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UNABLE TO LOAD XP ON A HP PAVILION DV 9000 LAPTOP
Long winded problem here, please bear with me....help would be gratefully appreciated...
I have a HP PAVILION DV9000 laptop. I want to put a copy (Legit!!!!!) of XP PRO on it. When I boot up from the CD it goes through the start up process and when it gets to the setup screen (INSTALL XP , PRESS R to START RECOVERY etc etc) I press enter to install a new copy of windows and get the following message...
SETUP COULD NOT FIND ANY HARD DISK DRIVES INSTALLED IN YOUR COMPUTER.
MAKE SURE ANY HARD DISK DRIVES ARE POWERED ON AND PROPERLY CONNECTED TO YOUR COMPUTER AND THAT AND DISK-RELATED HARDWARE CONFIGURATION IS CORRECT.
THIS MAY INVOLVE RUNNING A MANUFACTURER-SUPPLIED DIAGNOSTIC OR SETUP PROGRAM.
SETUP CANNOT CONTINUE. TO QUIT SETUP, PRESS F3.
Here's the good part...... I rebooted a few times and then suddenly, out of the blue, it went in to setup and installed windows. (No clue as to why this happened, it just did!!!) After setting up windows and configuring the laptop I added all the Windows updates and added a few HP updates. When I did a BIOS update, the machine rebooted and blue screened when trying to start windows. I went into the BIOS and checked the version numbers and it had updated to the new BIOS.
After messing around for a while I decided to re-install windows from scratch and try again.........I got the same error as above and couldn't get past the setup screen.
So....I tried old faithful....
I installed SUSE 10.2....which went straight in and loaded up no problem. I now have a fully functioning SUSE box with all the bells and whistles, I configured up all the cards, drivers etc on the laptop, works like a dream, fantastic, only problem is, that it needs to be a windows box!!!!!!! No choice in the matter, it has to be XP.
Went back and tried to install windows and got the same error as above!!!!!!!!!
(All the LINUX guys on this site are probably laughing their asses off by now!!!!!)
Tried to fdisk the hard-disks (the laptop has 2x 80gb drives) and the only partition it found was one 8mb partition. Deleted the partition, same problem still occurs..
How do I get this machine back up and running with XP????? I can get a hold of the original install disks that came with the laptop which would probably help (and work). I just want to format the disks and install a new copy of windows, why oh why oh why wont this work!!!!!!!!!
Any insight, pointers, help, advice??????
Many thanks,
G
I have a HP PAVILION DV9000 laptop. I want to put a copy (Legit!!!!!) of XP PRO on it. When I boot up from the CD it goes through the start up process and when it gets to the setup screen (INSTALL XP , PRESS R to START RECOVERY etc etc) I press enter to install a new copy of windows and get the following message...
SETUP COULD NOT FIND ANY HARD DISK DRIVES INSTALLED IN YOUR COMPUTER.
MAKE SURE ANY HARD DISK DRIVES ARE POWERED ON AND PROPERLY CONNECTED TO YOUR COMPUTER AND THAT AND DISK-RELATED HARDWARE CONFIGURATION IS CORRECT.
THIS MAY INVOLVE RUNNING A MANUFACTURER-SUPPLIED DIAGNOSTIC OR SETUP PROGRAM.
SETUP CANNOT CONTINUE. TO QUIT SETUP, PRESS F3.
Here's the good part...... I rebooted a few times and then suddenly, out of the blue, it went in to setup and installed windows. (No clue as to why this happened, it just did!!!) After setting up windows and configuring the laptop I added all the Windows updates and added a few HP updates. When I did a BIOS update, the machine rebooted and blue screened when trying to start windows. I went into the BIOS and checked the version numbers and it had updated to the new BIOS.
After messing around for a while I decided to re-install windows from scratch and try again.........I got the same error as above and couldn't get past the setup screen.
So....I tried old faithful....
