Can't Revert Back To XP after VISTA(junk)

[Guest]

Hey everyone, thanks for the help.......but......I DID reformat the drive
before trying to reinstall XP, after set up "copies set up files" and reboots
to actually install XP, the screen goes black and reads..."ERROR READING
DRIVE"....this happened 5 times. I installed a spare drive a the master and
the "vista drive" as a slave, I reformatted it AGAIN and ran seagate's error
check as well as windows error checking, everything reads ok and that the
drive is active and healthy. I then reconfigured the "vista drive" as a
single/master and attempted to install XP again, and the same error STILL
HAPPENS. I don't know what VISTA did to my drive, but it WILL NOT allow XP to
be installed again.
NOTE: although I am not A+ certified YET, I did just pass the cert prep
courses with a 97% average, so although I am not a PRO yet, I do have a good
idea as to what I am doing.
VISTA simply has too many bugs and it's too early for software/hardware
support that WORKS!!!! After the beta 2 release and now RC1, neither of which
are worth a crap, I will not attempt installing VISTA until the official
release has been tried and proven for at least a year!!!!!!!!
So........on that note.....does anyone have any other suggestions........any
clue why a brand new 400 gig Seagate SATA HDD will not accept an XP
installation after installing VISTA?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Did you try deleting the installation partition and recreating it?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[woody]

Did you hit F6 and install your SATA driver during XP install?

Woody

 

[Techno-Crat]

When ever I have had issues with reloading XP in the past due to playing
with other Os's, I used the drives own software from the manufacture to
clean the drive. For example use WD software on there drive etc. Put it back
to factory spec with no partitions

 

[JT]

You need to install SATA drivers by hitting F6 during the install when
prompted to for an XP installation. Vista installs these automatically I
believe.