Posts by toe_knee

Success at last folks! it turns out that karl from hp support was right, i put the 160gb hitachi in and using nlite created a slipstream cd that included the sata drivers. (the slipstream cd did not work on the 250 gb drives) i guess...

Problem solved (i think). i believe the solution to this problem has been found. i managed to chat online for an hour with karl from hp support, and he has come to the conclusion that the dv2000 series has a maximum upgrade potential of...

hi mr evil, yes i tried a usb floppy then i made a slipstream copy of xp including sata drivers both with no success when i go into bios i don't have any option to change the sata operation from ahci to ata or compatibility mode, in...

ok here is the update, the dell disc did not work. i have bought a new xp disc with sp3 i have loaded the sata drivers onto a floppy windows set up works so far, then using the f6 option i instal the sata drivers set up completes and...

ah i see, thanks for that qhn, should a windows xp disc that came with my dell desktop work with the laptop in your opinion?

i suspected as much, i have put the sata driver on a floppy but still the recovery disc says no hard drive found, all suggestions appreciated, tony

hi folks i am upgrading my western digital hard drive on my hp dv2058ea to a western digital 250gb drive. when i put in the first hp recovery disc the screen says hard disc not found, recovery console cannot continue. where am i going...