Q: i have a laptop
A: matt could not be more wrong , yes it may be that simple , but then agin and most likely NOT what happens if xp does not see the disk because the Sata drivers are not installed ?? , what if there are no xp sata drivers to be found ?? what happens when the reformatt is done but then to find out there are no xp drivers for the card , sound , etc etc , all things that need to be checked BEFORE you reformat