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HP Pavilion dv2700 downgrade from VISTA to XP

Last answer on Sep 23, 2009 12:35:03 am BST lakaraju, on May 11, 2009 5:01:45 pm BST 
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Hello,

I need to downgrade my operating system from VISTA to XP.
I want the installation steps and the drivers required for Windows XP.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Chris

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chiblinx, on May 11, 2009 6:45:41 pm BST
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Firstly, power your computer and enter the BIOS setup. For most motherboards the button to enter the BIOS is F1, F2, F10, and DELETE
When you turn on your laptop or desktop computer, keep pressing these buttons one will take you to the BIOS. Then inside the BIOS setup utility, locate “Sata native support” under system configuration, and then disable it. Press f10 to save and exit the BIOS setup.

Insert windows xp cd in the cd rom drive. Restart the computer and set it to boot from cd rom drive. For some computer F12, esc, F10 will take you to the boot menu select the cd rom drive and hit the enter button windows xp installation process starts. Install windows xp the way you normally do it. get the screen shot here http://online-computer-repairs.blogspot.com/...

For how to get the drivers for your laptop read this article http://online-computer-repairs.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-d­ownload-hp-drivers.html.
DONT FORGET TO SAY THANK YOU.

   
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 ijaaah, on Sep 23, 2009 12:35:03 am BST
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I agree with chiblinx,
Why the Win XP cannot detect hard disk while setting up in hp pavillion DV6000, DV2500, DV2700 or Acer Aspire 4310/ 4720?
When installing Windows XP on SATA hard disk drive, you may encounter problem where you unable to install Windows XP on the SATA drive as the Windows XP setup installation interface does not detect and recognize any of the hard disks mounted on S-ATA (Serial ATA) ports, and thus XP installer cannot find usable physical disks on the computer system and unable to continue to install XP, forcing you to quit by pressing F3.
Here’s a possible solution if you’re in this kind of SATA hard drives not found situation.

http://tewewew.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-to-install-windows-x­p-in-hp.html

If you need complete HP dv2500 drivers, try to get it from here :
http://tewewew.blogspot.com/2009/09/hp-dv2500-driver.html

If you need complete HP dv2700 drivers, try to get it from here :
http://tewewew.blogspot.com/2009/09/hp-dv2700-driver.html

If you need complete HP dv6000 drivers, try to get it from here :
http://tewewew.blogspot.com/2009/09/hp-pavillion-dv6000-dv64­03cl-driver.html

If you need complete acer aspire 4310 drivers, try to get it from here :
http://tewewew.blogspot.com/2009/09/acer-aspire-4310-driver.­html

Hope it helps

   
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