Hi Daniel Go to the BIOS of the laptop, search for something called SATA Native Mode and make sure its set to off. Windows XP should install fine. J _____ From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of Daniel Ndeti Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 4:32 PM To: Skunkworks forum Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Toshiba Tecra Contact me offline On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 16:01, Musya mike <mmycool@gmail.com> wrote: Any one with Toshiba Tecra A8 recovery cd?Lost my CD and XP doesn't install at all...never goes past the 'Select partition(to format/delete/create' screen even with a cd having SATA drivers(added with nlite). Ubuntu installs fine but need a xp partition or Vista.Please help... _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke