Windows XP on Toshiba Satellite L40-14B |
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I ordered these 5 laptops for a client who needed something really
inexpensive. The best deal available at the moment was the Toshiba
Satellite L40-14B with its Celeron processor and 120 GB SATA HDD. It's
really a computer from the past as I was soon about to discover but it
packs a bit of power and it does the job.
When the client tried to install XP on the laptops they discovered that
the XP kit wouldn't detect the hard disk as it lacked the proper Intel
SATA drivers.
Normally, you solve this fairly quickly by putting the drivers on a
floppy and feeding them to the installation as it begins. The only
problem is you need a floppy drive for this and like most laptops the
L40 doesn't have one. I guess you have to buy a USB floppy drive in
order to install Windows making your originally inexpensive laptop 50
euros more expensive and wasting a few more days of your time.
The really COOL workaround I came up with was creating a custom Windows
XP installation CD that would include the proper SATA drivers.
After doing it manually and ruining a couple of CDs in the process I discovered nLite,
a really nifty piece of software you can use to integrate and
disintegrate Windows components on an installation CD. Its applications
are much more numerous than simple driver integration making it a
really valuable find.
Enjoy!
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