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IMPORTANT NOTE TO ALL THOSE HAVING ERRORS WITH DUAL BOOTING
Sorry for caps in title, trying to point out to people
I went to get assistance from a HP's official stores, and I explained to them what I was trying to do.
(Extra Info - My problem was that when I come to choosing were to install windows XP, the setup does not show any partitions.)
The guy said " is your computer i7 ? or i5? " I said its i7. he said straight away " you can totally forget about installing or dual booting windows XP on this Laptop".
( Its a HP Pavilion dv6 - 2.8 Ghz - i7 - 8 Gbs ram - 1 TB hard disk - ATI card - Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit)
He then explained : " Most new computers ( Desk and Laptops) hard disk's are new, and Windows XP setup can not recognize the hard disk."
Moreover he said : " Those people who keep talking about SATA and RAID setup, still use older computers, and therefore, the SATA/RAID system works for them."
TO SUM UP, IF YOUR COMPUTER IS i5 or i7 - YOU CAN CLOSE THIS THREAD BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO INSTALL/ DUAL BOOT WINDOWS XP.
I know its a big disappointment, but I just thought I might help some one else, before they waste 3 days of their life pointlessly.