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win xp on a HP-DV2612CA ??

Discussion in 'HP' started by TedDemen, Feb 5, 2008.

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i purchased a hp dv2612ca and i am generaly happy with it, other than inconsistent performance with the optical drive and/or vista (and its slow boot time even though i upgraded it to 2gigs of ram)

i would like to install windows xp onto it, however when i went to the hp website:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3554278&lang=en&

under the win-xp section for drivers; there is like ONE driver! (for the wireless lan)

meanwhile the vista section has a whole bunch.

i dont want to take a chance and end up with a unusable machine halfway through the win-xp installation process.
where can i get ALL the drivers for this laptop?

TedDemen, Feb 5, 2008

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ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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You could try a laptop that came with XP like the dv2000. Often times though not always the drivers are the same.

ZaZ, Feb 5, 2008

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iBrad Notebook Consultant

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You ever heard of skickies?
(LOOK UP AT THE TOP OF THIS FORUM)

iBrad, Feb 6, 2008

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timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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yeah the drivers in the stickies should work just fine for you

timtravel42, Feb 6, 2008

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