Four years ago I bought HP laptop nx6310. It came with Windows XP Pro already installed.
Today I reinstalled Windows, but it wasn't as smooth as I thought it would be.
First, Windows setup didn't recognize any hard disk:
"setup did not find any hard disk installed in your computer…"
After searching Google a bit, I found out that I should disable SATA on the Bios.
I disabled it, and continued setup until:
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt C:\Windows\inf\Biosinfo.inf"
This time it was a bit harder, because all the solutions I found on the Internet suggested I should get SP2 and it will be solved by itself, because it has all the missing drivers. The only problem is that I already had SP2. Some sites offered to download an installation with all the needed drivers built-in. But I couldn't use it because I want to install Windows in Hebrew.
In the end, the solution was very simple, I went to the place on the Bios where I recently disabled SATA, and I disabled everything else.
It worked. Windows is now installed.
Drivers were downloaded from here:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=1839164&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=1839143&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=1093
The only problem is I wanted to re-enable all the features I disabled, and I couldn't enable SATA without crashing Windows. So I found this post: http://mytechweblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/enabling-sata-native-mode-after-xp.html. The author forgot to mention something, but he did mention it here: http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1057792&admit=109447627+1258968594947+28353475, so it's better to follow the second link. Note that after following the instructions on the link you must re-enable SATA otherwise Windows won't load.
It works! :)
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Dobry artykuł ale nie wyjaśnia dlaczego instalator xp domaga się zapodania sterownika do dysku twardego. problem mozna ominąć zmieniajać w biosie ustwienia dysku z enable na disable.
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