XP Native Install in an SL300

I picked up a refurb SL300 (P8400 CPU with Vista Home Basic) and want to run XP. I tried installing my XP disc (very early version) onto a new Hitatchi SATA drive and it WILL NOT LOAD even after setting the hard drive controller to "Compatability" in the BIOS.
Do I need to get an SP2/SP3 WinXP disc? Lenovo won't sell me the XP downgrade because I don't have Vista Business or Ultimate. Any suggestions of how to get this thing right?

OK - sounds right. As i recall, one of the steps in the install process is that as the XP CD is being read, it asks if you have any new drivers for drive controllers. Can those be added then?
I'm looking at the driver downloads - trying to see which might be right. Two candidates:
Hard drive firmware update utilityIntel Matrix Storage Manager
I'm not familiar with slipstream - what's the process?

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> Has anyone found a way to run the messenger client on Windows Vista or 7
> 64-bit? The installer will not run, no matter which options I try.
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> Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information to see
> whether you need an x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program,
> and then contact the software publisher." or (if using compatibility
> options) "Error installing iKernel.exe (0x2200)".
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> If you try to copy the client files from a 32-bit version of windows
> and manually register the files (using regsvr32) then running
> NMCL32.exe, you get the messenger message "GroupWise Messenger cannot
> start because its configuration has been damaged. Please re-install."
>
> Copying and manually registering the files seems to have some hope if
> you knew how to fix the configuration. Am I missing files that are
> located elsewhere besides the "Program Files"/"Program Files (x86)"
> directory or is there some registry setting?
>
> The other question would be. When is Novell going to provide a client
> installer that will natively install on a 64-bit version of Windows as
> these are starting to become more common?
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> Jared
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