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format your hard drive
insert a winxp cd and boot your laptop
i will give you drivers link
http://www.zyxware.com/articles/2008/01/09/compaq-presario-c738tu-laptop-drivers-for-windows-xp
When you first start the computer, go to the BIOS (usually press [Delete]) and make sure the hard drive you are installing Windows XP to is the second or third boot device. If your CD drive is IDE and your hard drive is SATA you may have a problem in the BIOS of not being able to cross from IDE to SATA.
presario c700 is coming with vista not with xp. so how u got xp recovery disc?? check the bios for enabling (for vista) or disabling (for xp) option for sata drive
I would suggest first trying to make it a dual boot to make sure you can get all the drivers working. Vista has a resize function for the drive size, and you can install XP in a second partition (probably about half the drive would be nice) There are directions for that elsewhere. You can make a folder on the partition after you install the XP Windows system (Vista should see the XP partition with no problem) and download drivers as you find them in the Vista, which will still have connectivity software running, while XP might not connect until you find the ethernet and wireless drivers. I looked in Google, and found several sites with people looking for and finding the XP drivers that worked. You will need a working copy of the version of XP you want to install, with COA/install numbers for the XP, of course. Good Luck.
C700 is not a model number but it is a model series. i.e. there are many different model numbers within the series called C700. You need to pick you EXACT model number from this page and go to the Software and Driver section of the page that comes up, then pick the XP operating system to see what comes up. If further help needed, come back with a more specific model number
There are several versions of the Presario C700. Pls try here and select one appropriate ti what you have. Thereafter, clicking on the exact model number would open a new page with drivers for several Operating System, pls select Windows XP. If there are no specific drivers, download and install the HP Software Update.
Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.
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