Hi there..
I've got a headache with my laptop and am battling against it for the past 2 weeks but no luck so far..
I bought a new laptop, hp Pavillion 6850ee with Vista Home Edition installed to it.. well.. all is fine and all is good, however, there is a tiny problem.. I HATE VISTA.. I am looking forward for my old, nice and neat Windows XP.. however, I've got stuck with the SATA Hard Disk Issue.. everytime I attempt to format the Hard Dist I end up having a screen telling me that No hard disk is found..
I do remember doing this with another laptop sometime back, but unfortunatly I forgot the method I used.. guess here comes the benefit of taking notes...
After seeking the net.. I found some folutions like donwloading the SATA driver to a floppy disk, or even integrate it on the Windows XP CD.. I tried both ways and no luck...
Would it be possible for someone around here to help me out? Am going crazy...
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- Biohazard
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hello,
as i know u have to update your BIOS with SATA driver to make the XP aple to read and write to it, coz ur laptop is for vista your bios is not ready.
any how, why u just done make daul OS on your laptop, imean after vista done and ok, install XP as a second OS and you can change the start menu to be XP first choice, i think its easier, also u will not need the SATA driver coz you will install it from vista GUI so the driver is already on. i never did it before but i think there is instruction on how to install dual OS on microsoft support page. good luck
as i know u have to update your BIOS with SATA driver to make the XP aple to read and write to it, coz ur laptop is for vista your bios is not ready.
any how, why u just done make daul OS on your laptop, imean after vista done and ok, install XP as a second OS and you can change the start menu to be XP first choice, i think its easier, also u will not need the SATA driver coz you will install it from vista GUI so the driver is already on. i never did it before but i think there is instruction on how to install dual OS on microsoft support page. good luck
- yasrkasem
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Heya partner..
First of all I'd like to thank you deeply for your attempt and well to assist solving my issue
and I really appreciate it and put your point in my mind as a backup plan.. hope I'll be able to return the favor one day ^.^.. well.. but I've got my solution.. and VISTA is no more on my laptop.. its a history and now the glorious XP is in play.. well.. so I guess that its only fair to post the details of the method I've taken in order to guide the others who follow.. ehm..
Ok.. so lets make things clear first, in many websites I was asked to download the SATA controller for my laptop.. and my mistake was that I was searching for the SATA Software in hp website and the Hard Disk driver in the manufacturing company's website.. by now its all clear.. what I was supposed to be looking for is the SATA Controller of the Motherboard of the Laptop.. where do you find the brand of your controller? easy, just right click on My Computer, go to Hardware, and scroll down to the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, and expand it, and there you'll find it.. for example for my laptop, hp Pavillion dv6850ee, its 82801HEM/HBM Sata AHCI Controller.. I typed it in Google and direclty led me to the following website:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-62909
download the .exe file, then run the setup. The file will be extracted into a folde that has files in it. Copy these files on a floppy disk, and your 3rd pary Sata Hard Dist Driver is ready.
The restart your laptop while the floppy disk drive is connected, go to the booting screen and select the CD-Rom to be your 1st booting device, once the blue screen appears press F6 (3rd Party drivers), and keep moving through the screens till it asks you to select the type of Hard Disk Controller you've got.. there you'll find your 82801HEM/HBM Sata AHCI Controller.. select it, and a similar screen will appear again, make the same selection, but this time it will ask you to put the floppy disk that has the SATA controller driver.. and way you go.. normal formatting and installing.. have one and say farewell for the boring Vista,, please contact me if you need any more clarifications.. I'll be happy to help those who are in need.. specially after 2 weeks of suffering.. huh.. its finally over..
First of all I'd like to thank you deeply for your attempt and well to assist solving my issue
and I really appreciate it and put your point in my mind as a backup plan.. hope I'll be able to return the favor one day ^.^.. well.. but I've got my solution.. and VISTA is no more on my laptop.. its a history and now the glorious XP is in play.. well.. so I guess that its only fair to post the details of the method I've taken in order to guide the others who follow.. ehm..Ok.. so lets make things clear first, in many websites I was asked to download the SATA controller for my laptop.. and my mistake was that I was searching for the SATA Software in hp website and the Hard Disk driver in the manufacturing company's website.. by now its all clear.. what I was supposed to be looking for is the SATA Controller of the Motherboard of the Laptop.. where do you find the brand of your controller? easy, just right click on My Computer, go to Hardware, and scroll down to the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, and expand it, and there you'll find it.. for example for my laptop, hp Pavillion dv6850ee, its 82801HEM/HBM Sata AHCI Controller.. I typed it in Google and direclty led me to the following website:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-62909
download the .exe file, then run the setup. The file will be extracted into a folde that has files in it. Copy these files on a floppy disk, and your 3rd pary Sata Hard Dist Driver is ready.
