Downgrading from Vista Ultimate to XP Pro on HP Pavillon DV6648se - doesn't find hard drive

[Bandito]

Hi

I'm fed up with Vista and am attempting to downgrade to XP Pro. Booting from the XP CD, I start the setup. It seems to be copying some pre-install files, then says that it can't find any hard drive connected to the system... How do I fix this?

Tx

[Daniel_Potyrala]

Hi,

First You need to slipstream Your Sata drivers win nLite.

Here is guide how to do it and here are Sata drivers for You and here are Your Sata drivers.  Just unrar this drivers with winrar.

Be sura also that You are using WinXP SP2 version. If you haven't go SP2 version here you can download this service pack

and here You have got guide how to slipstream this file with Your system again by nLite.

In this program You can even burn Your new XP cd with this driver.

Drivers for Your model:

Chipset here (First install this and reboot)

Intel Matrix Storage Manager here

Graphic Intel X3100 here

Wireless Intel 3945 ABG here

Lan Realtek 8101 here

Audio Realtek HD here

.Net Framework(required before HP Quick Launch Buttons) here

HP Quick Launch Buttons here

 
Motorola Modem here

Ricoh 5-in-1 card reader here

Bluetooth here

Synaptics Touchpad here

[Bandito]

Thank you Daniel for the detailed response! I'll try that next week-end hopefully.

[angieclim]

Any ideas for WINDOWS XP DRIVERS FOR LAPTOP HP DV7-1285DX?  Thanks for any help!!

[Daniel_Potyrala]

@angieclim,

Hi,

First make Vista beckup. All informations how to do it here.

You have a folder with drivers & programs that may prove very helpful after XP downgrade. Copy folder C:\Swsetup to DVD Before formatting your hdd.

Then update Your Bios here.

Now You need to slipstream Your Sata drivers (only ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller) with nLite.

Here is guide how to do it and here are Sata drivers  for You. Just unrar this drivers with winrar.

Be sure also that You are using WinXP SP2 version. If you haven't got SP2 version here you can download this service pack

and here You have got guide how to slipstream this file with Your system again by nLite.

In this program You can even burn Your new XP cd with this driver.

Message Edited by Daniel_Potyrala on 09-13-2009 02:38 AM

[Daniel_Potyrala]

Drivers:

Intel Chipset (Install and reboot before other drivers) here

Intel Matrix Storage Manager here

MS-UAA for SP2 (required with a reboot before Audio, Modem and Graphic driver) here

MS-UAA for SP3 (required with a reboot before Audio, Modem and Graphic driver) here

NVIDIA Graphic GeForce 9600GT here

Intel Wireless 5100 here

Realtek RTL8168C Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC here

Please check first this link written by Joshua Wood and concentrate in it on problems that may appear when You will be installing sound card. I know then this is guide for dv5 but many hardware and drivers are the same for both models.

IDT High-Definition Audio CODEC Driver,

1. sp41698, vista driver, reported work in XP here

2. sp41693, vista driver, reported work in XP here

3. sp39671, vista driver, reported works in XP here or here

4. Find Your Vista audio driver on this DVD where You burned C:\Swsetup folder. It may also work under XP.

When You will install any audio driver with success check is Your sound working.

If there will be no sound after restart check this thread. There are informations how to solve this.

High-Definition Audio (HDA) Modem Installer and Driver here

.Net Framework (required before HP Quick Lunch Buttons) here

HP Quick Lauch Buttons here

Synaptics Touchpad here

ENE CIR (Infrared Reciever) here

Cyberlink YouCam Software here

HP 3D DriveGuard 1.10 A here

JMB38X Card Reader Host Controller Driver  here

If you had for 7 unknown devices (buttons drivers), here (New link)

Do manual installation

Go to device manager, right click unknown device,

Choose to update driver, No to connect,

Choose install from a list or specific location, Don't search, Have disk,

Browse to the location of machine.inf.

Do it for the rest of unknown devices.

Message Edited by Daniel_Potyrala on 09-13-2009 02:37 AM

[angieclim]

Will these steps work for an HP DV7-1285DX?  Thanks!

[Daniel_Potyrala]

Yes.