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Giving up on Vista? Here's how to downgrade vista to XP

If you get the following error while booting from xp cd, you need to burn a new xp cd as give below.

ERROR:
"A PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED AND WINDOWS HAS BEEN SUT DOWN TO PREVENT
DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER
IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE SEEN THIS ERROR SCREEN RESTART YOUR
COMPUTER. IF THIS SCREEN APPEARS AGAIN FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
CHECK FOR VIRUSES ON YOUR COMPUTER. REMOVE ANY NEWLY INSTALLED HARD
DRIVES OR HARD DRIVE CONTROLLERS. CHECK YOUR HARD DRIVE TO MAKES SURE IT
IS PROPERLY CONFIGURED AND TERMINATED.
RUN CHKDISK /F TO CHECK FOR HARDDRIVE CORRUPTION, AND THEN RESTART YOUR
COMPUTER.
***STOP: 0x0000007B (0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0X00000000) "

Steps to do:

1. First of all it is absolutely necessary to create Vista Recovery DVDs!!!!

2. be sure there are the XP device drivers

3. Download the drivers from hp for intel (sp37005.exe) or amd (sp39719.exe)( Intel SATA AHCI Controller Driver or AMD SATA AHCI Controller Driver )

4. Create a “SATA” directory and unpack the driver file downloaded from hp in it..
If the “SATA” file, is an EXE file, unpack it with the command:

START -> RUN -> CMD

C:\sata\FILENAME.exe -a -a -pc:\sata

This command is a sort of fictional installation that does not write anything on the system.

5. Download and install NLITE

6. Create a “XP” directory and (copy) unpack the ISO cd within the same directory.

7.Create also a “XPnLite” directory, where NLITE will create a bootable modified XP image.

8. Start N-lite

9. Browse and search the “I386″ directory.

10. Choosing a destination directory

11. Click on NEXT and in Task Selection, choose Drivers and Bootable ISO

click on NEXT

12. In “Driver“ tag, click on “insert” and choose “multiple drivers” and point to where you have unpacked the drivers for inyel or amd. (example c:\sata\drivers)
(Be careful to the driver path. Choose the correct driver If the PC architecture is a 64 bit Architecture, you must point to 64 bit drivers (example: C:\sata\Driver64)

Choose “ALL” to confirm the inclusion of driver and when the list of driver it appears, choose “Driver Textmode”. Hold on the CTRL button and select them all.

13. Press OK

14. When Nlite has developed and calculated the size of the new Iso, press Next

15 Press “Create ISO” and point to the “C:\XPnlite” directory.

16. When NLITE has finished to create the new SATA-drivers-implemented ISO, burn the iso with the nero or poweriso.

17. Reboot the system using the newly made windows XP cd.

Download more drivers for xp here

Download complete windows XP drivers for HP

it's true that HP dosn't provide drivers and support for windows XP on the consumer notebook but for some of the peripherals you may find the drivers.

A good way to discover which driver you need it to know the "hardware ID" of the peripherals missing the driver.

Here a list of them, for dv4, dv5 and dv7 Intel based.

1) chipset intel

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2930&SUBSYS_30F7103C&REV_03\3&B1B FB68&0&FB
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39001-39500/sp39316.exe

2) network controller (Wireless INTEL)
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4237&SUBSYS_12118086&REV_00\4&2A1 7DF6C&0&00E2
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp40001-40500/sp40120.exe

3) controller Ethernet Realtek 8168
PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_30F7103C&REV_02\4&22A B4E2B&0&00E3
ftp://202.65.194.212/cn/nic/PCIE_Install_5686(installshield%2012_1.16)_0219.zi p
PCIE_Install_5686(installshield 12_1.16)_0219.zip

4a) driver Nvidia 178.24 , version 6.14.11.7824

testated with
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_06E8 Nvidia geForce 9200 GE
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0427 Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS ,
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0425 Nvidia GeForce 8600 GS
download from Nvidia link: http://it.download.nvidia.com/Windows/178.24/178.24_geforce_winxp_32bit_international_whql.exe
then this file
nv4_disp.inf from http://www.filecloud.com/files/category.php?user_category_id=283210
execute 178.24_geforce_winxp_32bit_international_whql.exe, it creates the folder C:\NVIDIA\Win2k\178.24\IS
You will get an installation error.