The restart your laptop while the floppy disk drive is connected, go to the booting screen and select the CD-Rom to be your 1st booting device, once the blue screen appears press F6 (3rd Party drivers), and keep moving through the screens till it asks you to select the type of Hard Disk Controller you've got.. there you'll find your 82801HEM/HBM Sata AHCI Controller.. select it, and a similar screen will appear again, make the same selection, but this time it will ask you to put the floppy disk that has the SATA controller driver.. and way you go.. normal formatting and installing.. have one and say farewell for the boring Vista,, please contact me if you need any more clarifications.. I'll be happy to help those who are in need.. specially after 2 weeks of suffering.. huh.. its finally over..
- Biohazard
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Hey Biohazard,
I also do have the same laptop but i dont seem to get the sound drivers and modem drivers for this laptop can you guide where can i get these drivers.
For the SATA problem of yours I have another work around.
In the BIOS you have a option of Native SATA Support. By default it is Enabled, just disable the same and it will work fine for you.
I also do have the same laptop but i dont seem to get the sound drivers and modem drivers for this laptop can you guide where can i get these drivers.
For the SATA problem of yours I have another work around.
In the BIOS you have a option of Native SATA Support. By default it is Enabled, just disable the same and it will work fine for you.
- prinze
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Heya my hp partner,,
Well.. this darn it method was listed in more that a dozen of pages.. but unfortunatly i was not able to do that...! or lets say.. FIND that..!!!! i searched my bios one time and again.. and yet no luck... darn it.. i was going crazy.. as for the drivers.. yup I do understand your feeling.. I REALLY DO.. well.. it took me a while to search for the drivers.. you can either search for the drivers through Google as i did.. and here are the names of the devices:
Modem: Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem
Sound : Realteck
or you can just drop by in MSN and you shall get it directly from.. GUESS WHO.. YUP.. MEEEEEE.. so make up your mind and either take the hard way or the easy way ^.^
Well.. this darn it method was listed in more that a dozen of pages.. but unfortunatly i was not able to do that...! or lets say.. FIND that..!!!! i searched my bios one time and again.. and yet no luck... darn it.. i was going crazy.. as for the drivers.. yup I do understand your feeling.. I REALLY DO.. well.. it took me a while to search for the drivers.. you can either search for the drivers through Google as i did.. and here are the names of the devices:
Modem: Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem
Sound : Realteck
or you can just drop by in MSN and you shall get it directly from.. GUESS WHO.. YUP.. MEEEEEE.. so make up your mind and either take the hard way or the easy way ^.^
- Biohazard
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oops yups they have really changed the bios. i was able to do it earlier. As for now i will try to search for the drivers if not i will get back to u...
Thx anyways,
Prinze
Thx anyways,
Prinze
- prinze
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Nooo problem at all Prinz.. and yeah.. just remembered now. i did not actually searched for the drivers of these 2 devices.. I only got them from the drivers installed already on the C drive on the laptop.. there is usually a folder called drivers where all the drivers are intalled.. lucky me i saved them on my external hard disk before blowing vista away.. they acually came in handy ^.^
- Biohazard
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- prinze
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dude me installed the xp but having trouble with the display drivers can you pass me the link of the NVIDIA display drivers
- prinze
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Sure pal ^.^ however, you've got to wait.. I am on duty till 23.00 so till that time you've got to stand your grounds.. too bad I cant find the needed link through the duty's PC.. but no worries.. you'll get your link for sure..
so till that time you've got to stand your grounds.. too bad I cant find the needed link through the duty's PC.. but no worries.. you'll get your link for sure..- Biohazard
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hey dude thanks a lot for the will to help but somehow i got the exe file and just installed and it worked just well for me.
thx,
Prinze.
thx,
Prinze.
- prinze
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No sweat dear.. I am happy for you please let me know if there are any other things I can help you with..
please let me know if there are any other things I can help you with.. - Biohazard
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u can keep both operating systems. having windows and theme of vista software. that looks very charming and attractive i have also these two in same way.
- majidpucit123
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good it was an nice for you to swtich back to Vista because a lot of laptops now a days doesnt have drivers for windows XP and ppl remain stuck with
Vista for ever.
Vista for ever.
- Cyberslam
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Hi,
Just format your C: Drive and install new operating system its very simple solution and you can easily download your laptop's driver form internet.
Regards
Arnold(Axvoice Inc)
Just format your C: Drive and install new operating system its very simple solution and you can easily download your laptop's driver form internet.
Regards
Arnold(Axvoice Inc)
- Arnold
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Arnold wrote:Hi,
Just format your C: Drive and install new operating system its very simple solution and you can easily download your laptop's driver form internet.
Regards
Arnold(Axvoice Inc)
He already explained why it wasn't easy. One year ago. Your post is rubbish!
- Speedhump
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Hi Everybody,
This is Stephen, Just make sure you can get all the machine specific files from HP that you need for the earlier version of Windows. Video, Audio, Shortcut keys, ACPI and so on. Many manufacturers are not supplying XP files for machines delivered with VISTA .....
This is Stephen, Just make sure you can get all the machine specific files from HP that you need for the earlier version of Windows. Video, Audio, Shortcut keys, ACPI and so on. Many manufacturers are not supplying XP files for machines delivered with VISTA .....
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