Installing XP on Compaq CQ61 after W7

Hi

I'm trying to install XP on my machine after I fried old HD that had W7 installation. I bought new HD but i only have XP CD so i figured I'll install XP so far to get the PC up and ruining, and upgrade to W7 once i find by back-up CD.
My new HD is picked up by machine, and CD starts with installation, copying files from the CD, but only up to the point where it is supposed to start with windows installation. At that point I get blue screen and message telling me i do not have HD or it is incorrectly installed and that I should run check disk. I've run BIOS scan, and HD is present and scans OK. Is it possible that previous install of W7 is memorized somewhere in BIOS and it is not allowing me to install XP even though HD is blank and brand new?

 

From what your saying, I believe that the setup does not support ACHI SATA support. Go to your BIOS and disable ACHI and select IDE. The setup should work fine now. Since Windows XP does not natively support SATA you must use IDE emulation instead. The other way it to get a floppy or some other storage device to install the drivers during setup. This should fix your problem.

 

If it's like the CQ61-429US I've been working on he can't go to IDE mode in the BIOS.

What CQ61 model is it?

If it's intel-based you need to slipstream the intel sata driver into the XP install disk,
if it's AMD-based you need to slipstream the amd sata driver into the XP install disk.

I have a much more difficult AMD one but managed to get every driver working and installed except for the video driver for the ATI Mobility Radeon 4200 HD for XP. If anyone knows of a driver to use please post! I cannot find it anywhere!

FINALLY FOUND IT http://strags.com/d/8.702.0.0000-WinXP-2003-Vista-2008-7-x86-AMD64.zip

 

Thanks computerstriker, problem solved.