HP 6735s Laptop from Ebuyer (Error Installing XP)

If you are looking to purchase laptop currently you will not find a better deal then currently offered on www.ebuyer.co.uk

I am talking about HP 6735s currently offered for £399.99 including VAT.

HP 6735s Laptop

Processor: AMD Turion X2 Dual Core RM-72 2.1Ghz
RAM: 4 GB 800DDR2
Hard drive: 320GB
DVD RW: LightScribe Writer
Additional components: WLAN, 8 Cell Battery, Webcam, Bluetooth 2.0+, Onboard ATI
Radeon HD3200
Operating System: Vista Home

After purchasing this laptop I decided to reload it with Windows XP Professional. I would get error messages.

Solution:

1. Once you power on the laptop you need to press delete key and go into bios (F10 option) and change your hard drive from SATA to IDE. Save the changes and computer will restart.
From there installation should run as normal and you should have Windows XP successfully installed.

This error happens due to incorrect SATA control drivers that are not located on your Windows XP installation CD.

After this everything worked fine and performance of Windows XP on this laptop are amazing.

Rating: 10/10

Link to purchasing this laptop:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158887