Dell Inspiron 1525 A13 Bios Stops XP Installing

Question

Hi   I need some help, After updating my bios from a11 to a13 Windows XP or Vista won't install on my laptop as it gets stuck on the restart after the first phase of XP install and sticks on the screen that says ' Press any key to boot from CD' and this is when I need to leave it to boot from the hard drive. so at the moment I am running Ubuntu 8.04 X64 LTS but really need to install XP again. Any help would be appreciated!

Techspec666 · Answer

The user is seeking help with installing Windows XP or Vista on their Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop after updating the BIOS. The installation gets stuck on the restart phase and the user is currently running Ubuntu. The suggested solution is to boot to setup, check if AHCI is enabled in SATA operation, select SATA or ATA only, and then attempt the installation of XP.

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