INSTALL XP ON COMPAQ LAPTOP
FRNDS i have a compaq presario cq 40 series laptop and i find it very difficult to install window xp on it. so in the starting i got puzzeled coz when u install windows xp on these laptop after copying setup file an ERROR is shown and blue screen appears with a hexadecimal number 7777eeeabc7777 etc ... reson for this is, these laptop doesnt haveSATA driver controller nor does they have RAID controller pre installed. AND same is the case with the XP cd which u have they either dont have these driver installed so i will request u to download SATA driver from any websites ... for assistance u can one of these sites... 1. http://www.compaq.com/cpq-country/cpq_support.html 2 .http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-compaq/295422-sata-driver-compaq-cq40-115au-xp.html 3.http://www.getpcmemory.com/drivers/compaq-presario-cq40-download-compaq-presario-cq40-series-notebook-windows-xp-drivers/ NOW once u have downloaded sata driver package to ur pc/latop.... all u have to...