I cannot install XP on this frikking notebook!

[AirWolf]

Search the error code or whatever it tells you.

I've found that you need certain updates before installing it

I've done all the other updates, and SP1 shows up in the updates as well.

It goes through almost the entire installation process, then gives an error (can't remeber now what it says) and then starts reverting.

Edit: That thread is here.

I'll give the update a try. Hopefully it works and doesn't waste my time.

 

[|tera|]

Yea off a disk, download it via the update program.

Tera what notebook was this exactly? I still don't believe they don't make drivers for it.

It's a Packard Bell, don't ask me which model, since it's way too hard to remember

No Xp drivers for it, you have my word.

 

[mh348]

HP Pavillion DV8500 consumer notebook (cr@p don't ever buy one)

Serial ATA HDD, no place in bios to take out the enhanced mode or whatever it is and put into native or whatever. Been through the bios once then 100 times!

OS says "no hdd or mass storage etc bla bla bla" detected, F3 to reboot.

Got the SATA drivers for XP off website, slipstreamed with Nlight to cd with OS - not a hell!.

Wants F6 floppy. No floppy (obviously) and I don't have a external floppy.
A quick check of the driver files = no NT OEM .txt file in anycase so wouldn't even work if i had one.

WTF? is this the first Vista only useless notebook?

Any ideas? I have a sata to usb cradel -bios sees USB hdd - install on usb and change boot.ini or something?
Thanks

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I got a similar problem. I hav a clients Laptop, Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pi 1505. It has XP Media Center Ed Installed. It's not booting into windows, so I need to do a repair installation.

I download the SATA Drivers which is an exe file, I extracted the file using winrar as I want to slipstream it using nLite, but theres no inf files, only .cat & .cab, & nLite only accepts .inf files.

 

[sn3rd]

Well the XP install was a breeze (TX Werner) – then came the drivers….

This stupid hi-fi corp special machine wasted my whole Sunday movie time.. Vendor specific se foet – nothing!

Jack from HP.
Intel for the GM965 mobile chipset update (HP says Nvidia)
Intel for the display adaptor
Realtek for the 8139 NIC
Motorola for the SM56 modem
Realtek for the HD audio device
Generic HP quick-launch buttons for the last “unknown device”.

All of it completely contradictory to what HP says – they want you to install a Nvidia chipset!!!!!

On top of screen says DV6000
Undernieth Product says DV6500
Below that, service tag says DV6620ei
WTF! And all info and drivers on hp site are wrong!

Don’t ever buy these grey market machines from hi-fi corp if you need support! me not doing again! took 5 hours to get this thing to work with xp.

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Haha... The other day I saw an HP 530 at Hi-Fi Corp. It's a "Vista Basic" notebook. Even has the "Vista Basic" sticker on it. But the demo model on the floor was running XP

 

[mh348]

I found the drivers (inf files)on the amilo-forum.com website, slipstreamed and started the repair.

 

[Ivork]

No Xp drivers for it, you have my word.

Not true Teraside - same prob i had - no vendor specific drivers maybe. You have to hunt down the manufacturer's drivers. Google for the device "details"
(device instance id) normally VEN_xxxx&DEVxxxx should give you some clue as to what you looking for.

HP officially said this thing does not work or have drivers for XP which was a lie (or half lie - they don't but the people that made the components do).

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[Ivork]

I guess it's good to say, glad you got it working. I don't see why you needed to remove Vista though?

He had some silly USB contraption that converted his vhs movies to dvd that wouldn't work on Vista. But you are right - hardly worth the effort.

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[|tera|]

Not true Teraside - same prob i had - no vendor specific drivers maybe. You have to hunt down the manufacturer's drivers. Google for the device "details"
(device instance id) normally VEN_xxxx&DEVxxxx should give you some clue as to what you looking for.

HP officially said this thing does not work or have drivers for XP which was a lie (or half lie - they don't but the people that made the components do).

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I did search for manufacturer drivers. Problem was event the chipset didn't have any Xp drivers right through to the display adapter.

He had some silly USB contraption that converted his vhs movies to dvd that wouldn't work on Vista. But you are right - hardly worth the effort.

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Cool man. I guess that is a bit of sarcasm I didn't know his vhs converter didn't work on Vista, so if it's part of his daily usage and maybe if he makes his living that way, I can understand why you downgraded

 

[LazyLion]

Talking about stiffy drives being outdated... why doesn't XP allow you to use CD-ROMs as sources for SATA Drivers or as Bootloaders? Some people have multiple CD-ROM drives... or they can swap out the XP CD-ROM and put in the one with the driver, and then swap back and continue the installation.

XP will only allow you to load drivers from a stiffy disk. Stupid. Especially stupid because if you have a Flash Disk plugged in on some systems... XP will detect the Flash Disk Volume and ask you if you want to install XP on it.

 

[Peder]

XP Won't install my SATA system with a External FDD soo stupid!!

Although the last time i installed Vista it loaded my SATA without a problem didn't ask for floppy nothing, its just stupid that these operating systems aren't allowed to use more than one source for drivers!!

 

[dequadin]

Surprisingly no one has suggested running a hardware advisor to see what chipsets there are and the like... Then downloading the drivers directly from the manufacturers.

I've used this before with a lot of success.
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html