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    Unable to load XP pro

    Discussion in 'HP' started by oasis, Oct 23, 2007.

  1. oasis

    oasis Newbie

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    Hi Gurus,

    I have a HP notebook model HP520 comes preloaded with Vista Business. However i want to load XP pro on it.

    I have backup , deleted all the partition and format it. But when i install XP pro , i got an error 'Unable to detect partition'. This is a new notebook. Any advice? Thanks
     
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  2. chrixx

    chrixx Product Specialist NBR Reviewer

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    What are your specs?

    Can you check if you have a SATA Native Mode in your BIOS options? If you do, disable it and install XP.
    If you don't, you will need to slipstream the appropriate Intel ICH SATA drivers into your XP disc. Since HP doesn't support XP on your model, you will have to download them from Intel's site, but they must be the correct one according to your specs.
     
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    oasis Newbie

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    i have found the SATA driver but its in .exe format and need a floopy disk. How can i extract the .inf file into a usb drive?
     
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  4. chrixx

    chrixx Product Specialist NBR Reviewer

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    Use a program like WinImage or UltraISO to extract the IMA file from the f6flpy32 executable you downloaded.
    You can then use a program like nLite to slipstream this into your Windows XP disc.
     
    chrixx, Oct 23, 2007
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  5. Envision

    Envision Notebook Deity

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    There are posts in this HP Forum that will tell you how to add the SATA drivers needed into the XP install disk. Windows XP doesn't have the necessary SATA drivers and can't detect the HDD, that's why you are getting the errors.

    Take a look at this thread and it will tell you everything you need to know:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=165319
     
    Envision, Oct 23, 2007
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    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    Doesn't SP2 have the SATA drivers? Could nLite be used to just slipstream SP2 into XP and just use that?
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Oct 23, 2007
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  7. Envision

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    I don't think that SP2 has the SATA drivers, but I could be wrong. Anyways if you look at the link in my previous post you'll find the information needed to install XP onto your HP laptop.
     
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    zoidbergslo Notebook Guru

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    No SP2 does not have sata drivers you have to slipstream them with nlite. Or if your bios allows it you can disable sata native mode.

    I wont go in details how to slipstream but here is some information.
    Since your notebook uses 945 chipset you can get appropriate drivers here from intel. Install downloaded exe with -a as attribute (or whatever that is called. Just type in run path to your exe file and put -a on the end). In nlite chose to add multiple drivers and point it to directory in program files/intel... (check for full path) then on the next screen chose ich7m/dh.

    I hope this helps
     
    zoidbergslo, Oct 23, 2007
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