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vbnetdev
I need to format the hard drive where Vista is on and install Windows XP.
Please help.
Please help.
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| I need to format the hard drive where Vista is on and install Windows XP.
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Rick Rogers
Hi,
Boot your system with the WinXP CD, making sure that the BIOS is set to boot
from CD drive first. Start setup and agree to the license (hit F8). When you
get to the point where you choose the installation location, delete the
existing system partition. Create a new one from the resulting free space,
format (quick is fine), and proceed with the installer. Make sure you have
backed up any critical data (as it will be gone) and that you have your XP
Product Key handy (as you will need it).
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Boot your system with the WinXP CD, making sure that the BIOS is set to boot
from CD drive first. Start setup and agree to the license (hit F8). When you
get to the point where you choose the installation location, delete the
existing system partition. Create a new one from the resulting free space,
format (quick is fine), and proceed with the installer. Make sure you have
backed up any critical data (as it will be gone) and that you have your XP
Product Key handy (as you will need it).
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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vbnetdev
WIndows XP CD says it cannot format the drive. Does this have something ot
do with the bootloader vista has?
do with the bootloader vista has?
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Rick Rogers
Hi,
As I mentioned in my response, you have to remove the existing system
partition and create a new one first.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
As I mentioned in my response, you have to remove the existing system
partition and create a new one first.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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Jordan
I bought a laptop with Windows Vista pre-installed. I want to remove it, to format the hard disk but when I attempt to using a valid win XP Pro cd, it tells me the the setup cannot continue because it cannot detect the harddrive. What causes this, is it the a new NTFS format created be MS? Or is there some sort of protection on the partition? Please help anyway you can.
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Dave B.
Has nothing to do with the partition, you likely need to provide a hard
drive controller driver using F6 during the CD boot. You didn't provide any
info on the laptop so that's just a guess.
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drive controller driver using F6 during the CD boot. You didn't provide any
info on the laptop so that's just a guess.
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Squibbly
I bought a laptop with Windows Vista pre-installed. I want to remove it, to
format the hard disk but when I attempt to using a valid win XP Pro cd, it
tells me the the setup cannot continue because it cannot detect the
harddrive. What causes this, is it the a new NTFS format created be MS? Or
is there some sort of protection on the partition? Please help anyway you
can.
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sounds like just what you said, sounds like some kinda vista protection on
it, vista is full of permissions etc for added security that you would
normally see on server software or xp pro
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Sascha Benjamin Jazbec
DO you have used Bitlocker HardDrive encryption ( in Ultimate and
Enterprise ) on Vista ?
Then the disk is unreadable by any other OS, of course.
You will have to decrypt or reformat it if that is the case.
If not, then look in your manual about installing alternate OS or contact
the Manufacturer of the Notebook.
It is never a good thing to replace the OS that comes with a device, 'cause
the hardware and software were designed to fit together.
All "new" configurations are unsupported then and of course always at your
own risk.
SJ / germany
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Enterprise ) on Vista ?
Then the disk is unreadable by any other OS, of course.
You will have to decrypt or reformat it if that is the case.
If not, then look in your manual about installing alternate OS or contact
the Manufacturer of the Notebook.
It is never a good thing to replace the OS that comes with a device, 'cause
the hardware and software were designed to fit together.
All "new" configurations are unsupported then and of course always at your
own risk.
SJ / germany
im Newsbeitrag news:[email protected]...
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Hugh Wyn Griffith
VISTA has different startup files to XP and this may be what is causing
the problem.
I'm sure there is a technical way to edit the file that replaces the
boot.ini file in XP but the easy way is to download and install
VISTABOOTPro which is a free utility for dual booting VISTA.
When you install it check all the tools etc and I think you will find
one to enable you to remove VISTA. It changes that file and then you
can install your other OS and delete VISTA.
Note however I don't know for sure that it will do this if you install
VISTABOOTPro after VISTA and when the earlier OS is no longer there.
Check out the http://www.vistabootpro.org/ website and read what it
says.
Check back here to see if anyone gives you another answer.
the problem.
I'm sure there is a technical way to edit the file that replaces the
boot.ini file in XP but the easy way is to download and install
VISTABOOTPro which is a free utility for dual booting VISTA.
When you install it check all the tools etc and I think you will find
one to enable you to remove VISTA. It changes that file and then you
can install your other OS and delete VISTA.
Note however I don't know for sure that it will do this if you install
VISTABOOTPro after VISTA and when the earlier OS is no longer there.
Check out the http://www.vistabootpro.org/ website and read what it
says.
Check back here to see if anyone gives you another answer.
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Ron Sommer
A Vista formatted drive is not compatible with XP.
Did you format the drive during XP setup?
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Ronald Sommer
<Jordan> wrote in message :I bought a laptop with Windows Vista pre-installed. I want to remove it, to
format the hard disk but when I attempt to using a valid win XP Pro cd, it
tells me the the setup cannot continue because it cannot detect the
harddrive. What causes this, is it the a new NTFS format created be MS? Or
is there some sort of protection on the partition? Please help anyway you
can.
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Did you format the drive during XP setup?
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Ronald Sommer
<Jordan> wrote in message :I bought a laptop with Windows Vista pre-installed. I want to remove it, to
format the hard disk but when I attempt to using a valid win XP Pro cd, it
tells me the the setup cannot continue because it cannot detect the
harddrive. What causes this, is it the a new NTFS format created be MS? Or
is there some sort of protection on the partition? Please help anyway you
can.
