Help with Hard Drive

[Marverdman]

I have an issue with Windows 7 and just recently purchased an HP p6-2133w with Windows 7 installed, I need to download and make operational a piece of software that is not compatiable. Wanted to Crash teh Windows 7 and install XP instead but it was a no go. Can you help and tell me how to crash this hard drive. Also tried to install a different hard drive and install teh system and it still would not do it?????

Answers???

[lasvegaswireman]

What do you mean by "CRASH the hard drive"???

and

What do you mean by "Also tried to install a different hard drive and install teh system and it still would not do it"???

Frank

[Kuerten1]

Hi Marv. I think you're trying to install a piece of software here. Can you post what software you are trying to install so we could check its system requirements? 

[dougerdman]

The software is a shopping show software for the radio station and we can not test it because it is not available to the general public. I just need to know how to uninstall Windows 7 so I can install XP

[lasvegaswireman]

Marverdman wrote...

"I have an issue with Windows 7 and just recently purchased an HP p6-2133w with Windows 7 installed, I need to download and make operational a piece of software that is not compatiable. Wanted to Crash teh Windows 7 and install XP instead but it was a no go. Can you help and tell me how to crash this hard drive. Also tried to install a different hard drive and install teh system and it still would not do it?????"

OK... let me see if I get this straight...

By "CRASH Windows 7", you mean uninstall Windows 7??? There is no need to uninstall an operating system such as Windows 7... You merely install another OS and during the install, let it format the drive or partition where it is to be installed.  PLEASE CREATE YOUR HP RECOVERY DISC SET BEFORE FORMATING THE HARD DRIVE OR INSTALLING ANOTHER OPERATING SYSTEM

By "install XP instead but it was a no go...and it still would not do it?????", you mean it would not install or what??? Problems installing XP on the p6-2133w could be the result of the system using a UEFI BIOS or the factory SATA controller mode setting in the BIOS. Please read HP documents "BIOS Settings for the Hibiscus Motherboard" and "About SATA Hard Drives and Controller Modes" for more information on changing SATA settings in the BIOS. The really short version is that XP doesn't natively support SATA AHCI and you must change this setting to IDE or "IDE emulation" for XP to install. If the UEFI BIOS isn't causing any issues, this should allow XP to install.

Please post back with your outcome.

Frank

[dougerdman]

Finally made a break through but and this is a big but, HP doesn't support XP anymore and I can not get XP drivers. Here is what I need

Ethernet COntroller

PCI Device

SM Bus Controller

USB Controller

VGA Controller

Any idea where I can get these drivers for an HP Pavilion p6 2133w

[lasvegaswireman]

Try the following solutions;

AMD Chipset Driver for Windows XP 32/64bit (includes AMD Chipset Driver, AMD AHCI Driver, AMD USB 3.... This should take care of the SMBus controller, USB controller, and other chipset devices

AMD Catalyst Display Driver for Windows XP 32bit This should take care of the VGA controller device

Realtek GBE Family Controller Series Drivers (select 3rd or 6th item on list) This should take care of the ethernet controller device

Please see the IDT 92HD89E XP driver for HP Elite 7200 MT HP forum thread about possible solutions for the IDT 92HD89E Audio controller device if you have issues with the audio device

Please report back on your progress and what drivers worked.

Frank

[dougerdman]

I have tried to download the two drivers it wants to extract to C: drive all the time but my OS is on an E: drive, due to the way the harddrive  was giving problems when trying convert from Windows 7 to XP I am getting a yellow exclamation point on the audio device on high defination bus, everything else worked just fine> can you help with that segment??

[lasvegaswireman]

You should be able to force the location to wherever you want. A work around is to use winzip, 7zip, or other file compression utility to extract the file and save it where you want. For the HD audio to work, make sure you are run WIndows XP SP3.

Frank

[dougerdman]

Frank

Still having issues with that IDT high Def codec, I tried every driver on that link you sent and still it comes up with a yellow exclamation point. I am at wits end, any other suggestions???

Marv