Vista XP dual boot on Pavilion dv6899er

Hi

I've got a new HP Pavilion dv6899ei notebook with Vista pre-installed.

I need to install XP on it, but discovered that the 'Disable SATA Native' option is not there in the BIOS settings.

I need help on solving this pls.

Thanks.

HSter2

 

On checking up the hp site only a few drivers for XP were found & no video, sound, ++ driver.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3717199&lang=en

why is there a driver for Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family Video Driver
since my machine has NVIDIA GeForce Series Video Driver in the case of Vista?
do i install both?
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2093&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3717199&lang=en

urgent HELP needed PLEASE & PLEASE...

 

The answer was in the forum stickys Gotta look in the right places.

 

Yeah, the sticky is there is to help...
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=165319

Basically you need to slipstream SATA drivers onto the XP installation or use a external floppy drive and load the SATA drivers during the installation. Do the nlite slipstream it should beeasier and you might even be able to slipstream service packs and drivers to make the installation process much easier.

 

Thanks for your responses. I came across that thread but wasn't sure it applied to me, since it seemed a complicated process.

I've got a XP SP2 CD.

where do i get the SATA driver?
specs of the machine is:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...461&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN#

what other drivers do you advise me to include in the new installation CD?

 

Your dv68xx series should be almost identical to the dv65xx. So, the drivers included in the sticky should work for you as well. Otherwise, the SATA drivers can also be downloaded from Intels website...
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2800&lang=eng

I would recommend slipstreaming SP3, graphics, wlan drivers plus pretty much anything which will slipstream.

 

Thanks but what are the bearest minimum to include with XP?

 

Probably just SP3 and the SATA driver. The rest can be easily installed later on.

 

I've downloaded the following:
RAID/AHCI Software - Intel® Matrix Storage Manager
at : http://downloadcenter.intel.com/fil...XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go!

is this the right driver ? i.e the SATA driver.

Thanks

 

I want XP to carry the C: drive letter assingment and Vista the other e.g. D:will changing the drive letter assignements in Disk management work?

and is this the right video driver for my video card?
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_175.19_whql.html

I noticed it is GeForce 8400 GS not 8400M as on my machine.

 

Yes, you might need to extract the files out of the exe however. Any zip extractor(7 zip for example) should be capable of extracting the files from the executable. Dont install the XP drivers in Vista.

You already have Vista installed? Then you will have to use vista boot pro or similar app to restore your Vista boot manager. Otherwise you will only boot into XP after the installation. As far as drives are concerned I believe Vista takes precedence and install XP on the second partition. Dont worry about the driver letters.

Get the drivers from laptopvideo2go forums and use the modded inf to install the drivers. Nvidia by default does not provide driver support for mobile GPU's. You can however use the modded inf and install the driver.

 

how do i do that pls?

 

will the following slipstream drivers work for my chipset:
http://files.soulpass.com/acer/slipstream_drivers.zip

my chipset:
Chipset= Intel GM965;
Rev= C0
Southbridge=Intel 82801 HBM (ICH8-ME)

thanks waiting for confirmation to start slipstreaming!!

 

Hey guys!

It worked!!! I'm slipp'n butter now. XP is now online.

Thanks a Gazillion!!!

 

How do i get the right video driver pls?

Thanks

 

get the drivers from the lv2go forums...
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showforum=88

Just look around the forums and try the newer ones and see if it is stable.

The modded inf's are also included in the forums and all you need to do is replace the existing inf with the modded version which will alllow you to install the driver. They have a nice guide detailing the install process...
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showforum=88

All you need to do is:
1. Downlod the driver
2. Download the modded inf
3. Extract the driver
4. Replace the stock inf with the modded inf (copy & paste)
5. Start the installation process either using the have disk method as explained in the link above or by double clicking the setup.exe in the driver folder.

 

Can't i use the modded .inf file & the Vista driver?

 

Nope, but there should an equivalent XP version of the driver you are using in Vista.

 

Man! I'm totally new to modding .inf driver files. so i guess i'll rest now (was working since)

I checked out the site. I don't know which one to download. My card is the GeForce8400 M GS. there're multiple versions, i'm confulsed

 

Nvidia drivers are universal which means any of those work for any nvidia GPU. Ofcourse stick with the newer 17x.xx versions and you should be generally fine. In any case the guys at lv2go do the modding for. All you need to do is download the modded inf and replace the original inf. Its pretty easy and not as daunting as it appears.

 

I will recommend you the 169.09 drivers, its one of the best drivers ive used.

Download this and unzip these drivers somewhere.

Then download the modded .inf file and place it in the folder where you unzipped the drivers above. Overwrite the old .inf

 

Hi

I installed this driver v177.66 it installed correctly. Thanks.

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=19570&st=0#entry82197

I need help to install Bluetooth pls. Thanks.

 

Hi guys,

I got most of the drivers now installed.

Does anyone know how i can get Power management on the dv6700 running XP?

 

Download RMclock

 

Thanks Flipfire.

but isn't there a utility from HP that provides power management, like in vista, instead of using Power options applet in Windows XP?

 

This is to shout out a BIG THANK YOU!! to all you guys for helping me out.