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Old 05-15-2008, 08:22 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Create a seperate partion for XP ?
Yes, that will work.

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or install xp in a different partition (drive letter) ?
That will also work. If you already have a seperate partition setup, you can install XP on that partition. Make sure you backup any data on that partition - everything will be wiped before the installation.


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Since windows xp doesn't recognize sata hard drives and needs the drivers through floppy (with that f6 menu ...), and the laptop doesn't have fdd, So i guess i create a custom win xp with nLite. which put (inject) sata drivers into winxp then i don't have to go through f6 menu. right?
Yeah, that's right. You can slipstream the drivers into the installation disk with nLite.
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