That will install the OS but you will have to find all the rest of the necessary drivers for the system. And since Dell doesn not support XP on this system you are on your own to find them if they exist at all. Without the proper drivers your hardware will not fully function correctly
I have Dell 5010 Core i5 and I have made the slipstream cd as per your above advise but unable to load xp in the laptop. It give error message in the middle of the instalation with blue screne. Do I have to format my drive? I already have 3 partition in my drive. I want to remove win 7 and load xp first and later win 7.
What bluescreen "stop code" does it give you? Do you also have an N5010 (IMPORTANT!)? Is SATA/AHCI on in the BIOS (it should be on)?
Yes, you should have selected Format (full or quick is fine), and you should be installing to an EMPTY partition (previously labeled Unpartitioned Space).
If you are dual-booting and doing XP first, then hit C during Setup to Create partition of 10GB (or however large you think you will need XP's C: drive), leaving the rest of the disk unpartitioned.
Installing any OS will damage your ability to use the Recovery Partition, so you might as well delete it now.
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That will install the OS but you will have to find all the rest of the necessary drivers for the system. And since Dell doesn not support XP on this system you are on your own to find them if they exist at all. Without the proper drivers your hardware will not fully function correctly