[deepsukhwani]

hi friends...
I want to uninstall Vista Home premium from my LAptop and get Windows XP Professional..
Here are the few details in regards to my Laptop.
the model number is HP Pavilion DV 6767TX
Please see the below link for complete product specification

HP DV6767TX Product specification

my HDD name is WD2500BEVS-60UST0 I dont know if it is SATA or IDE HDD
I tried to install Win XP Professional SP2 but it does not detect my HDD

Please guide me with a complete step by step procedure for this, as I am seriously in need of Windows XP for some official reasons..

Please give me the procedure to get XP and remove Vista from this laptop..


Also, if possible please do give me some information regarding the drivers for XP for this laptop, from where can I get the all the drivers..

[tcjason]

You can download the drivers for the XP installation of the laptop here:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...roduct=3675083

However by the looks of it, it may be difficult to get it installed in the first place. You have a SATA hard disk which is why the XP setup cannot detect the hard disk, as the XP installation starts it will ask you to press F6 to install a mass storage device driver. At this point you would usually press F6 and insert the floppy disk with the SATA driver on it.

Problem No.1 - No floppy drive, you will need a USB one (for simplicity, there are other options)
Problem No.2 - There doesn't appear to be a downloadable driver for the SATA driver on the website that will fit onto a floppy disk. There is an Intel storage driver installation file avaliable, you may be able to extract the OEMSetup.txt file from another computer and copy the drivers to a floppy.
Problem No.3 - Windows vista home premium does not give you a downgrade path to Windows XP, you will need to buy a copy of XP. Also from a licensing point of view, you will need to buy the full retail boxed version rather than the OEM version.

If you knew that you were going to need XP you really should have bought one of their laptops which has Windows Vista business installed, you would then be able to downgrade to XP with far less hassle and no cost.

[chupacabra]

I have a similar problem. There are solutions and one is even listed on the HP site. I have a different model, but after lots of looking, it seems it can, and has been done. My problem though is not that it cannot detect the HDD, I just get a blue screen error that says a serious error has been detected. If this is the first time you have seen this error, blah blah blah. If you have a bios that will allow you to disable the SATA controller, then you have no problem. I have done that with no problems. Press F10 while computer is booting, in BIOS screen, go to System Configuration, then move to the SATA controller option and disable it. Then it should have no problem. My bios does not even have that option. If yours doesnt, then start with the link below.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...roduct=3810177

Also google somehting like "HP Pavilion downgrade Vista to XP" and you will see others with the same problem....most seem solved.

[Jtoast]

Chupacabra,
Please start your own thread. It is extremely difficult to diagnose and resolve 2 issues in one thread unless they are the exact same issue.


Deepsukhwani,

Your best bet is probably to slipstream the SATA drivers onto your XP install disk.

[Mumbodog]

Slipstream all your drivers using this program

http://driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/

If you choose to use Nlite for other purposes than drivers, use Nlite first, then use DriverPacks second, or problems will result.