The installer dies with some stop error code and message that includes pci.sys. Read up on Dell's web forum, many people suggested that a Windows XP Pro SP2 disk would not have this problem.... who has one of those laying around? Others suggested slipstreaming XP2...

There was one more comment in the forums that seemed to work for me: when the installer loads and says "Press F6 to install RAID..." press F5 instead. Then select your processor type and go on with the installation. It should run without problems.

 

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Austin Gilbert/Male/26-30. Lives in United States/Oklahoma/Tulsa/Midtown, speaks English. Spends 40% of daytime online. Uses a Fast (128k-512k) connection. And likes computer science/photography.
This is my blogchalk: United States, Oklahoma, Tulsa, Midtown, English, Austin Gilbert, Male, 26-30, computer science, photography.

Installing XP Pro on Dell Inspiron 1300 Fails
2006/06/15