Install Windows XP on Dell XPS M1330

Hi,

I have checked my setting in the control panel & the Ricoh Card reader appears under the setting

IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers;

you should have 3 enties here as follows; (with no exclamation marks)

Ricoh Memory Stick Controller

Ricoh MMC Host Controller

Ricoh xD-Picture Card Controller

The driver that I used was R141246.

P.S. I am not using Win XP 64 bit

Cheers,

Paul.

thanks all and special thanks to Raymond

finally I switch to XP on my M1330 without any missing drivers or application event the Dell media-application and now is looooook much better WwooooowW

1. I download windows XP dell OEM CD SP2 from torrents :P

2. format the the HDD by DELL media direct 3.5 DVD default format

3. then i following the install instruction from this discussion

4. after successfully installed XP I download & install the SATA Driver & switch on the Flash Cache  & SATA setting from the BOIS again 

my advice to who want to install XP instead Vista on his XPS m1330

read this discussion carefully including all replaying on (31Pages)

the Ricoh mem card reader driver that works (for me) with windows xp 64-bit on dell m1330:

http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R141763&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=189197

direct link:
http://ftp.us.dell.com/chipset/R141763.EXE

	

Hi fellow XPS M1330 users,

Thanks for this very informative thread. I recently dumped the pre-installed vista and 'upgraded' to trusted XP Pro. I had a few issues with drivers initially but could solve all. Presently I have no Yellow '!' marks in the device manager; stand alone Media Direct is working with all the quickset buttons. Audio with HDMI is also great.

But, I am unable to use the IR Travel Remote that came with XPS M1330. Has anyone faced this problem? How to solve this?

Looking forward to your advices 

Hello all,

It's been a while since this thread has been active so I don't know if you will be able to help me.

I tried installing XP Pro on my XPS M1330 but the SATA driver is a huge problem. Indeed my SATA HDD is a Western Digital WD1200BEVS-75UST0, and I could not find any valid SATA driver on the net. The "Intel Mobile SATA Controller driver" is totally useless.

So:

- anyone could give me a link to a valid driver which could work with this HDD ?

- since this thread is now so long, could you give me the best post you think which indicates all the procedure to install XP on the XPS with the driver links ?

Thanks a lot if you can. Best

Phil

Anyone can help ? :emotion-1:

Dear all,

             you must download the "NLITE" SW and with that you can edit the WINDOWS XP ISO to add the SATA & others drivers that you need to install on your machine.

Really things work. Am installing with BIOS UPDATE  from A1 to A15.

it is fine and speedy, actually am a technician and a clients laptop had failed to load window but thank for Technical support it's installing progressively, successfully.

Raymond Thanks. Am following.

Today 27th March 2013, 3:58 in the morning.

Where can i read the discussion page.Kindly help me.

Check and see what other services are running by opening Windows Task Manager, click on the Processes Tab and then on CPU twice. This will tell you what process is hogging the CPU. (Assuming you are not using a BlueTooth keyboard?)

Thanks. Installing R171789 over the failed install worked fine.