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Install Windows on HP note book - nlite software

post #1 of 7
9/23/07 at 9:29am
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One week ago I bought a brand new HP note book (HP 530 notebook ) and I'm still unable to install Windows XP SP2 on its harddisk.
When I try to install Windows XP I always get an error that a .sys file is corrupted (each time a different file from setup). I think that both the harddrive and CD drive are good since Linux was previously installed on it.

I got a reccomendation to add the HP drivers trying to edit the Windows XP CD installation kit with a free software called nLite Windows setup editor

Since I'm not a 'computer person' I don't know how to work with nlite software or with any other XP editor to edit or configure Windows XP.
If anyone had the same problem, I would be glad to get a simpler solution to make my new notebook to work with Win XP SP2. Also, a CD with drivers was not included in laptop kit.
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post #2 of 7
9/23/07 at 7:20pm
is the xp disk original or a copy? if it is a copy, it is more likely that the disk was corrupted

cheers ...
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post #3 of 7
2/3/08 at 4:22pm
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is the xp disk original or a copy? if it is a copy, it is more likely that the disk was corrupted cheers ...
The windows disk was original. I made it work with the help of a friend who included the hp drivers in windows with nlite software, but now the battery is died so I'm not the happiest.
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post #4 of 7
2/3/08 at 4:28pm
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I got a reccomendation to add the HP drivers trying to edit the Windows XP CD installation kit with a free software called nLite Windows setup editor
If the same problems appears on Windows vista then there is also vlite - windows vista package customizer but you should search and download the specific drivers and then a lot of computer knowledge will be required.
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post #5 of 7
5/12/08 at 5:32pm

How to use nLite

The problem is that Windows XP does not inlcude SATA drivers, so it can not recognize the hard disk. I have used nLite to integrate SATA drivers on Windows XP for a Dell and an Asus notebooks. Maybe this short how to integrate SATA drivers on Windows XP tutorial will be useful for other people.
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post #6 of 7
3/13/10 at 5:52pm
I have tried with Win XP who includes SATA drivers, but no success.. I did it with latest version of http://www.place77.com/nlite-20036.html nlite and partition manager http://download.cnet.com/Ranish-Part...html?tag=mncol
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post #7 of 7
3/18/10 at 10:37am
hmm... I didn't have to use partition magic. my only problem is with the actual SATA drivers that I got from Driverspack not working. however here is a great tuturial I gave a friend it will explain everything for you so you can understand it.

this one explains making an unattended disk and other install custamizing things. one thing discussed that is very helpful is trimming down the entire install to about 5-600mb.

http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/

and this is just the guide from nlite that explains how to use it. if you havn't already looked into this one already.

http://www.nliteos.com/guide/

hope this helps ya ^_^
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