Hi all,
First of all, I have to recommend not to buy this laptop. It's excessively slow on preloaded Vista Home Premium.
Configuration:
Intel C2D T2130
2GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 7200 128 MB
80GB 5400 RPM HD
Windows Vista Home Premium
Since it takes around 2+ mins to boot Vista (yes, I did all the tuning after reading many many web sites), I decided to give Win XP a try.
But, the XP installation just couldn't recognize the hard disk.
On the other hand, Fedora boot CD DOES recognize it.
So, basically how can I install XP on it? I do NOT want dual boot with Vista. As a matter of fact, I don't like Vista at all.
Thanks a lot!
again, do NOT buy this model laptop. I would say I will not buy any HP computers in the future.
First of all, I have to recommend not to buy this laptop. It's excessively slow on preloaded Vista Home Premium.
Configuration:
Intel C2D T2130
2GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 7200 128 MB
80GB 5400 RPM HD
Windows Vista Home Premium
Since it takes around 2+ mins to boot Vista (yes, I did all the tuning after reading many many web sites), I decided to give Win XP a try.
But, the XP installation just couldn't recognize the hard disk.
On the other hand, Fedora boot CD DOES recognize it.
So, basically how can I install XP on it? I do NOT want dual boot with Vista. As a matter of fact, I don't like Vista at all.
Thanks a lot!
again, do NOT buy this model laptop. I would say I will not buy any HP computers in the future.