Satellite u300 (PSU30E) - how to install Windows XP?

My Vista broke down so I removed and installed ubuntu, which works very well. However, I would like to install a windows on this as well. Because I lost my disk of vista I tried with XP. It worked fine with virtualbox virtualization but when I tried to install it properly it worked as it is enjoyable. I got an error message during the installation process «Setup has not found any hard drive» I tried "slipstreaming" a storage on the installation as disk driver advised on this article:

http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows/resolving-Setup-did-not-find-any-hard-disk-drives-during-Windows-XP-installation/

But laptop refuses to install from the newly formed disc and if I was still facing the same problem. Another option that is described in the article was to disable the native control of SATA BIOS. However, my laptop only has trusted Core BIOS Phoenix that do not allow to make these changes, and if I read between the lines of this topic:

http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?MessageID=175764

.. There is no way to access this kind of parameters with my current BIOS. So my question is then. Is it really impossible to install windows XP on this computer without floppy drive where you could put a SATA driver or is it possible to work around this problem? Vista is such a disappointment to me that I might have to consider buying windows 7 if it does not seem likely that XP starts to work, and in this case, I am afraid that the power of this machine is not sufficient for this operating system.

All good advice about what to do?

Hi Kylanmies,

The magic word is Intel Storage Manager. This package contains the SATA drivers you need, and you are able to install Windows XP.

Here are a few interesting articles from Toshiba on this subject:
http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/HTD9401AN0000R01.htm
http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB85017Z0000R01.htm

In addition, visit the forum... You will find hundreds of threads according to me.

Tags: Toshiba

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