I installed SUSE 10.2....which went straight in and loaded up no problem. I now have a fully functioning SUSE box with all the bells and whistles, I configured up all the cards, drivers etc on the laptop, works like a dream, fantastic, only problem is, that it needs to be a windows box!!!!!!! No choice in the matter, it has to be XP.
Went back and tried to install windows and got the same error as above!!!!!!!!!
(All the LINUX guys on this site are probably laughing their asses off by now!!!!!)
Tried to fdisk the hard-disks (the laptop has 2x 80gb drives) and the only partition it found was one 8mb partition. Deleted the partition, same problem still occurs..
How do I get this machine back up and running with XP????? I can get a hold of the original install disks that came with the laptop which would probably help (and work). I just want to format the disks and install a new copy of windows, why oh why oh why wont this work!!!!!!!!!
Any insight, pointers, help, advice??????
Many thanks,
G
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PUNKY,
Tried DBAN, still get the same error when trying to load XP.
Found this in the DBAN FAQ...
Q: Does DBAN wipe the Host Protected Area ("HPA")?
A: No.
Most vendors that are using the HPA have a toggle for it in the BIOS setup program. Future releases of DBAN may override or dishonor the HPA.
Q: Why not now and why not by default?
A: Some vendors are using the HPA instead of providing rescue media.
Wiping the HPA would surprise and strand people that expect the HPA to have rescue materials. The HPA is a low risk because it is not accessible during normal operations.
I wonder if this is the reason and relates to this part of the error message...
THIS MAY INVOLVE RUNNING A MANUFACTURER-SUPPLIED DIAGNOSTIC OR SETUP PROGRAM.
SETUP CANNOT CONTINUE. TO QUIT SETUP, PRESS F3.
Tried DBAN, still get the same error when trying to load XP.
Found this in the DBAN FAQ...
Q: Does DBAN wipe the Host Protected Area ("HPA")?
A: No.
Most vendors that are using the HPA have a toggle for it in the BIOS setup program. Future releases of DBAN may override or dishonor the HPA.
Q: Why not now and why not by default?
A: Some vendors are using the HPA instead of providing rescue media.
Wiping the HPA would surprise and strand people that expect the HPA to have rescue materials. The HPA is a low risk because it is not accessible during normal operations.
I wonder if this is the reason and relates to this part of the error message...
THIS MAY INVOLVE RUNNING A MANUFACTURER-SUPPLIED DIAGNOSTIC OR SETUP PROGRAM.
SETUP CANNOT CONTINUE. TO QUIT SETUP, PRESS F3.
RID.
Tried what you suggested to no avail. Removed partions (again)
Took out the hardrives one by one and got the same error while booting, unable to install to one harddrive.
Tried what you suggested to no avail. Removed partions (again)
Took out the hardrives one by one and got the same error while booting, unable to install to one harddrive.
Cracked it.....Disabled the SATA support drive options in the BIOS. Loaded up new SATA Controller drivers at start up. Hey presto. I'll split the points between the 2 of you. Cheers for taking the time to reply. (PUNKY, thanks for DBAN, didn't know about that one, well good!!!!)
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Thank for the points. I used to use dban in case I found difficult to format the drive, and that does the trick very well in some case.
I've also run this on a Pavilion DV2000. Great solution! :)
I am trying to dual boot a HP dv6500 series (Model dv6663cl) with Vista and XP. It came with Vista but, for business reasons, I need to dual boot. I would like to install XP in its own partition and Vista in its own partition. When I try to install XP, I get the symptoms originally described - no hard drives found - even using the Intel SATA F6 boot driver. I'm curoius what you changed in BIOS. My BIOS has nothing I can find related to the disk or boot-up beyond device priority. Any ideas if HP had done something squirrelly?
Thanks in advance,
BD
Thanks in advance,
BD
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I have dv9000, it came with vista, my bios has nothing to change to sata, Can someone help me?I want to install xp and It doesn't reconize a hard drive
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Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.