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End User License Agreement - Page 1

... the HP Product. RIGHTS IN THE SOFTWARE the right to distribute the Software PRODUCT ARE OFFERED ONLY Product. You may load the Software ON THE CONDITION THAT YOU Product into Your Computer's AGREE TO ALL TERMS AND temporary memory (RAM) for CONDITIONS OF THIS EULA. BY purposes of using the Software INSTALLING, COPYING, Product. DOWNLOADING, OR b. Storage. You may copy the OTHERWISE...
End User License Agreement - Page 2

entirely by the terms and conditions of such license. f. Recovery Solution. Any software recovery solution provided with/for your HP Product, whether in the form of a hard disk drive-based solution, an external media-based recovery solution (e.g. floppy disk, CD or DVD) or an equivalent solution delivered in any other form, may only be used for restoring the hard...
End User License Agreement - Page 3

...extent necessary to provide such services. 9. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HP AND ITS SUPPLIERS PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT "AS IS" ...FAR 12.211 and 12.212, Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under HP's standard commercial license. 12. COMPLIANCE ...
End User License Agreement - Page 4

... communications, proposals and representations with respect to the Software Product or any other subject matter covered by this EULA. To the extent the terms of any HP policies or programs for support services conflict with the terms of this EULA, the terms of this EULA shall control. © 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information...
2008 HP business notebook PC F10 Setup overview - Page 2

... other pointing device. While there are significant improvements to the user interface, features and functionality are not impacted by this change. This document describes the features and functionality of HP's BIOS environment for 2008 business notebook and tablet models. Supported Models All 2008 s, b, p and w business notebook and tablet models: • HP EliteBook 8730w • HP Compaq...
2008 HP business notebook PC F10 Setup overview - Page 11

HP business notebooks support the following authentication factors at boot-up: • Password • Fingerprint reader (integrated on most business notebooks) • Smart card For more information, visit www.hp.com/products/security Password Setup (with/with-out HP ProtectTools) Setting up BIOS preboot authentication without HP ProtectTools (Power On Password) Prior to 2008 business notebook...
2008 HP business notebook PC F10 Setup overview - Page 12

... are sent real-time when triggered by hardware events. • Manage system BIOS settings - Perform F10 Setup functions including setting and changing the computer boot order remotely from your system management console on any or all of your client systems. HP Client Management Interface provides the following benefits: Regardless of the system management tools you currently have...
2008 HP business notebook PC F10 Setup overview - Page 14

... ATA, which is a storage interface bus used by desktop and laptop manufacturers for connecting mass storage devices to the PC's motherboard. SATA replaces earlier bus adapter versions of known as ATA and the Parallel ATA (PATA.) F10 control of this feature under System Configuration Menu permits the choice of: • Serial ATA (SATA) Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) mode, supporting...
2008 HP business notebook PC F10 Setup overview - Page 16

Resources HP Support web site - www.hp.com/go/support HP Client Management Solutions web site - www.hp.com/go/easydeploy HP Client Management Interface web page - www.hp.com/go/hpcmi HP System Software Manager web page - www.hp.com/go/ssm Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) web site - www.intel.com/technology/platform-technology/intel-amt/ Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) information...
Installing SATA Drivers on HP EliteBook Notebook PCs - Page 1

Installing SATA Drivers on HP EliteBook Notebook PCs Introduction...2 Purpose ...2 Audience ...2 Benefits of SATA ...2 System Requirements and Prerequisites 2 System requirements ...2 System prerequisites ...2 Transitioning a Sysprep image from IDE to SATA 3 Where these guidelines are applicable 3 Steps to add SATA support to the original image 3 Adding SATA drivers to RIS Installation Points...
Installing SATA Drivers on HP EliteBook Notebook PCs - Page 2

... Purpose This white paper provides instructions on how to successfully incorporate SATA drivers into a Windows XP installation on HP EliteBook Notebook PC models. The following guidelines provide procedures for adding SATA drivers to RIS (Remote Installation Service) installation points; adding SATA drivers to installation CDs; building an image and switching to SATA AHCI mode; using Sysprep with...
Installing SATA Drivers on HP EliteBook Notebook PCs - Page 3

