I'm looking for some help in downgrading my laptop to XP. The problem arises when i put the windows xp install disk in and reboot windows does not detect any hard drives. I know that this is because xp does not come with the SATA AHCI Controller Driver on the disk and i know that the problem can be overcome by slipstreaming the drivers into a new xp disk. This can be done in a program called nLite. The problem i have is that i don't know what the driver that i'm looking for is exactly. I don't know if its a specific one i need for my model of laptop or if there is a generic driver out there. If anyone can tell me what it is i need that would be great! I spent all day yesterday searching the internet not really sure of what i was looking for and even ended up with an annoying malware problem after visiting so many sites! So please, if someone can help it'd be greatly appreciated! Here is a link detailing the downgrading process: http://bkhan.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/windows-xp-downgrade-drivers-on-sony-vaio-vgn-nr120e-model/ ...and here is a link detailing the slipstreaming process: http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives...e-floppy-sata-raid-driver-into-windows-xp-cd/ My laptop is a Sony Vaio VGN-NR32M. The hard drive in it is a Toshiba MK2546GSX and the motherboard chipset is Intel GL960 Express. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide!
Just noticed there's a sticky about integrating software into your windows install disk here: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/479305 too. Sorry for the double post, cant see an edit post button anywhere lol.
