Windows XP on Dell Inspiron Mini 10 (1012)

  2010-09-08      191 words, 1 minutes

• dell
• mini 10
• windows

My Mini 10 came with Windows Seven Starter Edition ; which sucks. So I replaced it with Windows Seven Professional Edition but I felt like it’s really slow. So I decided to run Windows XP on it.

The problem is that, even with XP SP3, the AHCI disk access is not enable from the instalation CD. So I had to switch to ATA mode (in the BIOS), do the installation and switch back to AHCI.

Here’s the full procedure:

• Enter the BIOS and switch to the ATA disk mode;
• Install Windows XP;
• Start Windows XP;
• Unzip the chipset driver archive on your desktop (Intel Tiger Pointer Chipset);
• Launch the Device Manager;
• Expand the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers section, right-click on Primary IDE channel and select Update Driver;
• Don’t let Windows connect to Windows Update at this time;
• Select Install a list or specific location (advance);
• Select Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install;
• Choose Have disk;
• Browse to the INF file location, select it and click OK;
• Restart the machine;
• Enter the BIOS and switch back to AHCI mode;
• Start Windows;
• Enjoy!

Source: How to enable AHCI : Windows XP