First post, by KCompRoom2000
Hello, It's been a long time since I've been here. I have this spare HP Pavilion dv6930us laptop that I would like to install Windows XP Professional (32-bit) on just for fun. There's no option to change between IDE/ACHI mode for the SATA controller in the BIOS, so I've loaded the Intel SATA drivers onto a floppy disk and used a USB floppy drive. I pressed F6 while booting the Windows XP install CD, selected the "Intel(R) ICH8M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller" as instructed, and so far so good until after the hard drive formatted when I'm presented with this following message:
Insert the disk labeled:
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Driver
into drive A:
*Press ENTER when ready.
- Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 @ 2 GHz
- Intel GM965 chipset (ICH8-M)
- 4GB DDR2 RAM
- 250GB Fujitsu 7200RPM SATA hard drive
- HL-DT-ST IDE DVD-RW drive
I've tried pressing the Enter key as instructed, and even after pressing it multiple times, this screen is still there. I've tried two different sets of F6 SATA drivers and they all did the same thing. I also tried two different USB floppy drives (a Dell D-series drive and a Sony USB drive), no difference. If anyone else has had this same issue as me and managed to get past it, please tell me how. Or if anyone has any ideas on things to try, be sure to let me know.
P.S. pls don't say "Install Windows Vista/7/8.x/10, it's much better". I've tried running Windows 8.0 on this laptop and it ran slowly due to its mechanical hard disk getting used constantly. All of my Windows 7 keys have been used up, and given that Windows 8 performs better than 7 on proper hardware, I doubt 7 (or even Vista) would perform any better. I'd really like to get XP on here until I can afford to get an SSD for this laptop.
Also don't suggest nLite either, as I really don't feel like dumping my XP CD onto my computer, installing nLite, slipstreaming the SATA drivers and burning yet another Windows XP CD just for one computer. I'd like to avoid that route as much as possible. Thanks in advance.