Hi Peter, maybe you can help me here, I made a complete PC backup and saved
it on my Western Digital exterenal HDD, I know it was fine and was rcognised
when I tried to update it. Now I find I wish to use this file, I have been
through the steps of the process but when windows searches, it cannot find it
on my external HDD any ideas??
"peter" wrote:
> what was on your system in its "original state"????
> Do you have a copy of the OS that was originally on the machine??
> Enter Vista normally and backup all of the personal files......use a
> seperate backup program not Vista's or just copy and paste to a CD
> Start computer with your XP CD in place...CD needs to be 1st boot device in
> BIOS
> Install XP formatting the drive you are installing to ...this will wipe
> Vista
> Then install your mobo drivers....video drivers...sound drivers...etc
> drivers
>
> If your system came with a pre-installed version of XP without a CD and
> Vista was an Upgrade you will need to read your manual on how to perform a
> recovery from the hidden recovery partition on the HD.....which normally
> involves pushing an F??? key
>
> peter
> "Deno" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:83C18F4F-322C-4B4D-80D5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I was trying to do a complete PC Back up, to get rid of Vista and get my PC
> > back to its original state. But at startup when I repeatedly press F8, the
> > advanced boot options menu doesn't come up. It goes straight to the Vista.
> > What should I do to correct it?
>
>
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