Installing Windows XP on the Intel based dvx500t Series

Installing Windows XP on the dvx500t Series. ​

This guide is confirmed to work for the HP dv6500 and dv9500 series. I have received inconsistent results from dv2500 users.

It is also confirmed that this wont work for dv2700 laptops. Still waiting on results.
Confirmed working for dv6700 and dv9700 series. Please see user therulebookman for more info.
No word on the HDX series.
Here is the thread confirming XP doesnt work for dv2700:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=214395


This guide is NOT for laptops with the AMD CPU. These drivers will NOT work and PLEASE dont install the intel chipset on your AMD laptops! thanks.


use this guide instead: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=200763

This guide is continuously updated and changing due to different variables. The main part of this guide is the same though.

Get the latest drivers from here:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6R56CI5E

These drivers were provided and uploaded by mujjuman on 12/07.

A HUGE THANKS to Hackez for providing me with lots of help with starting the DriverPacks and help with the guide.
Hackez started the first major DriverPacks and also updated them periodically, before handing over the reins to me.

NOTICE: Users of all laptops should read all model-specific notes. This guide was made primarily for dv9500 and dv6500. But it

also works for dv6000 and dv9000, and for dv6700 and dv9700. IT DOES NOT WORK ON dv2700. It works on dv2500 but you have to read some extra posts (quoted below). Thank you.

Please use 7-Zip, PowerArchiver, or WinRAR to extract the Driver Pack and then burn it to a disk or use a flash drive.

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dv2500 owners, read this:

MORE RECENT DISCOVERY FOR THE DV2500 - wifi light fix:

For dv6000 and dv9000 users:

Check out Robvia's guide. His guide is more specific to your models, but this guide works fine too.
The only problem with this guide working on your laptops is:
1. DO NOT INSTALL THIS SATA DRIVER. Download all your drivers from the hp website. They provide it for you.
2. Instead, disable Native SATA support in your BIOS, and proceed to install XP.
3. Install all your drivers, including your SATA drivers (ICH7M) and enable Native SATA support in your BIOS.
4. Thank Robvia.

For dv6500t and dv9500t users:

Just Proceed. Only problem I can see happening is the user forgetting to install UAA before Realtek drivers and the nVidia drivers not working right (in that case, use the old drivers)


For dv6700 and dv9700 users:

Please read the following post:

Download your drivers using the link above ^
I dont know 100% if my drivers will work for you, so use therulebookman's.
I dont see why it wouldnt work though. But I have to research more on that.

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Installing Windows XP on a hp dv6500t/dv9500t Series Laptop​

Note: This guide was created using a dv9500t with a Core 2 Duo Processor and a Nvidia Graphics Card. Please note if you have a different laptop or a different hardware configuration your results may vary.

This guide was made due to the fact that:

• The HP BIOS for the dv2500/dv6500/dv9500 series lacks the option to disable SATA Support, so Windows XP will not recognize the harddrive without
following the special procedures explained below.
• It was difficult for us (mujjuman and Hackez) to obtain Windows XP Drivers, so Hackez has included them in one location to make it easier for everyone.
• The folks at Notebookreview.com asked me to

For dv2500 owners, this guide MAY or MAY NOT work…. due to the fact that hardware varies between laptops.

Here are my dv9500t specifications so you can compare what is different between our laptops hardware wise. This is very important when installing

necessary drivers because some drivers may not work if you have different hardware.

Core 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz 4MB Cache)
2GB Of RAM
160GB Hard Drive
8x Superdrive (Without Lightscribe)
HP Webcam
Intel Wireless with Bluetooth
Nvidia 8400M GS
Realtek High Definition Sound Card
5-1 Media Card Reader

• Those who have Integrated Intel Graphics have the Mobile Intel® GM965 Express Chipset.
• Those who have the Nvidia Graphics have the Mobile Intel® PM965 Express Chipset.

Now some things to do before we begin:

1. Obtain 3 DVDs (or 1 DVD-Dual Layer)

2. Burn the Recovery Disks, they are extremely important! I am aware they are a Vista Backup, but please burn the recovery disks. It will take 3 (three)

4.37GB DVD-R or 1 (one) Dual-Layer DVD-R. I used the single layer DVDs. You will have to burn the recovery disks because installing Windows XP will

render the recovery partition useless. I found that out the hard way. So Please Do It.

