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dv9000 Can I do this?

post #1 of 8
5/25/08 at 11:57am
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I picked up a dv9000 yesterday and am impressed so far with the computer. I wanted to try to put xp on it, but dont wanna mess up the vista that is on the drive. I know I can make restore discs but I wanted to keep it perfect in case I decide to return the computer in the alloted time. I also realize xp may not even go on this thing very well with drivers.

I have some extra laptop hard drives, could I throw one in and attempt to put xp on that? Is there hp software in bios or some where that will change if I attempt to put xp on a different drive. Again id like to be able to try to put xp on a new drive, but be able to put in the original without any change. Thanks!


Sean
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post #2 of 8
5/25/08 at 11:52pm
How about going to a dual-boot then, Sean? There are folks who have done fairly well at retrograding to XP, but it is not always a satisfactory result. I would try a dual-boot set-up, and then you are not taking any risks. If XP does work out well, then you can always make the switch at that point.
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post #3 of 8
5/26/08 at 12:25am
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Worth a shot, any guides on setting up dual boot on hp? If not I can hunt around. Thanks.
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post #4 of 8
5/26/08 at 9:01am
There is a pretty clear guide on how to do it, here: http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/about88231.html
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post #5 of 8
5/27/08 at 7:28am
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Nice guide, seems easy enough to setup a dual boot. How easy is it to uninstall back to a single vista boot?
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post #6 of 8
5/27/08 at 5:43pm
That I can not say, not having done that personally. Maybe someone else here has the experience? I would not suspect that this would be hard to do, however.
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post #7 of 8
5/29/08 at 5:12am
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Originally Posted by Seanbmc View Post
Nice guide, seems easy enough to setup a dual boot. How easy is it to uninstall back to a single vista boot?
it will then just as easy tro revert back to one single vista boot

cheers ...
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post #8 of 8
6/5/08 at 3:58am
it can be done. the earlier dv9000 series notebooks, both the amd and intel versions; came with xp on them...
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