can anyone help me to remove hard drive protection from an hp DV7-1150ev laptop hp??? i soposse this is my problem i can't downgrade to XP from vista home premium
Installing Windows XP on a SATA hard drive ShowInstalling Windows XP on a SATA hard drive
Motherboard Model
Downloading SATA drivers
Windows Installation
With floppy
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You can install Windows XP on a SATA hard drive… It may not be easy as the system...
Formatting Your Hard Drive ShowFormatting Your Hard Drive
Formatting and installing your Hard drive using the installation CD
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A hard disk drive is a non-volatile device mainly for data storage. Usually faster than any
other storage device, this essential...
New Hard drive installed – what to be done? ShowNew Hard drive installed – what to be done?
Initializing the HDD
Creating new partitions and formatting
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You bought a new hard drive but it doesn’t appear in My Computer?
It needs to be initialized and formatted for...
PC Assembly - Hard drive installation ShowHard drives, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM drives and floppy drive
The motherboard usually has two IDE
(Integrated Device Electronics) connectors:
The first connector is known as the primary device controller;
The second is known as the secondary device...
Partition - Partitioning a hard drive ShowWhat is a partition?
The partitioning of a hard drive occurs after the drive has been physically formatted but before it is logically formatted. It involves creating areas on the disk where data will not be mixed. It can be used, for example, to...
Formatting - Formatting a hard drive ShowBefore trying to understand formatting, you first need to understand how a hard drive works. Many people do not distinguish low-level formatting (also called physical formatting) from high-level formatting (also called logical formatting).
Even...
Your problem most likely is that XP does not have native mode SATA (AHCI) hard drive drivers. Check the other posts on this site for more info. Unless you are a VERY experienced computer tech you will find it impossible to downgrade to XP. Good Luck