Changing from Vistas to XP Pro

You can install xp on a vista laptop, you will need an xp install cd and you will need to backup your data (it will be erased in the downgrade process). As for the drivers, go to your laptops manufactures site. They will have a support section for your laptop model where you can see if there are drivers for xp. If you have the hardware that will support windows 7, I would go with that. Xp is slow and no longer supported by Microsoft as of April 2014, which poses a security risk. Windows 7 will be supported for a while and is faster and more stable than xp or vista.

It appears that compaq doesnt support that version of windows for that machine.

That doesnt mean you can't get it working though. for that os, i suggest either trying xp vista or windows 7 drivers. 

i would try xp drivers first, because they are the closest generation of drivers to windows server 2003.

you can get the drivers for your computer here:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=3926824&taskId=135&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=3926822&lang=en&cc=us

I hope this works for you. Microsoft did report the there are very few windows server 2003 drivers available.

Temporarily connect another monitor to your computer.

Set the screen-resolution to 800 by 600 at 60 Hertz.

Disconnect the other monitor, and connect your RAD.

It should display.

Try changing the screen-resolution to 1024 by 768, and "test" it.

SR2180NX has the Vista 32Bit OS from HP. The restore partition will always put Vista 32Bit back on if you use it. Windows XP can only be put on from scratch and I have done it while I still have Vista installed. One problem: there are no XP drivers under SR2180NX webpages. Do your research on the parts that are installed in the 2180 and any other HP machines that have the Windows XP operating system as the OEM OS. But First, check the Intel Site for the 945 chipset drivers (include the SouthBridge, too) under XP. Get them downloaded to a CD and burn the rest of the drivers you find for XP on the same CD. This way, you will have them ready when you are performing the down-grade to windows xp. After you are done with the XP install, you will still have access to the files & work you had done while in Vista. The Vista files are still readable. You might want to consider getting the Windows 7 Professional (not basic) available October 22, 2009. AND you will still have to get the Intel Downloads for Win7 any way, so why not make it a project and make it last for a few years. XP Support stops in 2014.

download the sata drivers from the dell website and then use nlite ( http://www.nliteos.com ) and slipstream the sata driver with the xp installation disc and you should be able to boot from the xp disc then

this driver here should work even though it marked as thinkpad...give it a try

http://pcsupport.lenovo.com/gb/en/downloads/ds003484

Did that computer come with XP Pro originally?

HP has all the drivers for Vista, but only the modem and keyboard/mouse drivers for XP.

Here is the download for the audio:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=3548233&prodNameId=3560040&swEnvOID=2093&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ob-63301-1

Simply download it and run the setup, should get your sound right back!

Follow this link, choose your exact 700 series model, then choose Vista, and it will give you a list with all Vista drivers for your machine.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/pfinder?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&query=PRESARIO%20F700US%20&dest_page=softwareCategory&tool=softwareCategory

i have installed audio driver for above laptop, and it was installed successfully, but it shown that there have no media driver. .