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    Help me install XP on my HP Pavilion

    Discussion in 'HP' started by sonex, Sep 7, 2007.

  1. sonex

    sonex Notebook Guru

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    Hey,

    I recently purchased a HP Pavilion dv6217tx, which came with Vista basic installed.
    I put my xp cd in to format the hard drive, but I get the message "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer".

    I've been reading around the forums and people say that I have to "slipstream" the drivers.
    Can somebody please clarify what this means. I downloaded a program called nLite, however I cannot get past the step which asks me to find drivers on my computer. Where do I find the drivers for my model etc.

    Thanks :confused:
     
    sonex, Sep 7, 2007
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    suland, Sep 7, 2007
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  3. sonex

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    Hi, i disabled the sata thing in the bios and now i can install windows xp. Another question, can i delete the HP partition which came on my hard drive. Its 5gb off space.
     
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    Yes you can, but are you really sure you won't need to make RECOVERY DISCS first? If you have done it then no problems should occure later.
     
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    yes i sorted it all out now. I have windows xp on my hp laptop now, however on the hp.com site they dont seem to have any drivers available for windows xp (on my model). :( what should i do??
     
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