cant install xp

nstall xp
i have a hp pavilion dv 2519 tu, pre-installed with windows vist home
premium.
i tried to install xp on this but when i try i get to the part where
it says "accept the terms and conditions" and say next (hit f8) i get
the error" hard disk not found. "
my friend tried installing xp on his machine and got the same error.
i have been able to install various versions of linux but i just cant
seem to get xp on it..
and i desperately need xp

so can anyone please help me.. i am stuck real bad..

sashi

sashi wrote:
> nstall xp
> i have a hp pavilion dv 2519 tu, pre-installed with windows vist home
> premium.
> i tried to install xp on this but when i try i get to the part where
> it says "accept the terms and conditions" and say next (hit f8) i get
> the error" hard disk not found. "
> my friend tried installing xp on his machine and got the same error.
> i have been able to install various versions of linux but i just cant
> seem to get xp on it..
> and i desperately need xp
>
> so can anyone please help me.. i am stuck real bad..
>
> sashi

Either your copy of XP is dorked or you HP is only "Vista ready". Check
HP's web site to make sure that XP can be installed on it. You might
also want to try a friend's XP CD and see if your CD is dorked or not.
Make sure to use the same type of XP CD as yours.

Alias

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:04:37 -0800, sashi wrote:

> nstall xp
> i have a hp pavilion dv 2519 tu, pre-installed with windows vist home
> premium.
> i tried to install xp on this but when i try i get to the part where it
> says "accept the terms and conditions" and say next (hit f8) i get the
> error" hard disk not found. "
> my friend tried installing xp on his machine and got the same error. i
> have been able to install various versions of linux but i just cant seem
> to get xp on it..
> and i desperately need xp
>
> so can anyone please help me.. i am stuck real bad..
>
> sashi

One option might be to install xp as a virtual machine within one of the
Linux installs.

"sashi" <> wrote in message
news:14c85a57-c748-4dae-943f-...
> nstall xp
> i have a hp pavilion dv 2519 tu, pre-installed with windows vist home
> premium.
> i tried to install xp on this but when i try i get to the part where
> it says "accept the terms and conditions" and say next (hit f8) i get
> the error" hard disk not found. "
> my friend tried installing xp on his machine and got the same error.
> i have been able to install various versions of linux but i just cant
> seem to get xp on it..
> and i desperately need xp
>
> so can anyone please help me.. i am stuck real bad..

Your computer probably has a SATA controller, Windows XP pre-dates SATA and
thus does not have any drivers for it on the disc.

Four options:

1) Use a floppy disk and provide Windows XP with the drivers as you're
installing it. It will say something along the lines of press F6 if you
need additional IDE/RAID drivers. That'll tell it to go to the floppy a bit
later and have a look. (Assuming the drivers exist).

2) Slipstream the SATA drivers onto the Windows XP disc.

3) See if the BIOS has an option to use the SATA controllers in an IDE
compatible mode.

4) Use Windows Vista.

Even if you get Windows XP installed, unless you know the hardware is
supported with Windows XP it still might not work properly.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/blog/
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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Hi, Sashi.

When Windows Setup (whether Win2K or WinXP or Vista) says "hard disk not
found", it usually means that you are running something other than a "plain
vanilla" IDE hard drive. I've tried to find out on HP's website what kind
of HD that model has, but if the info is there, I've not been able to locate
it. Do you know if your hard drives are SCSI or SATA or some other
interface? If they are not IDE (also known as ATA or PATA), your WinXP
CD-ROM's Setup may not be able to read the drive at all. This is NOT an
unusual problem, especially when you are trying to install an operating
system other than the one that came pre-installed. Your hardware was
customized at HP's factory to fit the pre-installed OS; it may or may not be
compatible with any other OS. When WinXP was introduced and WinXP Setup was
written, SATA drives were rare; now they are quite common, but WinXP Setup
still never heard of them.

What version of WinXP are you trying to install, the original RTM or a later
CD-ROM with SP2 integrated - or some other CD-ROM? Is this an upgrade CD or
a full retail?

If you give us more information about your computer, we may be able to help.

This HP page MIGHT hold the key to your problem, but I'm not sure it fits
you exactly. If not, you might start there and look around. Since I've
never had any HP or any notebook, I’m not very good at navigating their
site.
HP Notebook PCs - 'Unmountable_Boot_Volume' Blue Screen Error Occurs During
Startup or Boot in Windows XP
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...=44125&lang=en

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

"sashi" <> wrote in message
news:14c85a57-c748-4dae-943f-...
> nstall xp
> i have a hp pavilion dv 2519 tu, pre-installed with windows vist home
> premium.
> i tried to install xp on this but when i try i get to the part where
> it says "accept the terms and conditions" and say next (hit f8) i get
> the error" hard disk not found. "
> my friend tried installing xp on his machine and got the same error.
> i have been able to install various versions of linux but i just cant
> seem to get xp on it..
> and i desperately need xp
>
> so can anyone please help me.. i am stuck real bad..
>
> sashi

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:52:05 -0600, "R. C. White" <>
wrote:

>Hi, Sashi.
>
>When Windows Setup (whether Win2K or WinXP or Vista) says "hard disk not
>found", it usually means that you are running something other than a "plain
>vanilla" IDE hard drive. I've tried to find out on HP's website what kind
>of HD that model has, but if the info is there, I've not been able to locate
>it. Do you know if your hard drives are SCSI or SATA or some other
>interface? If they are not IDE (also known as ATA or PATA), your WinXP
>CD-ROM's Setup may not be able to read the drive at all. This is NOT an
>unusual problem, especially when you are trying to install an operating
>system other than the one that came pre-installed. Your hardware was
>customized at HP's factory to fit the pre-installed OS; it may or may not be
>compatible with any other OS. When WinXP was introduced and WinXP Setup was
>written, SATA drives were rare; now they are quite common, but WinXP Setup
>still never heard of them.
>
>What version of WinXP are you trying to install, the original RTM or a later
>CD-ROM with SP2 integrated - or some other CD-ROM? Is this an upgrade CD or
>a full retail?
>
>If you give us more information about your computer, we may be able to help.
>
>This HP page MIGHT hold the key to your problem, but I'm not sure it fits
>you exactly. If not, you might start there and look around. Since I've
>never had any HP or any notebook, I’m not very good at navigating their
>site.
>HP Notebook PCs - 'Unmountable_Boot_Volume' Blue Screen Error Occurs During
>Startup or Boot in Windows XP
>http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...=44125&lang=en
>
>RC

Unit has SATA drives per the HP web site.