hello im new to this and iam having the same problem of trying to put my xp pro on my hp laptop that came with vista, i did that "SlipViaSata" that was the first post and i put the new code as the last in the category that it was suppose to be in so i hope that was right but when i booted from that, my laptop still says that i don't have a hard drive can someone please help me with this or point me in the right direction. is there a program or something that i can use to completely erase my hard drives so i can come back and install xp?