Downgrading from Windows Vista to Windows XP (HDD S-ATA not recognized)

Here is the method (yes, I wanted to put XP on my HP laptop and I really hard and now it works perfectly)
This method is for those who are on laptops with Windows Vista and want to upgrade to Windows XP.

You tried to start installing XP on your laptop but problem, no disc recognized?
Normally, your hard disk is S-ATA (Serial ATA) and XP does not / evil S-ATA.
It must be manually installed with a floppy disk (you know, the horrible thing that makes a sucking noise and that can store music in 64kb / s), or by creating a Windows XP CD and integrating it in the S-ATA drivers on your hard drive.

The necessary tools

- A CD
- The Windows XP CD
- Nlitement (Freeware to customize Windows XP)
- Your driver S-ATA

Step 1

First thing to do: pick up your S-ATA drivers
Go to Device Manager (Windows key + key Pause/Break) and then pull down "Controllers IDE ATA / ATAPI IDE"
You will normally see the name of your S-ATA contrôleor (for my part, this is Intel 82801 HEM / HBM SATA AHCI Controller)

Step 2

Enter a Google search to find your matching driver.

If it is the drivers you need, download and go to step 3.

Two choices arise for you:

1. Either the folder / file S-ATA driver on your hard disk is composed of 6-7 small file systems (such as. "Sys", ". Cat". "Inf" etc), then put it on the desktop and then go to step 3
2. Either the file is a. Exe (as in my case), then you must extract the executable to keep only the driver files that interest us:
Register your. Exe file that you downloaded for example C
Then run the command prompt (press the Windows key + R) and type this: "c: \ le-name-of-a-fichier.exe-a-pc: \"


The executable will run but will not.
If everything worked well, go into C: and you will find a folder "Driver" with system files (such as. "Sys", ". Cat". "Inf" etc).
For those who do not have the folder "Driver" but "Logfile", go get your drivers in

"C: \Program Files\Intel\Intel Matrix Storage Manager\Driver"

Copy the folder you have extracted and then put it on the desktop for instance (to know where he is).

Step 3 - Download Nlite

Download Nlite from here: http://en.kioskea.net/telecharger/telecharger 1280 nlite then install.

Step 4

Start nlitement choose the French language (it is the choice: love:), click "Next."
On the next window, you must select the location of Windows XP (or an iso on your hard disk or CD)

If you have the Windows XP CD, insert it into your player and then click nlitement, select your CD drive.

If your Windows XP is one. "Iso", select it, click "Next."
Here you must specify the location where you want nlitement that creates Windows XP amended. Create a new folder on the desktop with the name "Windows update" and choose this location.
Nlitement then copy your CD / iso Windows XP in "Windows update" on the desktop. Wait until the copy ...

Once the copy is complete, click "Next" and again on "Next".

You can choose from the options to burn the CD automatically at the end of the stage. As, no need for Nero or other. The CD is bootable automatically! You just need to select "Bootable ISO".
Select "Driver" (click) and then "Next".
Now, click on "Insert / Driver Single" and look for your folder "Driver" in step 2 and select the file. Inf

If more than one choice appears, select the one that is most on behalf of the Controller of stage 1 (for my part is the "Intel 82801 HEM / BHM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH8M-E / M))
If you are unsure, select them all;)

Click "Next" and "complete the process."

That's it! Your Windows XP may now recognize your hard drive S-ATA if everything went well ^ ^.

You just have to burn the entire contents of the folder "Windows Change" on a CD and start to boot (no need to press F6!) If you do not choose the option "Bootable ISO" .

PS:
You can add updates with nlitement, they are among many options!