3. Having a high capacity flash drive (1GB or more) is really useful. This isn’t necessary, but it will save time as well as money from using additional

discs. Navigate to the C: Drive and save the Swsetup folder to a disc or flash drive. Also, download and extract contents of the DriverPack to a folder

on the flash drive.

4. Save any documents, pictures, and files you may have stored and want to keep. I didn’t have anything to save and backup because I didn’t use Vista for

more than a few days.

On the Road to Windows XP (Slipstreaming SATA drivers and SP2):

1. Go to http://www.nliteos.com/download.html and download the latest non-beta release. After the downloading is complete, install the

program. Restart if necessary and if prompted to download any Framework, do so.



2. Insert your Windows XP CD and copy all of its content into a new folder on your Desktop. The easiest way to do this is to right-click the drive

after you have inserted the disk, click copy and paste it to the desktop. Doing so will automatically create a new folder on your desktop with the CD's

content.



3. If you haven’t done so already, download the drivers that Hackez uploaded. Download and install WinRAR or 7-Zip from www.rarlabs.com[/http 7-Zip is found at [url]http://www.7-zip.org/



4. Extract the drivers from the file you downloaded. Take note of the SATA folder



5. Download Service Pack 2 Network Install (Full Version) from Microsoft. (This is only if you don't have a Windows XP SP2 CD)

6. Once everything is downloaded, open nLite and click next. The second screen will ask you to browse to the location where your Windows XP is located.

(This is wherever you extracted your CD Contents to)



7. Keep clicking next until you reach the following screen. Click on Service Pack (If you are Slipstreaming SP2), Drivers, and Bootable ISO. Click

Next.



8. Choose the Service Pack you downloaded, click next and let it install.



9. Now on to slipstreaming the SATA driver. Click on insert, and then select multiple driver folder.



10. Choose the folder again, click OK. Choose the (Mobile ICH8M-E/M) driver, click Next.





11. Now its time to burn your newly created Windows XP CD. I find it easier to do a Direct Burn. Title the CD as you see fit, as long as you will know

its your Slipstreamed Windows XP CD. (ex. "WXPSP2") Click on “Verify” to be safe and then click burn.



12. Now you are Finished!



Checklist: Before Installing Windows XP:

1. Make sure that you burned the recovery disks.

2. Make sure that you saved your documents, work, pictures, game data etc.

3. Make sure to download and save the WinRAR setup file from www.rarlabs.com[/http (Or the 7-Zip setup file from [url]www.7-Zip.org) This is

because the drivers posted are in 7-Zip format, and you won’t be able to go on the internet and download it once you install Windows XP.

4. Save the drivers that you downloaded on a flash drive or CD!

5. Please make you have downloaded and installed Everest and cpuid while you are still in Vista. Note down your exact hardware specs. It is easier if you

take a screenshot, and save it along with your work and drivers. This is incase the drivers here dont work, and you need to find your own drivers because

your hardware is different. It is very very important, so that you dont have to go back to Vista to get your hardware specs, and you dont have to go nuts

in XP with non-functioning hardware, and you dont have to mess up your computer installing and trying out different drivers.

Installing Windows XP:

1. This part of the guide is pretty straightforward. Boot from the Windows XP CD you just finished creating. Lets hope the SATA drivers are properly

integrated.

2. On the screen where it asks you to choose a partition to install, you have quite a few options. Once we install XP, the recovery partition is rendered

useless anyway, so be sure to delete that partition. You can install Windows XP on a single partition or modify your partitions as you see fit.

3. This is what I did: I deleted all partitions, and created three new partitions and formatted the first two to NTFS. The primary partition is 136GB,

the secondary partition is 10.7GB. I created 1 more partition with the remaining space (about 1.1GB) but I didn't format it. The smallest partition that

i created is for the Quickplay Directplay partition. I have not installed yet however.

4. Continue to install Windows XP and follow the on-screen prompts for setup information..

5. Reboot and Enjoy!!!! You will automatically notice how much faster Windows XP is than Windows Vista on the same hardware. At least I know that I

noticed.

