Trying to install XP Pro on an HP dv7-4060us Laptop...
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I'm attempting to downgrade an HP dv7-4060us laptop from Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows XP Professional for one of our clients. Generally this isn't a big deal for me, I've been downgrading computers since Vista came out without any problems (other than locating a few drivers here and there).
My current issue is that no matter what I've tried, before the XP Setup CD can finish loading, it blue screens and reboots the machine... Now generally this is caused by a SATA driver issue which I always resolve by changing the native SATA in the bios to IDE/Compatible or alternately I download SATA drivers and load them shortly after initializing the XP setup CD. The problem is, there's no where in the BIOS for me to change the SATA settings on this laptop, and I've been unsuccessful in locating SATA drivers to load... Any help would be appreciated. HP's site doesn't seem to have any help that I could find...
I'm attempting to downgrade an HP dv7-4060us laptop from Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows XP Professional for one of our clients. Generally this isn't a big deal for me, I've been downgrading computers since Vista came out without any problems (other than locating a few drivers here and there).
My current issue is that no matter what I've tried, before the XP Setup CD can finish loading, it blue screens and reboots the machine... Now generally this is caused by a SATA driver issue which I always resolve by changing the native SATA in the bios to IDE/Compatible or alternately I download SATA drivers and load them shortly after initializing the XP setup CD. The problem is, there's no where in the BIOS for me to change the SATA settings on this laptop, and I've been unsuccessful in locating SATA drivers to load... Any help would be appreciated. HP's site doesn't seem to have any help that I could find...
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Before you do that give Speccy http://www.piriform.com/speccy a go to identify all of the devices in your system and then Google for XP drivers.
Also look at Unknown Devices http://www.halfdone.com/Development/UnknownDevices/ as well. You really need to get the motherboard / chipset identified as that is the most important one.
Also look at Unknown Devices http://www.halfdone.com/Development/UnknownDevices/ as well. You really need to get the motherboard / chipset identified as that is the most important one.
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This worked wonderfully! I downloaded the mass storage drivers and integrated them to a new boot-able setup CD and was able to start the Windows XP Pro setup without any issues. Thanks so much for the help!
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