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Windows XP not installin!!

10 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/windows-xp-not-installin.55669/

prankie
prankie Original post #1
Apr 20, 2007 at 9:16 PM
Tryin to install Windows Xp on my HP Pavillion DV6226, which came with Windows vista preinstalled... but on bootin frm cd following message comes-
"Setup did'nt find any harddisk on uour computer, setup cannot continue"
Plz help.. i need to install XP urgently....
gauravakaasid
Apr 20, 2007 at 9:28 PM
disable native SATA support from BIOS, XP will install after that
prankie
prankie #3
Apr 20, 2007 at 9:38 PM
thanks... the setup is runnin now,, but i wanna create a partition, plz suggest a freeware for vista....
krates
krates #4
Apr 20, 2007 at 10:33 PM
Go To Administrative Tools In Control Panel And Then Goto Disk Manager

In Windows Vista
prankie
prankie #5
Apr 20, 2007 at 10:41 PM
Thanx a lot!!!
gauravakaasid
Apr 21, 2007 at 9:49 AM
no probs...btw wats ur lappy config n wat was the price pinch?
prankie
prankie #7
Apr 21, 2007 at 7:02 PM
it has Intel T5200 proci with 1GB ram and Geforce 7400 gfx card...
one more problem, the video driver is not installin, i tried the geforce 7 series driver but the setup says that the hardware is not supported...
gauravakaasid
Apr 21, 2007 at 8:32 PM
^^send a pm to s18000rpm, he might know
krates
krates #9
Apr 22, 2007 at 12:45 AM
prankie said:
it has Intel T5200 proci with 1GB ram and Geforce 7400 gfx card...
one more problem, the video driver is not installin, i tried the geforce 7 series driver but the setup says that the hardware is not supported...

Update Windows Vista :eek:
A
Apr 22, 2007 at 5:40 PM
What is the memory of the Nvidia 7400 graphics card in HP dv6226(dedicated)? Do let us know if you were able to install WinXP with all drivers successfully and how.