Windows XP downgrade on HP Compaq 6200 Pro (LK601LT)

[Tilby]

Hi Paul,

thank you for your advice. XP is getting installed by changing sata emulation from ACHI to IDE.

Would you please inform how to set back BIOS storage options to ACHI afterwards? The link to Intel downloadcenter mentioned above didn't provide results.

Manually looking for Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller drivers only delivers drivers for Server 2003, 2008 and Windows 7.

Thank you in advance.

Daniela

[FrancoCenati]

Hello

you can find the driver for AHCI controller on HP support&Driver  web at this link http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=12...

Bye

Franco

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, Daniela:

Here is the step by step process to do that:

1. Install the chipset driver first & reboot:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=1....

The following steps are used for installing AHCI drivers in Windows XP operating system installed using the IDE mode.

2. Download AHCI driver from downloadcenter.intel.com (second download listed 32 bit) then extract the files to a folder you name. Put the folder on your C: drive and remember where you put it so you can browse to it .

 http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=21408&lang=eng&OSVersion=&DownloadTyp...

3. Right-click the My Computer icon, click Manage, select Device Manager

4. Click the + symbol beside IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers , this would show the devices under this category.

5. You will find the Intel native SATA storage controller driver installed.

6. Right-click  the Serial ATA storage 4 Port controller listed, and click Update Driver .

7. In Welcome to the Hardware Update Wizard, select No, not this time. Click Next .

8. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) . Click Next

9. Select Don't search I will choose the driver to install . Click Next

10. Click Have Disk

11. Click Browse

12. Select location: c:\folder you saved ACHI drivers to.

13. Select iaAHCI.inf

14. Click Open

15. This will list several SATA AHCI Controllers. From this list, select the Intel(R) Desktop/Workstation/Server Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller. Click Next.

16. The Update Driver Warning will be shown. Click Yes

17. The driver will install, and completing the Hardware update Wizard appears. Click Finish

18. You can find the updated controller in the device manager.

19. During restart, press the F10 key and boot to BIOS setup utility . Go back to your device configurations sub menu and change the SATA Mode back to ACHI, save settings there (F10) and upon exit, save changes and reboot.

Now, the SATA driver is successfully installed and the desktop will boot into Windows with SATA Device Mode set to AHCI.

Best Regards,

Paul

[cnfrisch]

The easiest thing to do is to download and install the FREE Windows XP Mode.

[Tilby]

Hello Paul,

thank you for your reply and your detailed description. It worked fine for me :-)

XP is running with SATA-HDD at AHCI now!

Thanks once more.

Regards,

daniela

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome, Daniela.

[S_Goed]

I'm trying to downgrade by 6200 to XP.  I have switched the Bios to IDE and can successfully boot from my SP1 XP install disk.  Install proceeds normally for a while and then I get the BSOD with:

*** STOP:  0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0xF748E0BF, 0xF78DA208, 0xF78D9F08)

***  pci.sys - Address F748E0BF base at F7487000, DateStamp 3b7d855c

I tried to build a bootable disk with nLite and SP2 and SP3 as well as the drivers referenced but can only get the machine to boot from my original.  Help here would also be appreciated.

Thanks. 

Steve