windows 7 installation to HP Pavilion dv2012ea Notebook PC

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• Monday, November 02, 2009 10:01 AMArthur XieMSFT, Moderator

   
  

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  Is the loaded driver indicated as compatible with Windows 7? From HP website I cannot find such drivers. You may contact HP support to confirm.

  Important Note: Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information.

  If HP indicates that no Windows 7 compatible driver is available, you may need to change the ATA transfer mode to Standard IDE as a work around.

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• Monday, November 02, 2009 2:36 PMdеrosnеc

   
  

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  I believe this is the latest (Win7) inf utility for your m/b chipset:   INF Update Utility - Primarily for Intel® 5, 4, 3, 900 Series Chipsets
  
  You might also want to look at this:   Mobile Intel® 945 Express Chipset Family
  
  
  
  It is unclear to me why you'd need this prior to doing a clean install.  You didn't give much detail.  Anyway, there it is.  Good luck!
  
  
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• Wednesday, November 04, 2009 8:49 AMdtibet

   
  

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  Hi ;
  
  Many thanks for the interest.
  
  I had used the drivers indicated in the following web address http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=220783&start=0 and later verfiy from the HP official web site for the Support & Drivers section.
  
  Whence; Win 7 can not find any drive to install ,indeed I had done what you had advised ''as  change the ATA transfer mode to Standard IDE'' as a work around (from the BIOS settings), but this also did not help.
  
  So after; I had gparted the drive and install the Win7 as a dual boot. Though the performance was not that great as I had around 1GB RAM. But having a single install of Win7 was not possible ( was utilising the RC release ,don't know if the RTM makes a difference?)
  
  But the question tackles in my mind as the other replier to this thread asks ''why I'd need this (injecting dirver) prior to doing a clean install''; my expectation was that Win7 will add its own SATA drivers or accept the one supplied by the 3rd. party vendor to continue with the installation. It is a bit astonishing that Win7 installation process stop on a well known brand PC like HP Pavillion series..even the Win7 can install itself on no-brand systems very easily.
  
  Hope the problem is more clear now.
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