HP Compaq Windows XP Installation

[stat5bot]

I have a HP Compaq CQ40 310AU and currently its running on Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit (which is very very slow)

I want to downgrade it to Windows XP

but everytime i try to Boot using the Windows XP Installation disc. it freezes up on the "PRESS ANY KEY TO BOOT FROM CD"

i have already tried 3 CD's but unfortunately it does the same thing. i tried using the CDs on my other laptop and my desktop and they work fine.

but when i try booting up using the Windows Vista Installation Disc. it boots up ok.

any idea on what i can do? thanks a lot

[mr_smartepants]

If your notebook has a SATA HDD, then you'll probably need to slipstream your HDD controller drivers via Nlite, or use the DriverPacks MassStorage pack in 'textmode'.