The laptop might have a SATA hard drive. Win XP and 98 do not have drivers for that type drive. They w3re built for PATA hard drives (also called IDE or EIDE). See this Web site for more into:

http://paparadit.blogspot.com/2007/06/installing-sata-hard-d­rive-with-windows.html

U dun have to change any option in bios... what u need is to get USB Floppy that is of course compatibile with XP installer (u can find all marks, i think there are like 4-5, on microsoft website).

and well.. thats not HP problem cos laptop was designed for Vista.. so cant expect from them much more then that.

I have my dv4 1125nr completely switched from vista to xp minus my quickplay and my sound. I've exhausted every driver I've found for both. I've made sure I'm completely updated on the .net frameworks and sp's. Any suggestions?

You have one chance ==>setup to xp sp3 sweet5.1 i have the same probleme with the same machines

What would cause USB ports not to work? I see in the device manager after installing XP on this DV5 1007cl the Intel ICH9 USB Universal Host has and ! over it. Im assuming this issue is the integrated drivers i slipstreamed into XP ISO didnt work right or something else is the issue.

the audio is be a real pain also to get working on XP.


Any help with these main items is appreciated.

Wow! Vanillasky, you got a lot further with HP support than I did. I had to argue with tech support for the better part of an hour before i got her to admit that it was my laptop, and I could do what I wanted with it (which was set up a dual boot with XP so I could use all my pro audio software and hardware). I finally got the address to an HP FTP site, where I could download the NVIDIA driver for vista, which was unavailable at the HP website at the time. I never, however, found drivers for the other functions of the laptop, so I eventually gave up on the XP partition (this was about the start of the fall semester). I just finished setting up a dual boot with Ubuntu Linux today, and am now looking for drivers for that OS, with the intent of writing my own if necessary. I'd take the links Vanillasky put up and run with 'em, y'all. As to how, you do have to slipstream SATA drivers into your XP install CD, at least for the Pavillion DV7-1025nr. Anothe r post I saw elsewhere led me to suspect that Realtek audio drivers might work, even though mine uses IDT straight from the factory. I'm going to try that in a minute. As to USB drivers, I would think you're probably right, it's the drivers you slipstreamed into your image. Try getting a different release from your MOBO manufacturer's (Intel?) website, a little experimentation should solve it. For quickplay, HP's about your only source. I'll see if I can find that FTP address, and up it so you can search there. Otherwise, contact HP support and try to schmooze 'em into turning you on to the set you need. Good luck, all. I'll report back if I get anywhere.

Hi, Guys,

It's really good to know that there are folks like to put XP on DV7 notebook too. It has great looks and good specs.

I had a DV7z, with AMD processors. What I found out is also the hard drive, it is behind a SATAII control, SB700/SB800 for AMD platform. The driver that worked for me can be found here:
http://www.drivers-software-download.org/...

You will need to use slipstream, with software nlite, to put it into the XP installation CD-ROM. WinXP can only load 3rd party driver from sloppy drive, which there is none in the laptop. Other driver can be solved using Windows Update.

You do need to load driver for the flash reader, google for "JMB38x". I still have some problem with the quick launch button. The mute button can change the speaker setting, but the speaker is mute all the time and the indicator is always orange color. The wireless switch works, but the lights works the reverse pattern, orange--works, blue--switched off. Odd, still need to tweak a little.

I have a DV7-1135nr as well. I'm trying to install XP, and I first tried installing an unmodified copy of XP. I got through loading all the drivers, but when it said "Setup is loading windows," I got a blue screen.

Then, I downloaded some XP ISOs that had been slipstreamed with AMD SATA drivers. I burned these ISOs onto CDs. Then, I tried loading each ISO, and all of them performed exactly as the legit copy of XP did; they loaded all drivers and blue screened when it said "setup is loading windows."

Finally, I downloaded the AMD SATA drivers and made my own slipstream of Windows XP with nLite. I tried slipstreams of both XP win32 (with win32 drivers added) and win64 (with win64 drivers added). All of these yielded a blue screen in setup.

I've blown the better part of a weekend tinkering with this, and I'm stuck. As it stands, my machine still runs Vista, but I do *not see Vista as functional operating system.

Hello guys

i bought a HP Pavilion DV7 1025nr (centrino 2 core2duo 2.23ghz, 4gb ram, 320gb hd, nvidia geforce 9600M GT, infinity 17") with pre loaded vista 64 and it is very very slow. I want to install XP but im getting several problems.

searched this forum and found very useful information to start it but im stuck.

