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Statement:

You are using this guide at your own risk. I don't take any responsibility for any problems.

Important informations!

• Before you will do anything please create a set of recovery discs.

            Resources:

            Using HP Backup and Recovery Manager in Vista

         Using HP Recovery Manager in Windows 7

• All pre-installed drivers and software of your current system are in C:\swsetup folder. If you still have it on HDD then burn this folder
  

  to CD/DVD. You may need them someday.

• If you haven't got now any system on your notebook / netbook then skip two above advice.

• Links to SATA drivers are included in pdf and doc files of this guide.

Table of Contents:

A How to check which SATA driver you need.

B Intel SATA drivers.

C Nvidia SATA drivers.

D AMD SATA drivers.

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Ad A.

Install CPU-Z in your current system. You may download this program from here.

Below screenshot shows where you will find links to this software on CPU-Z home page.

Now run CPU-Z and select ' Mainboard ' tab.

 

You will find there two important informations about your chipset:

• brand (in above examples: Intel)

           and

• type (in above examples: PM965 and HM55).

If your laptop chipset is manufactured by:

• Intel

           Go to point B and do everything what's written there.

• Nvidia

           Go to point C and do everything what's written there.

• AMD

           Go to point D and do everything what's written there.

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Ad B.

If you've got few Intel models and you want to use only one installation disc for all of them then:

You need to slipstream Intel SATA drivers with nLite.

Here is doc file with guide ' How to slipstream all Intel SATA drivers with XP ' (use Microsoft Office or Open Office (free software) to open it).

Here is pdf file with the same guide (use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) to open it).

If you've got only one Intel model then you may want to slipstream only specific driver:

For models with HM65, HM67, UM67, QS67 or QM67 chipset:

You need to slipstream SATA driver (only Mobile Express Chipset SATA AHCI Controller) with nLite.

Here is doc file with guide ' How to slipstream Intel SATA (Mobile Express Chipset) driver with XP ' (use Microsoft Office or Open Office (free software) to open it).

Here is pdf file with the same guide (use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) to open it).

For models with PM55, HM57, QM57 or QS57 chipset:

You need to slipstream SATA driver (only 5 Series 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller) with nLite.

Here is doc file with guide ' How to slipstream Intel SATA (PCHM 6 Port) driver with XP ' (use Microsoft Office or Open Office (free software) to open it).

Here is pdf file with the same guide (use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) to open it).

For models with HM55 chipset:

You need to slipstream SATA driver (only 5 Series 4 Port SATA AHCI Controller) with nLite.

Here is doc file with guide ' How to slipstream Intel SATA (PCHM 4 Port) driver with XP ' (use Microsoft Office or Open Office (free software) to open it).

Here is pdf file with the same guide (use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) to open it).

For models with GL40, GS40, GM45, GS45 or PM45 chipset:

You need to slipstream SATA driver (only ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller) with nLite.

Here is doc file with guide ' How to slipstream Intel SATA (ICH9M) driver with XP ' (use Microsoft Office or Open Office (free software) to open it).

Here is pdf file with the same guide (use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) to open it).

For models with GL960, GML960, GM965 or PM965 chipset:

You need to slipstream SATA driver (only ICH8M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller) with nLite.

Here is doc file with guide ' How to slipstream Intel SATA (ICH8M) driver with XP ' (use Microsoft Office or Open Office (free software) to open it).

Here is pdf file with the same guide (use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) to open it).

For models with NM10 chipset:

                                                                          Note:

                                                                          If you have netbook with Intel NM10 chipset and

                                                                          do not have an optical drive then check the link below:

                                                                          How to install Windows XP from USB flash drive.

                                                                          It will show you how to deal with this problem.

You need to slipstream SATA driver (only NM10 Express Chipset) with nLite.

Here is doc file with guide ' How to slipstream Intel SATA (NM10) driver with XP ' (use Microsoft Office or Open Office (free software) to open it).

Here is pdf file with the same guide (use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) to open it).

For models with 940GML, 943GML, 945GM, 945GMS, 945PM or 945GSE chipset:

                                                                          Note:

                                                                          If you have netbook with Intel 945GSE chipset and

                                                                          do not have an optical drive then check the link below:

                                                                          How to install Windows XP from USB flash drive.

                                                                          It will show you how to deal with this problem.

You need to slipstream SATA driver (only ICH7M/MDH SATA AHCI Controller ) with nLite.

Here is doc file with guide ' How to slipstream Intel SATA (ICH7M) driver with XP ' (use Microsoft Office or Open Office (free software) to open it).

Here is pdf file with the same guide (use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) to open it).

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Ad C.

For models with ION or ION LE chipset (HP Mini 311 and Compaq Mini 311c series models):

You need to slipstream SATA drivers with nLite.

Here is doc file with guide ' How to slipstream Nvidia SATA drivers with XP ' (use Microsoft Office or Open Office (free software) to open it).

Here is pdf file with the same guide (use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) to open it).

For models with other chipsets:

You don't need to slipstream any SATA drivers.

Please check only with which Service Pack (SP) is your XP disk. It should be at least SP2. How to do it?

Here is doc file with guide ' How to check which SP (Service Pack) you've got ' (use Microsoft Office or Open Office (free) to open it).

Here is pdf file with the same guide (use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) to open it).

When you will find out then your XP copy is with SP0 or SP1 use below documents to check how you may slipstream SP2 with it:

Here is doc file with guide ' How to slipstream SP (Service Pack) with XP ' (use Microsoft Office or Open Office (free) to open it).

Here is pdf file with the same guide (use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) to open it).

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Ad D.

You need to slipstream SATA drivers with nLite.

Here is doc file with guide ' How to slipstream AMD SATA drivers with XP ' (use Microsoft Office or Open Office (free software) to open it).

Here is pdf file with the same guide (use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) to open it).

When AMD SATA drivers which are given in guide will not work for you then start ' New Post ' on our forum to ask for other Sata drivers.

      Resource:

      How To Make A Post - Video

Please write in this new topic three important informations:

1. That you used 32bit_ATI_SB7xx_RAID&AHCI_driver_v9-4_WHQL and sp43839 SATA driver.

2. Notebook product numer (p/n).

       Resource:

       How to Locate the Notebook product number (p/n)

3. SATA Hardware Ids.

      How to find them? Go to:
 

      Control Panel -> Device Manager -> IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers

      find on the list SATA AHCI Controller, click on it with right button of your mouse and choose properties. Next select ' Details ' tab and use the

      dropdown selector to choose Hardware Ids.