Installing WinXP on HP530

[Fee]

Hey guyz im new here. I got an HP530 notebook, runing vista home 4 a while now but want to test winXP on it but cant seem to get it to work.
I insert the XP cd,boot from it, it loads the drivers n things then after that i just get a blue screen filled with white wording and the notebook reboots.

Can any1 help me plz and is it worth putting XP on? Will all the drivers function correctly?

 

[|tera|]

Firstly, you need to google and find tutorials to correctly dual boot Vista and XP on the same setup.

I would suggest using an XP SP3 copy as well. Search for that as well and the correct method to slipstream XP SP3 to a new disc for installation.

Lastly, I'm on GPRS at the moment, so can't browse around, but check HP's support site for your laptop if they have XP drivers available.

 

[sn3rd]

teraside's answer is correct: You need a copy of Windows XP with integrated SP2 or SP3 and you need to change a setting for your hard drive in the BIOS. I believe the new setting is "native" mode. That should solve your problem. If not, then you can always slipstream the driver into a new copy of XP and use that to install. There are quite a few threads dealing with this particular problem, so a search should turn up some help.

 

[PHTech]

In your BIOS you need to change your S-ATA setting to be Native... Then boot from the WinXP CD and it will work fine... I have done it on a couple of HP530's... PM me if you are struggling...

 

[PHTech]

You can the also download the Drivers at HP.co.za for WinXP

 

[Ivork]

Anyone else find that the sound driver really sucks? Or is it the mobo or speakers - i struggle to hear anything even on full ball on these 530's.

 

[Plasticmonkey]

In your BIOS you need to change your S-ATA setting to be Native... Then boot from the WinXP CD and it will work fine... I have done it on a couple of HP530's... PM me if you are struggling...

Ditto.

This is all you need to do to install XP. Just remember to DL new drivers

 

[Fee]

Hey guyz i got it working! Running XP on this thing is so much better than VISTA and Ivork i agree the sound really sucks on these notebooks, prob has a very tiny speaker or sumthn. Thanks a lot for the help people.

Oh just 1 question, with VISTA i could change the powerplan to HP Optimized when using the battery, how do i do this on XP?