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Coming up: installing drivers.
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ok, this is my THIRD ATTEMPT on trying to post the final part to this guide.... oh God please let this work and please do not let my

computer crash.

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a very very very BIG THANKS to Hackez for your help on this guide and your support to me and to all those who post for help on this thread. also a very BIG thanks for posting regular driver updates. THANK YOU!!!!!!!! and thank you for your patience. i know

i have been really bad at updating.

thank you to everyone who have been waiting and sorry for keeping you waiting too long. thanks for everyone's support.

Last but definitely NOT least: A HUGE THANKS to all those who contributed to this thread and this guide as a whole, and continue to do so: THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Please Note:

The following screenshots were taken before the driver updates and when these were the only drivers available. After these screenshots have been taken,

Hackez provided many new driver updates periodically and the setup screens and filenames may have changed. Since then, I have updated the pack as well.

If you have any problems, please DO NOT PM mujjuman or Hackez, instead, post the question in this thread. Thanks. This is due to numerous amounts

of PMs and emails ive been getting about installing XP on specific laptops from Greece and Israel, etc. .... sorry.

Thanks

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Installing Drivers on Windows XP:

1. Now the fun part begins, for some people this may be the most difficult part. When you first boot into Windows, change your resolution to your LCD's Native Resolution.

2. If you open My Computer, the USB Camera is already installed. (This will only occur if you use a Windows XP SP2 CD to install Windows, if the USB

Camera is already installed skip the step to install the USB Camera Drivers)

3. Check the device manager after completing driver installations. I just provided pictures of what it should look like. You don’t really have to

check it, but I typed “mandatory” when you need to check it. This is just so you know that you are installing the drivers correctly and your

hardware is being detected.



4. First thing you should do is to install the chipset drivers, then reboot. Check device manager.

5. Install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Drivers, then reboot.

6. Install the Graphics Driver. Click “ Continue Anyway” if a dialog box warns you that the driver is unsigned.

7. Reboot and check Display Properties to make sure that your card is properly listed. Check device manager.

8. Install the Realtek drivers. Start with “RTL8169…” first, then install “RTL8168…” Notice the LAN icon in the system tray. Open up “Network

Connections” and you will see the LAN icon there as well. Reboot and check device manager.

9. Install the UAA Driver and Reboot. Check device manager (this one is mandatory) and notice that PCI Device has a “!” next to it. We will take

care of that later.



10. Install the WDM Drivers. These are the sound drivers. Reboot. You might not have sound right away, this is ok.

11. Install the modem drivers. You might get an error saying that drivers are already installed. This is ok as well.

12. Install the synaptics driver but DON’T reboot. Install the Quicklaunch driver. You might get a bunch of “New Hardware Found” Wizards. Just choose

one and make sure you click “No” then click next. Choose “Automatic” then click “Finish”. Reboot. NOTE: If you ever plan to install

QuickPlay DirectPlay, do not touch the quickplay button on the quicklaunch keyboard.


13. Check device manager. Install the wireless drivers. Notice that there is a new wireless network found (if you have a wireless network nearby)

14. Install the Bluetooth drivers. You might get an error message. That is ok, just continue the installation.

15. Install the hp wireless assistant. This is so you can individually control the wireless card and the Bluetooth card. Reboot.

16. Before you can start using Bluetooth and sound, you will need to open device manager ( mandatory). Click on hp intergrated module, and

update driver.

17. Click “no”, then choose Automatic on the next page, then click finish. Reboot.

18. Check device manager, and install the webcam drivers (even though a webcam is already detected and installed.)

19. Open the device manager ( mandatory) and find that “PCI Device” listed under “System”. Update the driver.



20. UAA will automatically be reinstalled, and so will the modem drivers. Please reboot.

21. You will notice that you now have sound!

22. Install the Ricoh Reader drivers, reboot.

23. The following is optional… Open windows explorer to your Windows directory, and delete the contents of the Prefetch folder.

24. Install Windows Updates, all your programs, etc.

25. Delete Prefetch contents again.

26. Reboot.

27. Enjoy!!!!!!

28. This is how your device manager should look like in the end:



FINAL NOTE:

I understand that these steps might be outdated since the new DriverPacks. Follow the directions in the Readme from the DriverPack for more specificity.