:
: EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
: http://www.eggheadcafe.com
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Tony
This sounds as if it has nothing to do with Vista being installed. There is
no difference in the NTFS file system other than version number between XP
and Vista.
Possibly the disk is protected from writing or has a boot block that needs
to be turned off in the bios. Or you have a SCSI drive that needs drivers
loaded first.
Tony
no difference in the NTFS file system other than version number between XP
and Vista.
Possibly the disk is protected from writing or has a boot block that needs
to be turned off in the bios. Or you have a SCSI drive that needs drivers
loaded first.
Tony
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Guest
Thanks guys for trying BUT, I tried to uninstall vista, and was blocked. So I
went to MichaelStevens' page and downloaded the XP setup disks, ran them and
faffed around for an hour, only to be blocked by Vista. I could actually work
in DOS to clear the HD but 5 more versions of Windows would be released by
the time I had achieved anything meaningful. By which time...
Oh for God's sake, hasn't anyone got a solution that works?
I 'm supposed to have a life, that I could be getting on with.
went to MichaelStevens' page and downloaded the XP setup disks, ran them and
faffed around for an hour, only to be blocked by Vista. I could actually work
in DOS to clear the HD but 5 more versions of Windows would be released by
the time I had achieved anything meaningful. By which time...
Oh for God's sake, hasn't anyone got a solution that works?
I 'm supposed to have a life, that I could be getting on with.
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Rick Rogers
Hi,
You can't uninstall Vista, and you can't install XP into a Vista created
partition/volume. Boot an XP CD, no need for floppies, and begin setup. When
you get to the point where you choose the installation location, instead
delete the existing system partition. Then create a new one from the
resulting free space, format, then proceed with setup.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
You can't uninstall Vista, and you can't install XP into a Vista created
partition/volume. Boot an XP CD, no need for floppies, and begin setup. When
you get to the point where you choose the installation location, instead
delete the existing system partition. Then create a new one from the
resulting free space, format, then proceed with setup.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
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Malke
Raby''s said:Thanks guys for trying BUT, I tried to uninstall vista, and was blocked. So I
went to MichaelStevens' page and downloaded the XP setup disks, ran them and
faffed around for an hour, only to be blocked by Vista. I could actually work
in DOS to clear the HD but 5 more versions of Windows would be released by
the time I had achieved anything meaningful. By which time...
Oh for God's sake, hasn't anyone got a solution that works?
I 'm supposed to have a life, that I could be getting on with.
I don't really understand why you are having trouble and why you needed
setup disks. Do you not have a CD drive that works? That's the only
reason to use the setup disks. What do you mean "was blocked"? This
makes no sense.
Assuming you have a working optical drive:
1. Go into your BIOS and set your computer to boot from the optical
drive first, hard drive second. Some computers have a keypress you can
do to temporarily change the boot order. Either way, you want to boot
from the optical drive first.
2. Put the XP install CD in your drive and start the computer. The XP CD
is bootable. When you see the prompt "Press any key to boot from CD",
press any key. The XP install will start. Delete all partitions and
create new ones as desired. Once you have done that, the XP installer
will ask where you want to install XP. Tell it and let it rip.
Read over Michael Stevens' instructions (and look at mine for what you
should have on hand) if you have any questions.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows -
What you will need on-hand
Malke
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Ken Baird
Hi,
You will most likely need to do a low level format. This is a deeper format
then normal. This will completely clear the disk.
I think you will need to go to the hard drive's web site and look for their
utility for this as I believe each drive is different.
Had some problems on industrial PC’s with western digital drives and worked
every time. If you goto western digital's site and search "Low Level Format"
you can read up on it.
Good Luck
You will most likely need to do a low level format. This is a deeper format
then normal. This will completely clear the disk.
I think you will need to go to the hard drive's web site and look for their
utility for this as I believe each drive is different.
Had some problems on industrial PC’s with western digital drives and worked
every time. If you goto western digital's site and search "Low Level Format"
you can read up on it.
Good Luck
M
Malke
Ken said:Hi,
You will most likely need to do a low level format. This is a deeper format
then normal. This will completely clear the disk.
I think you will need to go to the hard drive's web site and look for their
utility for this as I believe each drive is different.
Had some problems on industrial PC’s with western digital drives and
worked
every time. If you goto western digital's site and search "Low Level
Format" you can read up on it.
It is completely unnecessary to do a low-level format when installing an
operating system, any operating system. I suspect that the OP was trying
to install XP from within Vista, but unless he comes back we'll never know.
Malke
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ray
Thanks guys for trying BUT, I tried to uninstall vista, and was blocked. So I
went to MichaelStevens' page and downloaded the XP setup disks, ran them and
faffed around for an hour, only to be blocked by Vista. I could actually work
in DOS to clear the HD but 5 more versions of Windows would be released by
the time I had achieved anything meaningful. By which time...
Oh for God's sake, hasn't anyone got a solution that works?
I 'm supposed to have a life, that I could be getting on with.
Gparted Live CD.
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Ken Blake, MVP
You will most likely need to do a low level format. This is a deeper format
then normal. This will completely clear the disk.
Three points:
1. A low-level format is not possible on modern hard drives. If you
were to do one, it would destroy the drive.
2. What many people mean when they say "low-level format" these days
is actually just a zero fill utility.
3. Although it *is* possible to use such a zero-fill utility, it is
*not* necessary to do this when installing Vista, or any operating
system. Whatever his problem is, this isn't it.
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Malke
ray said:Gparted Live CD.
While Gparted is excellent, it is not necessary in the OP's instance.
Read the previous replies and you will see why.
Malke
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