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Hi guys, I searched on here and Google, but could not find a solution to my problem. Anyways, I have a Compaq Presario CQ56 laptop with Windows 7 x64. I have some programs that run a lot better on Windows XP and I'd like to install it on my laptop. The problem is, when I go through the Windows setup after booting from the CD, it will get to "Loading Windows" and then bluescreen. I tried going through the BIOS and see if there were any settings that I could change, but found nothing. According to HP's website. My laptop supports Windows XP x86 and x64 and supplies drivers. Any help on fixing this problem is greatly appreciated. Thanks :)

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Try looking in your bios for "PRIMARY SATA MODE" or something of that sort, the option is probably set to ACHI and for windows XP you need to change it to IDE, install XP and then install the ACHI drivers for your laptop, which should be provided by hp-compaq.

This option is much easier then slipstreaming for new users. Although I love slipstreaming, I would recommend doing the above.

ACHI is the proper method of using any SATA controller, but XP never supported it "out-of-the-box", so youll have to install drivers after booting into XP and then going back into the BIOS and switching your SATA mode back to ACHI.

Hope that helps :).

Btw Welcome to Neowin

I remember I had to install Windows XP from Vista or 7 on my 3 years old ACER Desktop. I found it and it was on bios have list of hard drive has 2 options: sata or ide. you will see that list on bios. ask others so they will explain it to you.

I found it

how to change Sata to IDE

  On 18/05/2011 at 19:33, xWhiplash said:

Unless you severely modify the install, slipstreaming some things, you will not be able to install Windows XP on a new machine.

Wrong. I've seen Windows 2000 installed on machines meant for Vista.

As mentioned, having AHCI on in the BIOS is usually the culprit for not being able to install XP, nine times out of ten.

Don't tell me, the BSOD is stop code "7B"?

  On 19/05/2011 at 15:03, Simon- said:

Instead of changing AHCI to IDE (which is not desireable), you can press F6 during setup and load the SATA drivers from floppy/usb floppy.

If you read the OP, it doesn't even get that far. Usually, I would agree but I have seen some machine not even load the Windows installation setup before blue screening.

If it were getting that far, then he'd eventually get to the screen where he chooses which drive to install to and it would say there are no drives detected.

Hey guys, I took another look through my BIOS, the only options you have is to change the date and time and that's it; kind of useless. :p I Googled and looked around about slipstreaming and I'm thinking that it's really not worth the effort. I think they removed those options to prevent anyone from installing XP on these computers. Thanks for the fast replies and help and thanks for the welcome. :) I still do believe that performance of a lot of applications specifically games, do run a lot better on XP than 7, even on newer hardware.

  On 19/05/2011 at 15:10, FoxMcCloud said:

Hey guys, I took another look through my BIOS, the only options you have is to change the date and time and that's it; kind of useless. :p I Googled and looked around about slipstreaming and I'm thinking that it's really not worth the effort. I think they removed those options to prevent anyone from installing XP on these computers. Thanks for the fast replies and help and thanks for the welcome. :) I still do believe that performance of a lot of applications specifically games, do run a lot better on XP than 7, even on newer hardware.

But you said the laptop supports XP..so clearly it is possible. HP probably uses slipstreamed discs to do it; they don't expect the end user to do it. Maybe that's what you meant.

The idea that XP performs better than 7 on modern hardware...yikes what a can of worms you have opened.

  On 19/05/2011 at 15:13, Hum said:

^ You could possibly split your hard drive, and set up a dual boot, between Win 7 and XP.

The setup BSOD's right before I can partition the hard drive.

  On 19/05/2011 at 15:14, Xenosion said:

But you said the laptop supports XP..so clearly it is possible. HP probably uses slipstreamed discs to do it; they don't expect the end user to do it. Maybe that's what you meant.The idea that XP performs better than 7 on modern hardware...yikes what a can of worms you have opened.

Yes, it does clearly have drivers available for both XP and XP x64. I was looking through some websites and downloaded vLite to slipstream disks, but I'm no expert and have no idea where I should start. And I have compared performance between a lot of games (Crysis, Battlefield 2, etc) and there are big enough performance differences to want to install XP or at least dual boot. Now I know there's no reason to use XP for the sake of using it unless you have a legitimate reason for doing so. :p

Link to drivers:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=4308201&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en〈=en&cc=us

Is XP mode not an option for you? What about Virtual Box? That allows you to keep Win7 running and then use the other apps in XP.

XP Mode: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

Virtual Box: http://www.virtualbox.org

Out of curiousity, what is the performance difference between BFBC2 and Crysis 2 in XP and 7?

  On 19/05/2011 at 15:03, Simon- said:

Instead of changing AHCI to IDE (which is not desireable), you can press F6 during setup and load the SATA drivers from floppy/usb floppy.

Simon is right,

It blue screens on the 'Loading Windows' as the OP said because the SATA drivers aren't installed. (this point in the installation is after the 1st sections of loading but before you get the things like which drive to install to)

The OP needs to go the the manufactures website and find the SATA drivers, then needs to slipstream them onto the install disc with something like nlite as I doubt you have a floppy disc/drive around.

If you do have a floppy put the SATA drivers on the floppy and just as the XP CD starts to load keep hitting F6 when you see this (though nothing will actually happen at this point) it will then continue to load for a while before actually giving you the ability to load the SATA drivers from the floppy.

Once they're loaded when it gets to 'Loading Windows' it won't BSOD and you should see the HDD.

  On 19/05/2011 at 15:07, Xenosion said:

If you read the OP, it doesn't even get that far. Usually, I would agree but I have seen some machine not even load the Windows installation setup before blue screening.

