Installing Windows XP in HP-Compaq Presario CQ40-338TU via Slipstreaming

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Yup, installing Windows XP in HP-Compaq Presario CQ40-338TU gives me a headache… I like the hardware specification but reinstalling Windows XP is quite a nuisance since the available version of the drivers from the official site for this laptop model is for Vista and Windows 7 only even thought the original OS that came with it is Windows XP. It took me about 2-3 days to figure out how to install Windows XP and where to find the drivers since HP-Compaq release a lot of version of CQ40 laptops and thanks to Google I'm able to figure it out. So before I walk you thru the installation let me show you the specs of the HP-Compaq Presario CQ40-338TU so you could check if you're looking at the right CQ40 laptop.

Platform: Intel ® Pentium ® Processor Technology
Processor: Intel ® Pentium ® Dual - Core Processor T4200-2.0Hz (1MB Cache, 667MHz FSB)
Chipset: Chipset Intel ® 40GL
Hard Drive: 250GB SATA
Optical Drive: DVD ± RW
Display: 14.1 "WXGA
Graphic: Intel ® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
WiFi, Ethernet, Modem, Bluetooth, Web Camera, Audio : Integrated 
Input Device: Standard Keyboard + Touchpad
Card Reader: 5 in 1 Card Reader
I / O Port: 3x USB, VGA, LAN, Audio
Power: External AC adapter, Rechargeable Li-ion Battery

As you can see the hard drive in CQ40-338TU is SATA which is a little problem. If you try to install Windows XP in it you'll encounter an 0x000007B blue screen error (trust me, you will) since the SATA drive will not be detected. In order to fix this is to create a customized Window XP CD with the SATA driver in it by Slipstreaming. How would you do that? We'll be using nLite to do the trick. nLite is a tool for pre-installation Windows configuration and component removal at your choice and it needs .NET Framework 2.0 in order to run. So you need your Windows XP installation CD, a blank CD and download the following files:



Creating a Custom XP Installation CD
  1. Unzip f6flpy3286.zip at "C:\SATA", install the .NET Framework 2.0 then the nLite. Once it starts up, you’ll be prompted for your Windows installation, so you’ll want to click the Browse button.
  2. First you’ll be prompted for the “Windows installation”, which really means your XP install CD. Find it and select the root of the installation, and then click OK to go to the next dialog.
  3. Next you’ll be prompted on where you want to save the temporary files used during the slip-streaming process. I chose to create a new directory and called it XPISO, but you can put it wherever you’d like. I just recommend to use a new directory.
  4. nLite will copy all the necessary files off the XP installation and into the temporary folder. When it’s done, you’ll see all the information on which version it is.
  5. Hit the next button until you come to this screen, where you can select what options you want. Select “Drivers” and then “Bootable ISO”.
  6. Hit the next button until you get to the screen for selecting drivers. If you click the Insert button, you can choose between adding a single driver or adding a folder of drivers. Since we’ll just be loading a single driver, you can choose that option, but you might want to first read the section below about finding drivers for XP.
  7. Browse to the directory to "C:\SATA", and then select Open. Note that it doesn’t really matter which of the *.inf files you choose, because it will select all files in the folder anyway.
  8. nLite will prompt you to select your driver. Choose the last two options from the list ONLY! 
  9. Once you proceed to the next screen, now we can finally finish the process. You can choose to directly burn the cd here, or you can select Create Image to create an ISO file that you can burn to a CD using whatever burning tool you have. If you chose to create an ISO, make sure to use the “Make ISO” button before you click Next. 
At this point you can burn the ISO image to a CD, and then you already have your customized Windows XP installation CD!


Now I'm assuming that you're familiar or knowledgeable in the Windows XP Setup so I'll skip that step. Next would be the installing the hardware drivers for the  HP-Compaq Presario CQ40-338TU.

Make sure you download the following drivers and install them according to order!

And that's it! Congratulations, you're done with the Windows XP Installation in HP-Compaq Presario CQ40-338TU!! Hurray! Thanks for sticking in this article and please feel free to leave a comment if you need some help with instaling Windows XP to your HP-Compaq Presario CQ40-338TU.
Posted by Abegail Anne B. Torrendon at Friday, March 05, 2010
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 5, 2010 at 4:45 AM

    Nice guide, thanks a lot for writing this article. I'm also using the same laptop and I'm having problems with setting up win xp in it. Good thing I've found your post.

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  2. abbyMarch 10, 2010 at 7:20 AM

    You're welcome. ^_^ I'm glad my article helped you out.

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