How How How, XP pro on Dell Inspiron 1520

[*JimmyJ*]

Got a Dell Inspiron 1520 which had Vista home installed. Formated the drive and tried to put Xp Pro on it but with no joy. I ve check forums regarding this craptop but nothing giving me instructions on my to do it.

Im getting a PCI.sys error when trying. Has anyone had this problem and gotten round it?

HELP PLEASE>>

 

[Adam K]

found this in a review.....

When booting an XP CD up it immediately crashed with a PCI.SYS error. I then had to Slipstream a XP build with SP2. After that I had to add Dell SATA drivers to the image. Then download pretty much all the other drivers from the Dell site. Maybe they have rectified that now with the inclusion of XP.

 

[Adam K]

this is a guide to install for the 1420, so probably identical...

http://www.davidreedonline.com/wordpress/?p=4

 

[Mike_182]

Need to have the F6 drivers for Intel AHCI controllers (unless yours is the AMD, which will have it's own equivalent)

 

[Adam K]

can i just please make a point........

jesus f*cking christ, what is wrong with googling these things before asking? i found the answer within about 2 minutes of looking.

seriously, it's just f*cking lazy.

 

[sn00p]

can i just please make a point........

jesus f*cking christ, what is wrong with googling these things before asking? i found the answer within about 2 minutes of looking.

seriously, it's just f*cking lazy.

lol. Did somebody get out of the wrong side of bed this morning?! :clown:

 

[Mike_182]

can i just please make a point........

jesus f*cking christ, what is wrong with googling these things before asking? i found the answer within about 2 minutes of looking.

seriously, it's just f*cking lazy.

lol. Did somebody get out of the wrong side of bed this morning?! :clown:

He has a point...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Install+XP+Dell+Inspiron+1520&meta=

Install XP Dell Inspiron 1520 in Google gives you 4 or 5 straight off hits on guides for doing it...

 

[sn00p]

lol. Did somebody get out of the wrong side of bed this morning?! :clown:

He has a point...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Install+XP+Dell+Inspiron+1520&meta=

Install XP Dell Inspiron 1520 in Google gives you 4 or 5 straight off hits on guides for doing it...

I know. I just thought it was an amusing early morning rant.

Google is my first stop when I need a question answered!

 

[oska]

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=150033

Step by step guide here.

By the way just ordered one of these for the missus. What is the issue with Vista on them? Does it run slow or is it ok? We're only using it for general stuff.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/162797/dell-vostro-1400-notebook-1-86ghz-c

 

[Mike_182]

None, it would appear the OP thinks XP is better.