i have a medion lappy which had media centre installed and the hdd went pete tong on, i have today fitted a new drive and tried to install xp as this is the only o/s i have lying around but because the drive is sata it doesnt recognise it, I have had a scout around google and all i can find is a bit about creating a floppy for teh sata drivers but yes you guessed right, being only 12 months old the lappy doesnt have a fdd, I know i could install vista with no problems as it has sata support but i rather wouldnt to be honest as i dont like it

any ideas please??
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go into the bios and look for under Config and Sata...change it from ADHI or something similar to that and change it to compatibility mode
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You can install Win XP using a flash drive, here is a link on the instructions

http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/installing-windows-xp-from-usb-thumb.html
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