does anyone no how to downgrade vista to xp????
does anyone no how to downgrade vista to xp????
It's normally something that you would request at the time of purchase from your vendor.
On what? A laptop.. PC? Custom or store bought?
For laptops you genereally have to change the hard drive controller from ACHI to ATA (and disable whatever it tells you in bios in order to do that, flash something or other)
There is a way of doing it and keeping ACHI but i've forgotten..
This is assuming you've slapped the xp disk in and it has told you it can't find a hard drive. Otherwise just slap the disk in and do a fresh install.
For ACHI its largely just finding the right drivers
http://www.msfn.org/board/How-to-ena...X-t109450.html Gives a rough idea on whats needed for a current install.
I think you need a retail copy of vista to do it officially via the Microsoft downgrade scheme. Not certain about that, but I'm sure I read it somewhere on this forum.
its a laptop and it was already installed. so all i have to do is put in a xp install disc and see what happens?
you'd need to boot from the XP install media, essentially wiping the Vista install (so backup any data first) - you can't just run the autorun in Windows and Downgrade to XP.
it is vista basic. so can someone tell me the steps to downgrade? and can u have two computer use the same serial number?
no
which part of "downgrade rights are included only as part of a vista business or vista ultimate license. if you don't run one of those two OSes, you cannot downgrade without buying a new copy of xp." isn't clear?
it means downgrade rights are included only as part of a vista business or vista ultimate license. if you don't run one of those two OSes, you cannot downgrade without buying a new copy of xp.
You need to have 2 separate serial numbers for each PC. so 2 XP discs.
To put XP on the Laptop:
1. Boot laptop and enter bios.
2. Make sure that the Boot setting is set to boot from CD/DVD
3. Put XP disc in Laptop
4. F10 to save settings from bios
5. Press any key to start XP install when asked
6. Follow on screen promps (Formay Hard Drive etc)
7. Make sure you have drivers for the Laptop (Chipset, Graphics, Sound, Lan)
Have fun!!
I had a spot of trouble with setup not finding any hard drives but I sorted it![]()
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