If it were getting that far, then he'd eventually get to the screen where he chooses which drive to install to and it would say there are no drives detected.

Most of the time if there are no SATA drivers you don't even get the the drive choice screen you'll get a BSOD at the 'Loading Windows' point like the OP said and it'll be the 0000007E error code on the BSOD.
  On 19/05/2011 at 15:27, zeke009 said:

Is XP mode not an option for you? What about Virtual Box? That allows you to keep Win7 running and then use the other apps in XP.

XP Mode: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

Virtual Box: http://www.virtualbox.org

He said it's for gaming so no.

  On 19/05/2011 at 15:27, zeke009 said:

Is XP mode not an option for you? What about Virtual Box? That allows you to keep Win7 running and then use the other apps in XP.

XP Mode: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

Virtual Box: http://www.virtualbox.org

I don't think my CPU supports virtualization. I'm hoping to play games and I'll need graphics drivers.

EDIT

  On 19/05/2011 at 15:28, philcruicks said:

Simon is right,

It blue screens on the 'Loading Windows' as the OP said because the SATA drivers aren't installed. (this point in the installation is after the 1st sections of loading but before you get the things like which drive to install to)

The OP needs to go the the manufactures website and find the SATA drivers, then needs to slipstream them onto the install disc with something like nlite as I doubt you have a floppy disc/drive around.

If you do have a floppy put the SATA drivers on the floppy and just as the XP CD starts to load keep hitting F6 when you see this (though nothing will actually happen at this point) it will then continue to load for a while before actually giving you the ability to load the SATA drivers from the floppy.

Once they're loaded when it gets to 'Loading Windows' it won't BSOD and you should see the HDD.

Alright, I'll take a look around HP's website and see if I can find drivers, and I'll try slipstreaming this. Thanks :)

ANOTHER EDIT

I searched for SATA drivers on HP's site to no avail. I have however, found a BIOS update, I'm going to see if installing this will give me anymore options. It's worth a try.

  On 19/05/2011 at 15:28, philcruicks said:

Simon is right,

It blue screens on the 'Loading Windows' as the OP said because the SATA drivers aren't installed. (this point in the installation is after the 1st sections of loading but before you get the things like which drive to install to)

The OP needs to go the the manufactures website and find the SATA drivers, then needs to slipstream them onto the install disc with something like nlite as I doubt you have a floppy disc/drive around.

If you do have a floppy put the SATA drivers on the floppy and just as the XP CD starts to load keep hitting F6 when you see this (though nothing will actually happen at this point) it will then continue to load for a while before actually giving you the ability to load the SATA drivers from the floppy.

Once they're loaded when it gets to 'Loading Windows' it won't BSOD and you should see the HDD.

Most of the time if there are no SATA drivers you don't even get the the drive choice screen you'll get a BSOD before at teh 'Loading Windows' point like the OP said and it'll be the 0000007E error code on the BSOD.

At the time of my post I was under the impression that it was not even getting to an F6 point.

  On 19/05/2011 at 15:31, FoxMcCloud said:

I don't think my CPU supports virtualization. I'm hoping to play games and I'll need graphics drivers.

Yes it does.

  On 19/05/2011 at 15:31, FoxMcCloud said:

Alright, I'll take a look around HP's website and see if I can find drivers, and I'll try slipstreaming this. Thanks :)

ANOTHER EDIT

I searched for SATA drivers on HP's site to no avail. I have however, found a BIOS update, I'm going to see if installing this will give me anymore options. It's worth a try.

I saw that too..no SATA drivers available. I'm looking for what chipset is on the notebook; they may have drivers for the storage controller.

The newest BIOS update has the following listed as one improvement/fix.

  Quote
- Adds improved User Interface.

Not sure what options, if any, that may be referring to but certainly worth a try if you don't already have it.

Can you give us a more specific model number...there are a lot of CQ56's

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodTopCategory?product=4247497&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=uk〈=en&dest_page=product

and that's just UK if you're another country there will probably be different ones again.

No they haven't prevented XP from installing. Just find out what your CHIPSET is. Then download AHCI drivers for that chipset from the chipset manufacturer's site (not HP's site). e.g. Intel calls them F6 drivers. Then integrate them into XP setup using an easy to use tool like n-Lite or something else. You should also try the Universal ATA Driver (http://www2.alter.org.ua/en/soft/win/uni_ata/). As already mentioned by others, your drive controller is not being recognized by XP Setup in AHCI Mode which is why it BSODs.

  On 19/05/2011 at 15:51, philcruicks said:

Can you give us a more specific model number...there are a lot of CQ56's

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodTopCategory?product=4247497&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=uk〈=en&dest_page=product

and that's just UK if you're another country there will probably be different ones again.

I'm using a CQ56-115DX, and I couldn't find it on the UK page. I'm in the US.

Also, that BIOS update didn't add any extra options.

  On 19/05/2011 at 15:51, xpclient said:

No they haven't prevented XP from installing. Just find out what your CHIPSET is. Then download AHCI drivers for that chipset from the chipset manufacturer's site (not HP's site). e.g. Intel calls them F6 drivers. Then integrate them into XP setup using an easy to use tool like n-Lite or something else. You should also try the Universal ATA Driver (http://www2.alter.org.ua/en/soft/win/uni_ata/). As already mentioned by others, your drive controller is not being recognized by XP Setup in AHCI Mode which is why it BSODs.

Alright, I'm going to try that right now, thanks guys. :)

I have found that the chipset is the RS880M - AMD 8 Series Chipset. But damn is it hard to find drivers for it.

  On 19/05/2011 at 16:00, xWhiplash said:

Is all of this really worth an extra 10 FPS?

It's his prerogative what he wants to do.

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