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Also, there is an EXCELLENT guide on dual-booting as well. the XP Installation steps are very similar.
http://www.nogodforme.com/HPDV6500T.htm

 

please post any questions, comments, concerns, and please dont forget to post whether or not this guide worked for you.

we request that a mod sticky this thread as well

 

Great thread, lots of helpful pictures

 

niiice, this should be stickied

 

Hey mujjuman,

Thanks for such a great guide.

Im having trouble with nlite however. When I go to burn my xp disk it stalls.

Here is a screen shot:



I've tried installing different versions of it but to no avail.

Would you know of any other programs that would do the job?

Thanks,
BL

 

Sorry, have solved the above. Had to revert to nlite v1.2.1 and then it worked.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Thanks again,
BL

 

Hey again,

I have run into another issue.

When I go to install the SATA drivers between step 10 and 11 creating my slipstream disk i get the following error:



"Access to the registry key 'HKEY...' is denied"

I then get the following error during the write process:



In information: "Write failed. Error opening file "C:\Users...""

Any suggestions and help appreciated.

Thanks,
BL

 

glad you got the problem sorted out buzzlord.

what are your system specs?

[EDIT]

nevermind, didnt see your new post. it seems as if you are having permission issues. try turning off all the security that comes with Vista.... i think its called UAC. if that doesnt work, try doing this as "Administrator"

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Updates:

the Integrated Intel Graphics driver will be included in later driver packs.

 

Right click the nLite shortcut and select run as administrator.

If that doesn't clear up your issue disable UAC.

 

Cheers for replies,

Tried running as admin and disabling UAC. Still no joy.

Will try and look for another program. Any suggestions as to what else might work?

Thanks.

 

personally i dont know of any program that will work.

try going into Start>run>msconfig

click on the services tab. then find something UAC related and disable that. disable anything else security related (unless its your antivirus or firewall.

reboot, then please try again.


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i tried this on a 'fresh' dv9500t from the factory.... so worst case senario would be for you to back up all your work and use the system restore disks that you [should have] created and restore your system to Vista + bloatware.

 

If you continue to have issues I highly suggest posting on the official nLite forums, they will be of much more help than us.

 

Worked flawlessly! Now about this quote... Any ideas on how to get this going without being able to turn off SATA in the BIOS yet?

 

It is unlikely HP will ever release a BIOS that supports disabling SATA.

New Driver Pack uploaded, see the fourth post in this thread. Mujjuman will include it in his original guide as soon as he has time to get on and edit his post.

 

actually, no. thanks for reminding me. the Quickplay Directplay is Linux based AFAIK. there may be Windows Embedded versions out there, but i dont know if (or how) we can slipstream SATA driveres on there.

im glad it worked for you!!!

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it doesnt matter whether you use Windows XP or Windows Vista to make your slipstreamed CD, as long as it has the .NET Framework installed. i first used Vista to make my CD. then after i installed XP Pro, i made another one (so i can have a SP2 CD and to take screenshots for the guide) and thats why my screenshots show the XP theme.

 

Updates:

- Driver Pack link updated
- removed link for integrated graphics (driver is included in Driver Pack)
- some fine tuning

 

HP will be adding support for Windows XP with regards to the dvx500t Series sometime soon.

However, it is doubtful they will enable support to disable SATA in the BIOS now, or in the future.

So this Guide will remain of use to everyone and I will do my best to keep these drivers up to date.

Vote for sticky also!

 

Ok, I've managed to solve the problem with nlite. I tried moving the windows folder to a different location and running from there. Seemed to solve the problem.

I have installed all the drivers now and everything works grand. Mujjuman this guide is much appreciated, thank you!

I am short the fingerprint scanner driver though. Anyone have any ideas where it could be found?

 

glad you figured it out! where did you move the Windows XP folder?

also, Hackez's Driver Pack and the updates are very much appreciated

someone mentioned the drivers for the fingerprint scanner in the other thread..... somewhere in the last 2 pages.

 

is this guide even valid for a hdx?

