Go from Vista to XP??

[Guest]

I bought a PC with Vista installed on it for use in my business because my
old PC crashed. I have a lot of software that is either not compatible with
Vista, or is very costly to buy the upgrade for it to work with Vista. I have
a copy of XP Pro and tried to install it on the Vista PC and ran into
trouble. I was told by the support people from the store where I purchased
the PC that a PC built with Vista could not have XP installed on it. Is this
true? Can't I zero the hard drive and do a fresh install of XP or is there
something in the BIOS that doesn't allow me to install anything but Vista or
some other feature that prevents this?

 

[Frankster]

You should be able to do a clean install of XP, if you have the correct
media and license.

-Frank

 

[mikeyhsd]

check this KB article out it is for program incompatibilities.
KB929427
there is a 32 and 64 bit versions, get the correct one.
pay strict attention to the GOTCHAS referenced in the KB.

(e-mail address removed)@sport.rr.com

I bought a PC with Vista installed on it for use in my business because my
old PC crashed. I have a lot of software that is either not compatible with
Vista, or is very costly to buy the upgrade for it to work with Vista. I have
a copy of XP Pro and tried to install it on the Vista PC and ran into
trouble. I was told by the support people from the store where I purchased
the PC that a PC built with Vista could not have XP installed on it. Is this
true? Can't I zero the hard drive and do a fresh install of XP or is there
something in the BIOS that doesn't allow me to install anything but Vista or
some other feature that prevents this?

 

[Guest]

UPDATE: The problem I am apparently having is that the 'generic' drivers for
the hard drive that Windows XP setup installs are not compatible with my
Emachine T5086 so setup does not recognise that a hard drive is installed.
Any idea where I can download a driver? I am currently on hold with Emachine
support but who knows how long that will take! Thanks for any help!

 

[Ian R]

UPDATE: The problem I am apparently having is that the 'generic' drivers
for
the hard drive that Windows XP setup installs are not compatible with my
Emachine T5086 so setup does not recognise that a hard drive is installed.
Any idea where I can download a driver? I am currently on hold with
Emachine
support but who knows how long that will take! Thanks for any help!

If you can identify the chipset and find out which drivers your system
requires there might be a way around it

Have you run a utility such as Belarc Advisor or Everest.which may help to
ID the motherboard? Or just remove a side panel and see if there are any
labels or a model number etched onto the mobo.

Providing you can obtain the correct drivers, during the beginning of the XP
install you'll get a prompt to press F6 if you need to load SCSI or RAID
drivers. Perhaps you may be able to use that to install the drivers your
system needs.

HTH

Ian

 

[Guest]

The motherboard is an Intel Coryville 2, the video card is Intel GMA 950, the
Nic is an Intel 82562G 10/100, audio is Intel SigmaTel 9220. the modem is a
conexant 56k ITU v.92 fax/modem, the hard drive is a 250 GB SATA II (7200
rpm, 8mb cache)

 

[Ian R]

The motherboard is an Intel Coryville 2, the video card is Intel GMA 950,
the
Nic is an Intel 82562G 10/100, audio is Intel SigmaTel 9220. the modem is
a
conexant 56k ITU v.92 fax/modem, the hard drive is a 250 GB SATA II (7200
rpm, 8mb cache)

Ive not ever heard of requiring drivers for a specific model of hard drive.

Its more likely that you need drivers for the IDE/SATA controller .

Seeing that you have clearly ID'd the mobo got to the Intel website and
download all the drivers for that board - at least one will be for the
boards chipset and the IDE/SATA controller.

HTH

Let us know how you get on.

Good luck

Ian