Copy the file nv4_disp.inf taken from filecloud to folder C:\NVIDIA\Win2k\178.24\IS ,

then go to C:\NVIDIA\Win2k\178.24\IS and execute setup.exe



5) most difficult part:
PCI Device
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_293E&SUBSYS_30F7103C&REV_03\3&B1B FB68&0&D8
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33501-34000/sp33867.exe
create a file start_audio.bat, write on it such string devcon.exe restart "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_293E" , then save it C:\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.
or download it from here http://www.filecloud.com/files/category.php?user_category_id=283210

download the file DEVCON.EXE from microsoft. http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/1/f/11f7dd10-272d-4cd2-896f-9ce67f3e0240/devcon.exe

Unzip the file, you have two folders copy the i386\devcon.exe into c:\windows

6) Unknow peripheral HP 3D Drive Guard
ACPI\HPQ0004\3&B1BFB68&0
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39001-39500/sp39282.exe

7) Buttons
ACPI\PNP0C32\1
ACPI\PNP0C32\2
ACPI\PNP0C32\3
ACPI\PNP0C32\4
ACPI\PNP0C32\5
ACPI\PNP0C32\6
ACPI\PNP0C32\7
ACPI\PNP0C32\8
Direct Application Launch Button,
http://www.filecloud.com/files/category.php?user_category_id=283210

Add manually the driver from Device Manager

8 ) Base system peripherals (3 of them) JMB38X Card Reader Host Controller Driver
PCI\VEN_197B&DEV_2382&SUBSYS_30F7103C&REV_00\4&1B3 EBCEA&0&00E4
PCI\VEN_197B&DEV_2383&SUBSYS_30F7103C&REV_00\4&1B3 EBCEA&0&03E4
PCI\VEN_197B&DEV_2384&SUBSYS_30F7103C&REV_00\4&1B3 EBCEA&0&04E4
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp40001-40500/sp40221.exe


9) USB Device
USB\VID_138A&PID_0001\5&24058FCE&0&2
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39501-40000/sp39532.exe
Validity Sensor (Fingerprinter) Driver VISTA, it' OK also for XP
10) HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10DE&DEV_0003&SUBSYS_10DE0101& REV_1000\4&3360655D&1&0201
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_hdmi_audio_winxp_10.3.0.23.html
nForce_HDA_10.3.00.23_international.exe per Nvidia HDMI Audio

11) HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&VEN_11C1&DEV_1040&SUBSYS_103C137E& REV_1002\4&3360655D&1&0101
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39501-40000/sp39689.exe
audio modem VISTA Agere, OK for XP

12) HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B2&SUBSYS_103C30F7& REV_1003\4&3360655D&1&0001
Audio IDT High Definition Audio CODEC Driver
http://www.filecloud.com/files/category.php?user_category_id=283210
when audio works, go into Control Panel, serach the IDT icon, click on it and dsiable the power management to avoid a noise "click"

13) HP Wireless Assistant (power on/off Wireless LAN and Bluetooth)
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39001-39500/sp39374.exe

14) HP Bluetooth software
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp40001-40500/sp40204.exe Software Support for HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth Wireless Technology

15) software for WEBCAM
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39001-39500/sp39372.exe
Cyberlink YouCam Software VISTA, OK for XP

16) for Infrared receiver
ACPI\ENE0100\3&B1BFB68&0
Usate questo driver http://www.asimobile.com/notebook_files/fl9x_ft0x/cir/cir.v1.3_xpvt.zip

to installa the driver, unrar it using Winrar then start DPinst.exe. do not use setup.exe

17) software x DVD Player
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp39501-40000/sp39785.exe

18 ) driver per TV Tuner:
http://www.filecloud.com/files/categ...gory_id=283210