... or unstable installation. This section provides guidelines for customers who need to add SATA support to a sysprep image. Sysprep images with no SATA support will display a blue screen and reboot very quickly in an infinite loop. Adding SATA drivers to the image will allow XP to access the disk and finish booting. Note: PCI IDs for current HP desktop and workstation Intel SATA controllers are...
Installing SATA Drivers on HP EliteBook Notebook PCs - Page 4

... the SATA drivers to the PnP drivers path. [Unattended] OemSkipEula=Yes OemPnPDriversPath=drivers\sata; ConfirmHardware=No OverwriteOemFilesOnupgrade=No DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore oempreinstall=yes updateInstalledDrivers=Yes 7) At this point, the Windows installation is ready for deployment. Run Sysprep on the updated OS, capture an image, and deploy the image to systems using SATA hardware set...
Installing SATA Drivers on HP EliteBook Notebook PCs - Page 5

... the installation instructions in the order provided. Failure to complete these steps in the proper order can result in an unsuccessful or unstable installation. This section provides guidelines for customers who need to add SATA support to a Remote Installation Service distribution point. Steps to add SATA drivers to the distribution point 1) Download and save the "Intel Matrix Storage Manager...
Installing SATA Drivers on HP EliteBook Notebook PCs - Page 6

..." [SATA Device ID...] = "iaStor" [SCSI.Load] iaStor = iaStor.sys,4 [SCSI] iaStor = "Intel(R) 82801 SATA RAID/AHCI Controller (ICH5,6,7)" 10) Save the file and exit notepad. 11) Open any other .sif file(s) in the path: RemoteInstall\Setup\\Images\\i386\xxxx.sif with notepad 12) In these files, under the section [Unattended], add the following lines: OemPreinstall=yes OemPnPDriversPath=drivers\sata...
Installing SATA Drivers on HP EliteBook Notebook PCs - Page 7

... provides guidelines for customers who need to add SATA support by creating a custom Windows XP Service Pack 2 Installation CD. Steps to add SATA drivers to the CD 1) Copy all the directories and files from the Windows XP CD to a temporary folder (these guidelines will use c:\xpcd) 2) Download and save the "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" softpaq that is available for your platform...
Installing SATA Drivers on HP EliteBook Notebook PCs - Page 8

... Device ID...] = "iaStor" [SCSI.Load] iaStor = iaStor.sys,4 [SCSI] iaStor = "Intel(R) 82801 SATA RAID/AHCI Controller (ICH5,6,7)" 12) Save the file and exit notepad. 13) Extract the files from c:\xpcd\support\tools\deploy.cab to c:\deploytools 14) Create a new winnt.sif: a. Execute setupmgr.exe (extracted from deploy.cab in step 13). b. Select "Create new answer file" c. Select "Unattended Setup...
Installing SATA Drivers on HP EliteBook Notebook PCs - Page 10

... order can result in an unsuccessful or unstable installation. This section provides guidelines for customers who need to add SATA support to a WinPE ISO or DOK. Steps to add SATA drivers to WinPE 2005 1) Create the WinPE folder (these guidelines will use c:\winpe) 2) Download and save the "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" softpaq that is available for your...
Installing SATA Drivers on HP EliteBook Notebook PCs - Page 12

... the drivers for SATA AHCI to the image, and re-enabling SATA native mode in F10 setup. Steps to modify a Windows XP image to support SATA Native Mode 1) Enter F10 Setup, and go to System Configuration/Device Configurations/SATA Native Mode to Disable. 2) Install Windows XP Service Pack 2 in whatever manner is typical for your organization. 3) Download and save the "Intel Matrix Storage Manager...
Installing SATA Drivers on HP EliteBook Notebook PCs - Page 13

f. txtsetup.oem a. 6) Download and run the "Intel Chipset Installation Utility for ICH9 for Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP" for your models from www.hp.com. 7) In Device Manager, right-click the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers/Intel ® ICH9M Serial ATA Storage Controller and select 'Update Driver'. If more than one Intel ICH9M Serial ATA Storage Controller is listed this process only needs to be done...
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