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    XP on an HP dv9507?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by r8d, Oct 1, 2007.

  1. r8d

    r8d Newbie

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    hi,
    was just wondering whether its true that i cant load XP on my new pavilion dv9507tx.... really require XP and was wondering whether its possible...even a dual boot mode is fine. the HP help line here says that it's not possible with this model.
    please help :(
     
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    JellyGeo Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm not sure how your model is equipped - but I just set up my sister-in-law's dv9408 (from Best Buy - I may have the model # slightly off) two weeks ago. It has the Nvidia 6150 graphics/Nvidia chipset which made it easy. One caveat though - I used a spare copy of XP Pro which I slip-streamed the SATA drivers onto. There are a couple of good posts here in the H-P - Compaq page - I just followed their directions. Oh - I used the Windows Anytime Upgrade DVD, which are being included with H-P's again, to put Vista on after I installed XP. As far as XP drivers - check the device manager in Vista and note the chipset, graphics, sound and modem/etc device names. Then, I just went to the H-P site and found a similar model laptop, which had XP drivers, and downloaded and used those drivers - no problems at all. Good luck...
     
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