Re: HP Pavilion a752n - installing XP to SATA from IDE CD-ROM

The real question here is to determine EXACTLY which Windows XP CD you are
using. Home, Pro or Media Center is irrelevant. Is it an OEM CD supplied by HP
(doubtful), Toshiba (doubtful), Dell (could be) or other name brand? Is it a
non-branded OEM CD? Is it a retail CD? Now for the most important question:
Is the Windows install CD at Service Pack 2? In my experience, Microsoft has
slipstreamed SATA support into (nearly?) all versions of SP2 at the request of
the major hardware manufacturers. From the symptoms you've described, I'll bet
you do not have an install CD with SP2. If that is the case, you need to do
something different, and I am not sure how to do it. I have ALWAYS installed
SP2 on systems with SATA drives. (Actually, XP Media Center includes SP2.)

The HP web site says that the board has an Intel 915 series chipset, but it is
otherwise pretty pathetic in providing drivers people need to reinstall Windows.

Early on during an XP install, the software asks you to press F6 to install
additional drivers not on the XP CD itself. The problem is that I have no idea
how or where to find the required drivers for the 915 chipset, which then need
to be copied onto an old-time 1.44MB floppy (Thank you, Microsoft for showing
such advanced thinking!) which you would then place into the floppy drive on
your system. What? Your system does not have a floppy drive? Then use an
external 1.44MB USB floppy drive.

Maybe someone else knows where to find the SATA drivers you need. If not, get
yourself XP with SP2 and you should be in good shape... Ben Myers

On Fri, 16 May 2008 15:41:28 -0500, Thomas Hedden
<tdhedden@MAPS_ON_comcast_NO_SPAM.net> wrote:

>I think that I need the driver for the MoBo.
>The MoBo is an ASUS PTGD1-LA, which I believe
>that HP calls a Puffer UL8E.
>
>The HP website has nothing that looks right.
>It has a MoBo BIOS update to resolve an issue
>with a multifunction printer. It has drivers
>for plug-in cards for SATA drives, RAID
>controller drivers, every imaginable driver.
>
>If anyone can point me to a website or send
>me a driver, I'd be most grateful.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Tom

On May 17, 1:58*am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
wrote:
> The real question here is to determine EXACTLY which Windows XP CD you are
> using. *Home, Pro or Media Center is irrelevant. *Is it an OEM CD supplied by HP
> (doubtful), Toshiba (doubtful), Dell (could be) or other name brand? *Isit a
> non-branded OEM CD? *Is it a retail CD? * Now for the most important question:
> Is the Windows install CD at Service Pack 2? * In my experience, Microsoft has
> slipstreamed SATA support into (nearly?) all versions of SP2 at the request of
> the major hardware manufacturers. *From the symptoms you've described, I'll bet
> you do not have an install CD with SP2. *If that is the case, you need to do
> something different, and I am not sure how to do it. *I have ALWAYS installed
> SP2 on systems with SATA drives. *(Actually, XP Media Center includes SP2.)
>
> The HP web site says that the board has an Intel 915 series chipset, but it is
> otherwise pretty pathetic in providing drivers people need to reinstall Windows.
>
> Early on during an XP install, the software asks you to press F6 to install
> additional drivers not on the XP CD itself. * The problem is that I haveno idea
> how or where to find the required drivers for the 915 chipset, which then need
> to be copied onto an old-time 1.44MB floppy (Thank you, Microsoft for showing
> such advanced thinking!) which you would then place into the floppy drive on
> your system. *What? *Your system does not have a floppy drive? *Thenuse an
> external 1.44MB USB floppy drive.
>
> Maybe someone else knows where to find the SATA drivers you need. *If not, get
> yourself XP with SP2 and you should be in good shape... Ben Myers
>
> On Fri, 16 May 2008 15:41:28 -0500, Thomas Hedden
>
>
>
> <tdhedden@MAPS_ON_comcast_NO_SPAM.net> wrote:
> >I think that I need the driver for the MoBo.
> >The MoBo is an ASUS PTGD1-LA, which I believe
> >that HP calls a Puffer UL8E.
>
> >The HP website has nothing that looks right.
> >It has a MoBo BIOS update to resolve an issue
> >with a multifunction printer. It has drivers
> >for plug-in cards for SATA drives, RAID
> >controller drivers, every imaginable driver.
>
> >If anyone can point me to a website or send
> >me a driver, I'd be most grateful.
>
> >Best regards,
>
> >Tom- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Whether the XP CD has sp2 or not doesnt matter, the disk should at
least boot.

Boot? Yes, if the CD is not flawed. Install? Not without a lot of help in the
form of a floppy with the right SATA drivers, via the F6 key early on. Much
easier to have SP2. Media Center incorporates SP2, so Media Center installs
just fine on a SATA drive without any special help... Ben Myers

On Thu, 22 May 2008 16:44:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

<SNIP>
>
>Whether the XP CD has sp2 or not doesnt matter, the disk should at
>least boot.