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In order to boot from the XP disk, you need to change the boot order in your BIOS.
See the following article for details;
http://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/change-boot-order-xp-vista/
I would suggest you have a knowledgeable friend help you with the process to avoid issues with drive letter assignment, RAID setup, SATA drive issues and the like.
HTH
I see you deleted your HP Recovery partition so I hope you made your disks first so you have path back to factory condition. If not save a WIn7 backup image externally now. You still have bootable Diagnostics via the BIOS Boot menu key if you keep the OEM partition.
If when booted XP installer won't see the HD it means your hardware is too new and you'll have provide SATA Drivers - Slipstream into Windows XP CD
I got these installation disks from my friend, but i dont know from where he got those from, but now i am downloading new windowsXP sp2 w2k3sp2_3959_usa_x64fre_spcd.iso image from microsoft website, & is this right ISO file for my PC( file name mentioned with bold fonts) & is this will works? if i burn to cd and use this disk during bootup...?
Yes i have created recovery disks and deleted recovery partition to create a primary partition for installing windowsXP, actually i dont wanted to use recovery option in my PC, i want multiboot. and where i can find SATA driver in my HP Pavilion dv6-3120tx notebook PC to integrate into XP cd...
On the HP Support Downloads webpage for your specific model this looks like what you need. It should unzip to C: where you can browse it from the slipstream utility to pick up the storage driver: HP Pavilion dv6-3100 Entertainment Notebook PC series - Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver - HP Business Support Center
You'll find the folder when you open the C drive, under it's SP number Browse into that to find the driver from the slipstream utility to load the SATA Drivers - Slipstream into Windows XP CD