
nLite is an amazing software that lets you tweak and hack your XP CD to the core with an extremely easy to use user interface. You can download it from here.
To start creating your custom XP CD you need to download the necessary SATA drivers from the manufactures website. It will depend on what brand of a laptop you have. Download the SATA drivers to your computer.
Launch nLite after inserting Windows XP CD into the drive. Choose to make an image of Windows XP in a directory of your choice. Click next and proceed to skip import or load previous settings step by clicking next and proceed to next step.
On the next page, you will find a “Drivers” tab. Click on it and also check the bootable ISO option and then click on next. Click on the button at the bottom to insert the driver. Give the location to the folder where you extracted the SATA driver. You will find a couple of inf files, select any one of them. Now select the all the driver files. That is it, click Next.
You will now be asked for confirmation, select yes and let nLite integrate the driver and create a bootable image. Burn it on a CD by just hitting the Burn button at the bottom and you will be ready to install Windows XP on your laptop.
Read more about Customize Windows Installation with nLite from here.
Read more about how to use a floppy disk to load SATA drivers from here.
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