Vista back to XP - Problems

[Cooter]

My wife's Lenovo desktop came with Vista preloaded. Neither of us likes
Vista, so I want to install XP. I have acquired the necessary drivers.

Problem 1: I can change the boot sequence to CD, and the CD drive spins when
I restart, but the XP setup program does not run - Vista boots up.

Problem 2: I can open the CD drive from Vista, double-click on Setup.exe,
and Setup will run; however, none of the options allow me to install XP.

I have the six floppy disk set to start the XP install, but the Lenovo does
not have a floppy drive. Is there any way to get the XP install process to
start?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Malke]

My wife's Lenovo desktop came with Vista preloaded. Neither of us likes
Vista, so I want to install XP. I have acquired the necessary drivers.

Problem 1: I can change the boot sequence to CD, and the CD drive spins when
I restart, but the XP setup program does not run - Vista boots up.

Problem 2: I can open the CD drive from Vista, double-click on Setup.exe,
and Setup will run; however, none of the options allow me to install XP.

I have the six floppy disk set to start the XP install, but the Lenovo does
not have a floppy drive. Is there any way to get the XP install process to
start?

See if that XP CD will boot in another computer. If not, there is
probably something wrong with the CD. If the XP CD boots fine in other
computers, see if any other bootable CDs will boot in your original
computer. If not, check with Lenovo tech support for the reasons.


Malke

 

[Unknown]

What CD are you trying to load? Is it XP? Did you right click your CD drive
and configure it?.

 

[Unknown]

Also, the re-installation of XP for Lenovo systems is 6 CDs not 6 floppies.
XP will not fit on 6 floppies.

 

[Nepatsfan]

I believe the OP is referring to the floppy disks referred to
in this article.

How to obtain Windows XP Setup boot disks
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310994

Nepatsfan

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[Shenan Stanley]

My wife's Lenovo desktop came with Vista preloaded. Neither of us
likes Vista, so I want to install XP. I have acquired the necessary
drivers.
Problem 1: I can change the boot sequence to CD, and the CD drive
spins when I restart, but the XP setup program does not run - Vista
boots up.
Problem 2: I can open the CD drive from Vista, double-click on
Setup.exe, and Setup will run; however, none of the options allow
me to install XP.
I have the six floppy disk set to start the XP install, but the
Lenovo does not have a floppy drive. Is there any way to get the XP
install process to start?

What CD are you trying to load? Is it XP? Did you right click your
CD drive and configure it?

Also, the re-installation of XP for Lenovo systems is 6 CDs not 6
floppies. XP will not fit on 6 floppies.

Uknown,

Where did anyone say anything about the six floppy diskettes being related
to the 're-installation set for Lenovo systems'?

From the original post:
"I have the six floppy disk set to start the XP install..."

That is something anyone can get from:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994

Seems obvious that the OP is referencing this. ;-)

Cooter,

It is possible that something is wrong with the CD or even the CD/DVD drive.
If it never comes up and asks you to "Press any key to boot from cd..." and
this is a legitimate original installation CD for Windows XP (not a
restoration media set or a non-bootable 'copy' of a Windows XP installation
cd) then you either have not set the BIOS to boot from that device first,
you are missing the 'press any key' message, the cd you are trying to use is
bad, the cd drive in the machine is 'off kilter' and has trouble reading the
cd, etc...

 

[Cooter]

Thanks for all the replys. I called Lenovo, as suggested, and found out
setting the boot sequence is a bit different from what it appears. At any
rate, I have the problem under control.

FWIW, I was using an original XP install CD (legit) and was referring to the
six floppy disk set mentioned, not the Lenovo restoration set.

Again, thanks to all.

 

[Unknown]

The poster did not say that, however, I thought the OP may have been
confusing floppy with CD, consequently my questions. A Lenovo recovery
consists of 6 CDs. Maybe very obvious to you but not all of us are like you.
(e-mail address removed)...

 

[Unknown]

I didn't know Microsoft was providing those floppies for OEM's. Lenovo has
their own recovery and installation CD's.
Thank for the info.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

My wife's Lenovo desktop came with Vista preloaded. Neither of us
likes Vista, so I want to install XP. I have acquired the necessary
drivers.
Problem 1: I can change the boot sequence to CD, and the CD drive
spins when I restart, but the XP setup program does not run - Vista
boots up.
Problem 2: I can open the CD drive from Vista, double-click on
Setup.exe, and Setup will run; however, none of the options allow
me to install XP.
I have the six floppy disk set to start the XP install, but the
Lenovo does not have a floppy drive. Is there any way to get the XP
install process to start?

What CD are you trying to load? Is it XP? Did you right click your
CD drive and configure it?

Also, the re-installation of XP for Lenovo systems is 6 CDs not 6
floppies. XP will not fit on 6 floppies.

Uknown,

Where did anyone say anything about the six floppy diskettes being
related to the 're-installation set for Lenovo systems'?

From the original post:
"I have the six floppy disk set to start the XP install..."

That is something anyone can get from:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994

Seems obvious that the OP is referencing this. ;-)

<snip>

The poster did not say that, however, I thought the OP may have
been confusing floppy with CD, consequently my questions. A
Lenovo recovery consists of 6 CDs. Maybe very obvious to you but
not all of us are like you.

Actually - the OP said:
"I have the six floppy disk set to start the XP install, but the Lenovo does
not have a floppy drive. Is there any way to get the XP install process to
start?"

The 'six floppy disk set to start the XP install'... Not to start the
recovery process, not anything to do with Lenovo... but to 'start the XP
install'...

That combined with the fact that they stated stated that, "My wife's Lenovo
desktop came with Vista preloaded." means it did not even come with recovery
*anything* for Windows XP. Could they have had Lenovo recovery CDs fro ma
past purchase... yeah - I suppose.. But I did not get that impression as
the sentence I referenced before was way too specific to be a mistake to
me...

"I have the six floppy disk set to start the XP install, but the Lenovo does
not have a floppy drive."

It would be hard for me to imagine they made a mistake saying floppy disk
set *and* thinking they needed to have a floppy disk drive for these six
floppy diskettes at the same time - if they made the mistake of
floppy/diskette you infer was possible.

And now - later in this thread:

FWIW, I was using an original XP install CD (legit) and was referring to
the six floppy disk set mentioned, not the Lenovo restoration set.

But, each their own interpretation. ;-)