HP ProBook 4525s Notebook

2011-01-30

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hardware / windows

Migration to Windows XP 32-bit

create first primary partition as FAT32 with size 1 GB and label “HP_TOOLS” for EFI applications and tools (pdf) and make directories
- HEWLETT-PACKARD/QuickLook
- HEWLETT-PACKARD/SystemDiags
- HEWLETT-PACKARD/BIOS
- HEWLETT-PACKARD/BIOS/Current
in SETUP of EFI in “System Configuration” and “Devices” set “SATA mode” to “IDE” (instead of “AHCI”) – Windows XP can’t be installed on AHCI controller due to an error
during setup of Windows XP 32-bit create second primary partition as NTFS and install the system
in the system install driver of AHCI controller and switch access mode
- select Update Driver from Device Manager as mentioned in the first reply to this post
- pick from list of device drivers on your computer
- select (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controller) > Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
- restart your PC
in SETUP of EFI in “System Configuration” and “Devices” set “SATA mode” to “AHCI” (instead of “IDE”)
enable PAE switch in boot.ini if needed (see [[blog*win32-above-4gb]])
install HP drivers and EFI tools, especially
- HP FastLook Software, HP QuickWeb Software, HP System Diagnostics UEFI, HP BIOS Update UEFI
- all of them should run and unbundle into the C:/swsetup directory and be installed in /HEWLETT-PACKARD, e.g. as ./QuickLook/QuickLook.efi, and have signatures, eg. in ./QuickLook/QuickLook.sig