. GenTechPC

    GenTechPC Company Representative

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    Because the XP disk does not have SATA drivers, therefore, it can not find the hard drive and there are two ways to do it:

    - the easy way: Go to the BIOS and set the SATA mode to compatible mode.

    - Integrate SATA driver and burn your own XP disk to install, :

    1: Download SATA driver from Intel: http://downloadmirror.intel.com/17883/eng/f6flpy3289.zip, iaStor.inf is the only file you need to integrate.


    2: Download nLite: http://www.nliteos.com/download.html

    3: Follow the guide to integrate the SATA driver: http://www.nliteos.com/guide/part1.html
     
    GenTechPC, Apr 14, 2010
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