Have a hp pavillon dv7-1129, need to change to xp from the vista,which when i deleted vista i was not aware of the **** that hp has going on with write block on hard drve...Anybody know how to get me out of this hell!!!WITH OUT buying a full version of vista witch i hate!! thanks! FIXING TO DO APOSTAL ON THIS 900 DOLLAR HP!

Go into the Control Panel and look for Clock,Language and Regional settings. You should be able to do it from there. I assume that the version of Windows is either Vista or Win7.

There might be a problem with your network card if you can't see the lan driver and there is no unknown driver in the device manager. Are you sure you have tried to install the right driver? This link is to directly download the lan driver for your laptop:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp41501-42000/sp41611.exe

Go to the link

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=500478&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=500468&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=2093

and download audio driver.

Boot to Vista, browse and copy files you want (you will need to take ownership of the files) or boot to XP and copy the data to an external USB drive, then boot to Vista and copy it back.

Then you can edit the Boot manager *I like Vista Boot Pro, easy graphic tool) to remove the boot references for XP, then you can delete the XP data at your leasure

Here is the HP support page to download drivers:

HP Pavillion dv6701ca Downloads

I am assuming you have reinstalled Vista.

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HI
if ur laptop was preinstalled by windows vista
it must have lisence no in bottom of ur laptop
u just note down the serial key , connect ur laptop with internet use activate online put the 25 digit serial no. and enjoy ur laptop working properly
bye

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If you have a Windows XP Pro installation disk, put it in the optical drive, restart your computer, on startup, go to BIOS settings (usually press [Delete] and set the optical drive as first boot device. Save changes and exit. When the computer starts it usually says to press any key to start from CD. Press any key and the windows installation will start. Make sure you format C: and you will downgrade to Windows XP Pro. If you want to upgrade to Vista again, you will need to know the keyboard sequence to start Vista from Its partition or have Vista install disk.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2093&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3872475&lang=en
download from here it is vista drivers.

http://onyxftp.mykonicaminolta.com/download/Search.aspx?ht=
download xp driver this side

I partually solve my problem in vista. to scan I ues paint and use the scanner connection in there.