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    HP dv1000 reinstall XP format forever - need SATA drivers?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by amag, Mar 25, 2007.

  1. amag

    amag Newbie

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    My HP dv1000 (Part PT111AV or "HP Pavilion dv1300 CTO Notebook PC" Pentium/1GB/100GB) finally bit the dust and won't boot up. Luckily, I have backups, so I thought this would be a good time to do a clean Windows XP install.

    Using the original Operating System CD, I started the Windows XP install. The 204MB partition I presumed was QuickPlay, but it wouldn't let me create a C: drive without removing the 204MB partition... I'll have to reinstall QuickPlay later.

    Anyways, I created a C: drive partition of 20GB and picked a real format (NOT a quick format) but it's taken 4 hours to format 14%! My question is, does this mean I needed the SATA drivers at the beginning of the install? I had thought that if I needed SATA drivers it would've not even recognized the hard drive to start with.

    Thanks for any advice.
     
    amag, Mar 25, 2007
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  2. Adaptive

    Adaptive Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    AFAIK, that notebook doesn't have SATA, so you don't need the drivers for it. Formatting the HDD can take forever if quick isn't used.
     
    Adaptive, Mar 25, 2007
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