What i have done:

1)Created another partition from within vista 64.

2)Slipstreamed the intel sata controllers drivers on a SP3 (and a sp2 too) disc.

3)I got into the text-mode part of installing XP, formatted the desired partition, copied all files and rebooted.

Then, after rebooting, i got a black screen with random colored ASCII characters and nothing else. It is stuck.

I searched alot and i found another users who had the same problem and i can't figure what is causing this.

Can anyone help me?

Hi ,friends i have same problems with my dv7-1050 , one man told me that i can install this copy of winXP (follow link ) ,and everythings gonna be allright without BSOD troubles . this copy of WinXP are include all drivers needed for my dv7 ,and for yours dv5 to ,but i cant to do it right now, because my internet is to slowly (128kb/sec)

u can download image of this disc here http://vip-file.com/download/463c5c202847/LEX-FINAL-2009.rar­.html

dont be scared some features may be on russian language

I read in the help and support that your supposed to install windows xp and then vista if you wanna have them bootable, if not you could make your pc inoperable, ya WELL THATS NICE MICROSOFT WHY DONT YOU ALL GO F YOUR SELVES!, sorry bought that, anyway you have to empty your pc, no operating system and then install xp, then vista, i reccomomend to google virtual machine 2007, and mocrosoft is giving it free, this allows u to run too operating systems, so after u re format ur pc causing all data to be delted then you can install xp and then instal http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/VirtualB­ox.shtml forget what i said about virtual machine this is javas vitural machine and it worked when i installed linux side windows, and micosoft's didnt work, anyway this will allow u to run windows, and if u feel like it bring up vista, with out having to reboot , it will be like using any other application. srry if this does not make sense, email me and i will get ur problem sovled and i am not to be blamed for any difficulties u have as u should have not bought vista and it is unstable

I have been reading these threads for over a month now and have decided to put in my 2¢ worth here.

The things that I have noticed are as follows:

1) Everyone HATES VISTA. I have only one POSITIVE thing to say about it.... "It Is PRETTY". It pesters the hell out of you. Everytime that you want to do something, you are prompted....ARE YOU SURE??? Yes, I realize that you can change this, but why should I have to. It should be defaulted to the other way....let me F***ing turn it on if I want to be hounded by the mother-in-law from hell with the spiked rolling pin. GEEZ!!!!

2) I spent more than three hours on the phone with HP when I bought my new DV6807US entertainment laptop in October 2008. They were telling me "sounded like a robot" - YOUR MACHINE DOES NOT SUPPORT XP. I got to the point where as soon as the tech said it, I asked for their supervisor. I was finally able to reach a tech that send me an e-mail with links to all of the files that I needed to get XP installed. Using an SP2 slipstreamed CD you do not need to use the SATA drivers floppy (Press F6 function during installation). Once I got XP installed, I started systematically installing the drivers to get the UNKNONW DEVICES out of the device manager. The one which was the hardest was the 1394 device. I found that I had to drop my BIOS to the F.28 level (or below) to get rid of that bastard.

3) I then used BCD Pro to re-do the VISTA boot manager so that I could use both OSes for a while, until I decided to get rid of it all together and using only XP Pro (now at SP3). I then noticed that the QUICKPLAY features of the bar across the top no longer worked, and I began my journey into the Internet again to get the software to get that working. What a task that was.

4) If HP knows that there are so many of us out there who do not want VISTA, WILL NOT USE VISTA, and want to go to XP....why do they not just create a RECOVERY CD which can be purchased (or sent for free to users still in warranty - or within the first 90 days of purchase) which will remove VISTA, and put a fully working version of XP on the machine? Would that not seem to be the logical choice???

I wanted to give UBUNTU a whirl on my laptop, and I am not finding it just as difficult to get anything out of HP for doing this installation.

I am to the point where I am going to start a CLASS-ACTION SUIT against HP. I mean I paid almost $1000 for this laptop, and G** DAMMIT, I want to run what ever F***ING Operating System on it that I want. If I am willing to buy a license to run another OS on """ MY """ F***ING HARDWARE, what gives HP the AUDACITY to tell me that you can ONLY RUN VISTA!?!?!?!

If anyone is willing to, or has also considered filing a clas-action suit against HP over this whole madness, feel free to respond.