 

i dont know, i havent tried.... but u can try it. the drivers could be different

 

Hi guys,
I don't know how related to this subject my question is, but here it goes anyways.
I successfully downgraded my 9500 to XP thanx to ur tutorial, but I've been having a problem since I bught this laptop, before downgrading to vista.

With the REALTEK HD audio my microphone sound is awfully low, so much that I can't use any voice software. I cant record my own voice, because the volume is terribly low.

I have updated all the drivers, and played with the mic calibration but i get no results.

If anyone can help me with this I would really appreciate it.
thx =)

 

Guys thank you VERY,VERY much for your contribution!

As it was said several times and in differents forums HP is not interested in help their customers to solve their needs so you "Mujjaman and Hackez" became our support center for the XP installation process.

I´m having a problem i can´t download the driver pack from megaupload, I always receive the message "all connections busy" (tried during the last week).
Is it posible to upload de driver pack in another place or any p2p or torrent?
I will HIGHLY appreciatte this! thanks again!! regards from Buenos Aires!


Sorry i posted this in the previous forum first.

 

Please see my post on the first page, its the fourth one down.

We have added a new link courtesy of a NBR Forum Member which should alleviate your issues.

Thanks

Offtopic: I have just made some revisions to the Guide to make it clearer for forum members, Mujjuman should be putting this revision up sometime soon.

 

Have you tried going under your Control Panel > Sound Options > Advanced > Input and turning Microphone up to maximum?

Thanks

 

In the second to last image what are the three "Base System Device" items that still do not have drivers?

Just wondering because I installed all the drivers recommended in the guide and I am still missing three "Base System Device" items.

I am clueless as to what they would be because my computer seems to be functioning fully.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Normally those three "Base System Device" items are from the Ricoh 5-1 Card Reader. What HP model do you have? As stated in my Driver Pack readme those drivers are based off the DV9500T and should work with the DV6500T and DV2500T, but they could have used a different model Card Reader.

If so we should be able to resolve it rather easily, as stated above what HP Laptop do you have? Once I have that information I should be able to help you resolve your issue if my Ricoh Drivers don't work for you.

 

Yep, I did =/
boost, maximum, everything

 

The microphone could be faulty, but I find in general integrated mics are of lesser quality than external or headset microphones are. (In my opinion that is)

 

I sucessfully installed XP on my HP dv2415us using the supplied driver set. Most of the drivers worked, and those that did not were picked up in Windows Update. The only driver that did not work was the NIC, but the driver on http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3177435&lang=en worked.

On the dv2415us, in the bios you can "disable" the native sata support, and install from your default xp install disk without having to nlite any sata drivers.

Thanks for your guide.

 

My laptop is a dv65000t.

Oh nevermind, you were right! It was the card reader - I found the right drivers and fixed it, thanks for the tip!

 

Thanks for the instructions and the driver pack. I have successfully installed Windows XP 32-bit on my HP dv9580eg. Everything is working fine, I have noticed way more performance than in Windows Vista (I have now 1,6 GB free of system RAM - in Vista I had only 1 GB free; the number of fps in games is almost double; the startup and shutdown works a lot faster).
I have also tried to install Windows XP 64-bit edition using your tips, but it didn't work for me. The problem was that neither my HP SATA driver for 64-bit nor the driver from Hackez driver pack weren't accepted by the windows and I couldn't format the C: drive for installation. I wish it would have worked for the 64-bit, though. It would be very kind of you if you could upload a 64-bit driver pack to use with these instructions.
And one more thing: I want to know if HP QuickPlay can be installed or not in Windows XP (tried using the kit provided by HP, but it says it is only for vista).
I appreciate all your work and I thank you again for the information provided on this topic. Cheers !

 

i think its a hardware/driver problem, because the same thing happens when i plug in an external mic.....

i noticed this before but i never addressed this since i dont use microphone anymore

 

good to know you installed XP successfully on your laptop (dv2000)
the dvx000 series have that option, but the newer laptops (dvx500 series) dont.

the card reader driver included didnt work for you? it worked for me....

congratulations on installed XP! currently, 64-bit SATA drivers cannot be found.

about Quickplay.... right now it seems pretty much impossible.

