The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    im so confused! SATA or no?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by dbarton, Mar 8, 2007.

  1. dbarton

    dbarton Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    49
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    All I want to do is get a new drive and install Xp on a V6000t.

    Does XP have SATA in it, so this will work, or do I need to do some magic?
     
    dbarton, Mar 8, 2007
    #1
  2. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    703
    Messages:
    1,675
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    55
    XP does not have native SATA support, Vista does however. You will need to create a custom install using nLite and integrate the SATA driver. Otherwise just disable SATA in the BIOS and install XP without it, there isn't really much difference.
     
    Airman, Mar 8, 2007
    #2
  3. dbarton

    dbarton Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    49
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    So if I disable SATA in the bios, the SATA drive will still work?

    I'm trying to do the nlite thing right now, but just creating the driver sems to want to write it to a floppy..
     
    dbarton, Mar 8, 2007
    #3
  4. JM

    JM Mr. Misanthrope NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    4,370
    Messages:
    2,182
    Likes Received:
    8
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Yes, it'll still work without problems.
     
    JM, Mar 8, 2007
    #4
  5. dbarton

    dbarton Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    49
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    So the ONLY steps I need to do:

    disable sata in bios
    install empty hard drive
    install windows xp
    install drivers i downloaded from hp's site

    that easy?

    whats the downside of not having sata drivers?
     
    dbarton, Mar 8, 2007
    #5
  6. dbarton

    dbarton Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    49
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I also just used nlite and think i've got a new XP disk with ALL the sound, card etc drivers slipstreamed in. Good idea?
     
    dbarton, Mar 8, 2007
    #6
  7. vassil_98

    vassil_98 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    133
    Messages:
    1,524
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Btw, this is the case only with the Intel based machines. AMD's version of the notebook has no problems (obviously Nvidia's chipset was better prepared)
     
    vassil_98, Mar 8, 2007
    #7
  8. dbarton

    dbarton Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    49
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    If i can disable SATA in the bios and it still works AND xp is without SATA drivers, what is it I'm missing here?

    Surely i need to install SATA support somehow?
     
    dbarton, Mar 8, 2007
    #8
  9. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    1,326
    Messages:
    7,137
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    miner, Mar 8, 2007
    #9
  10. mtor

    mtor Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    41
    Messages:
    1,031
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0


    excellent guide Thank you
     
    mtor, Mar 8, 2007
    #10
  11. dbarton

    dbarton Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    49
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Yes, will try and and thanks VERY much for the info!!
     
    dbarton, Mar 8, 2007
    #11