Re: vista to xp on hp - this may work, it did for me

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23YEjxMNdIHA.1184@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The default operating mode for SATA controllers on new PCs is
AHCI ( Advanced Host Configuration Interface ). Vista has native
support for ACHI, XP does not. Many times the toggled alternate
to ACHI in BIOS setup will appear as either as IDE or legacy.

On my HP, the default setting out-of-the-box was "RAID". When I was going
back-and-forth between Vista and XP (each on its own hard drive) I
mistakenly set the BIOS to ACHI when I wanted to boot to the Vista drive and
it wouldn't work. It has to be set to raid. I'm not used to proprietary
systems, maybe it's unique to HP, I don't know.

"Pete Stavrakoglou" <ntotrr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eJThtINdIHA.4436@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<chuckcarolb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ab200327-52f4-4eed-af07-2ebac3815164@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Can't install XP on a new HP desktop with Vista. Can't find driver for
HD to install when clicking F6. Talked to HP and they said none
available and will never be available. Called MB company, Assus and
they said MB made for HP and can't do anything to help. Have tried an
Intel driver with no luck.

How can I find drivers to work with this? The exact path would be
great.

Thanks,
WICCX

When you boot into the BIOS, you can change the HD controller from SATA
to IDE. Even though you have a SATA hard drive in your system, it will
work with no need to load drivers by pressing F6. I "downgraded" an HP
Pavilion desktop to XP from Vista and got this info from an HP tech. It
worked. Once I made the BIOS change, the XP install "saw" the drive and
installed.





.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: OT for XP.
    ... he had no sound,was advised to find out sound card manufacture ... and download drivers. ... download,but built into Vista and Vista should assign them. ... Has been sorted now by going into the Bios and changing two items ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • RE: Need some help
    ... Also, with the problem Programs, check with their Maunfacturers to see if ... they are Vista compatibile and/or if there are any updates for them. ... bios, successfully according to the @bios application. ... the drivers on everything I can think off. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)
  • Re: Vista Wont Detect My HD (Ci7 GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD5)
    ... For Vista it can be on any medium the BIOS can access: ... However, when I try to install Vista, I get to the part where it asks ... drivers for mass storage devices, but I've never heard of HD using ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup)
  • Re: Vista on a 9200 - use OS drivers........?
    ... its native drivers. ... "you really ought to install the supplied drivers" theory. ... If there is a bios update to provide support for Vista, however, I ...
    (alt.sys.pc-clone.dell)
  • Re: ACPI OSI disaster on latest HP laptops - critical temperature shutdowns
    ... we both neglected to put the bug URL ... Arjan's HP has a _CRT with no return statement at all. ... ALL THIS TELLS US is that Vista doesn't fail certification ... it looks like a simple BIOS bug that Vista doesn't catch. ...
    (Linux-Kernel)