Cool, thanks. I'll get my drivers together and take the dive over the
weekend.
"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote in message
news:...
> The most recent version of the BIOS should be right, but you may not need
> it. The BIOS is the one thing I do not recommend updated unless you know
> for sure that you need to. Try the trial first. Install to a different
> partition or drive. Disconnect all unneeded devices before beginning.
You
> should do just fine.
>
> --
> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
> (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
> "Jim Galasyn" <> wrote in message
> news:. ..
> > My new HP xw8200 workstation unfortunately came installed with the
32-bit
> > version of Win XP Pro. I'd like to install the x64 edition, but HP won't
> > send me the OEM disk (apparently, there isn't one).
> >
> > I visited the HP site and found all the x64 drivers for the xw8200. I
> > figure
> > I can download the trial version of XP x64 and manually install the
> > drivers.
> >
> > I need to be very careful about install order. The helpful tech guy
> > confirmed my belief that I should start with BIOS, the install storage
> > drivers, then chipset drivers, then the rest:
> > ---
> > Bios update, install the operating system (the intergrated SCSI and SATA
> > subsystem cannot be used to install the system drive as there are
> > currently
> > no HP supported drivers for Windows XP 64 bit) Having the SATA
controller
> > emulation set to "combined Controller" should force it to emulate the
> > standard ATA and allow installation on SATA drives.
> > The next item to install would be the Intel Chipset drivers and then the
> > remaining drivers.
> > ---
> > That's all I have to go on. Any suggestions from this forum are most
> > welcome!
> >
> > Jim Galasyn
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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