 

updates:

added additional download link

 

Anyone know if the dv2415us is similar to the dv2500t since they are the 2000 series? I just ordered the 2500t, will be wiping out vista and installing XP...and will work on getting ubuntu on there as well.

I created a slipstream CD for my dad's pc a while back, I believe I was able to 'merge' all his drivers into the install? I created an unattended install so it's easy for him to reinstall if ever needed. I may be wrong on that, it was a while ago.

Anyway, I will try it on the dv2500 and post my results.
Thanks for the great guide and the collection of XP drivers!! Huge time saver!

 

I believe the dv2415us is considered part of the 2000 series, whereas the 2500 are an entire new series.

In short the dv2415us and 2500 are different.

 

I'm having trouble burning the CD... up to that point everything has been going smoothly.

I just got my 9500t about two weeks ago, and this was basically the one "base" I didn't cover in investigating my computer. I am so thankful to both of you for putting this together though; so far Vista has been fine, but now programs, games, and even plug-and-play stuff won't install, so I need to dual-boot.

When I try to do the direct burn in nLite, it gets to about 90 kilobytes and craps out and says error 8448 (which I can't find anything about in English).

I'm using a Windows Home Edition SP1 CD and also using the SP2 Network/IT Install (this is right, right? Can't seem to do just SP2).

I also tried creating just the image and burning that. Didn't seem to work yet, but I'm going to try once more.

Anyone else have this problem?

 

I suggest searching nLite's official site for that error code, they will be able to solve your problem more than us.

If you are running Windows Vista ensure it has all Windows Updates and turn off UAC. The Windows XP folder you modified with nLite I suggest placing it on your Desktop to avoid permission issues as well.

 

Their site had no info, checked that first... but upon closer inspection, it seems like my CD burner doesn't work at all! Luckily I could burn a DVD and now have Windows XP installed!

For some reason my drivers pack didn't seem to have the NVIDIA drivers, but I have another computer accessible and am downloading another one to try and locate them. Everything else has gone smoothly so far. Just more drivers and setting up the dual-boot portion to go.

Thank you!

~k.hahn

 

Glad to hear you resolved your issue, I sent you a PM detailing the exact name of the NVIDIA Drivers.

Regards,

Hackez

Edit: I have just sent my DV9500T into HP for some hardware issues, I will do a major update to the Driver Pack once I receive it back from HP.

 

Just to be 100% sure.. Prepare for a possibly-silly-and-novice-question.

I want to purchase a dv9500t laptop and use Windows XP instead of Vista. I'd have to purchase a Windows XP (Home) SP2 Edition CD.

I'm a little confused by some posts in this thread -- some talk about dual booting.

Is this a guide that completely eliminates and reformats your PC to a clean slate, and THEN shows how to install Windows XP?. (After burning the Sata Disk in Vista.. ?)

Just want to be sure.

 

Yes, this Guide shows you how to completely wipe your HD and install Windows XP.

However, you can also use it to Dual Boot if you wish, but those steps aren't included in this Guide.

 

Upcoming Driver Pack Changes:

- New Nvidia Graphic Drivers
- New Realtek HD Audio Drivers
- New HP Webcam Drivers (Includes Software Program, unlike previous releases)

Please note I will not be releasing any additional driver packs until I receive my Laptop back from HP. I hope to have it shipped to HP by tomorrow, (09/12/07) after that its up to HP to get it back to me.

 

this guide is only for reformatting your HD and installing Windows XP on a CLEAN hard drive.

most of the steps can be used to Dual Boot, except steps like deleting and reformatting your partitions.

 

oh cool, i didnt notice this was stickied.

thanks

 

update

guide revision - driver installation.
sorry for the triple post.

 

i have been getting some PMs about dual booting Vista and XP. i have never done that before, nor do i want to. but there is a guide here that will show you how and also this guide here:

http://www.nogodforme.com/HPDV6500T.htm

 

will this work with my dv 6277 laptop???

this laptop

http://www.microdirect.co.uk/(22016)HP-Pavilion-Notebook-DV6277-Intel-Core2-Duo.aspx

 

yes it will. just for you, skip the slipstream part. just turn off native SATA support in your BIOS. proceed with Windows XP installation. install necessary drivers. reboot.