Desktop Pavilion p6-2011 pc: want to remove windows 7 install xp pro. How can I do this?

Just picked up the machine above for my wife and want to remove Windows 7 install XP pro.  The machine does not allow me to do.  All the options in addition to removing the disc?

Thank you

Hello:

You can install XP on your PC. You will need to install the drivers from the website of the manufacturer of each material.

Lighter is right in the fact that HP will not support your PC under XP, so if you have problems operating system, don't bother calling HP support.  I guess that the material would still be under warranty.

That being said... I guess that when you install the XP disc that it loads up, and when he says 'Setup starts Windows', he goes kerflooey, right?

Well, it's because you need to load the SATA ACHI drivers for your machine when you receive this message at the bottom of the XP installation (press F6 if you need to load a SATA/RAID controller).

So what you need to do, is go to your security & system menu in the Control Panel, click on Device Manager in Windows 7. Click on the small arrow next to the line of IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers.  Post back with the name of your listed drive controller.

We will need to charge the correct SATA driver at the F6 prompt. You also need a USB floppy drive or a USB flash drive using the DCIS drivers copied on it, I will provide you with once you offer this info.

You will also need to go into your BIOS and look in your storage options menu. See if there are parameters for the emulation of SATA mode. There should be 3 settings, ACHI, RAID and IDE.

If there is an IDE framework, you can change your settings to that and load XP without going through all the stuff of F6, but you will then need to load this driver after installing XP for optimum performance of the road.

Then I will provide you with the instructions to load the SATA ACHI driver if you can change your settings for the IDE BIOS.

I'll give you also with the links (I hope) for many other drivers you will miss.

I agree with also lighter it is imperative that you create these recovery disks before continuing with the installation of Windows XP.

I'm pretty confident that you can get everything to work on XP.

Paul

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