Hello. I'm having this same problem. My HP is a dv5-1132es. HP offers the drivers for XP SATA installation here: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwar...228〈=en I would like to know what to do about the *.exe file. I can decompress it but I don't know what's useful there. If I procced as their website suggests I can't make the pc recognize the disk for XP install. I'm asking HP over customer service, and they're nerds. They answer questions 24h. a day but it's not the same guy every time, so a few hours after one fellow is saying something (more often than not irrelevant to my laptop although it is in the subject), comes another fellow and tells you the exact same bullshait without batting an eyelash. Thanks in advance to everyone