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  • silverfox
    Newbie
    • Apr 2008
    • 10
    #1

    win7 to xp

    b in law bought toshiba sat pro c660d with win 7 home prem 64bit on,he cant get on with it(set in his ways) and asked me to put xp on when i try to load xp and all preinstall files are loaded a blue screen comes up and prevents me from going further,i put win xp virtual on but it is very jerky,my q. is is it the m/b preventing xp being installed or the hard drive,if i were to take the hdd out(keep for future reinstal) and put a new hdd in would this work,if it is the m/b is there a work around as already stated win xp virtual is a no go regards
    The fox is on the run
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    • dasteph
      V.I.P. Member
      • Nov 2008
      • 1293
      #2
      Originally posted by silverfox
      b in law bought toshiba sat pro c660d with win 7 home prem 64bit on,he cant get on with it(set in his ways) and asked me to put xp on when i try to load xp and all preinstall files are loaded a blue screen comes up and prevents me from going further,i put win xp virtual on but it is very jerky,my q. is is it the m/b preventing xp being installed or the hard drive,if i were to take the hdd out(keep for future reinstal) and put a new hdd in would this work,if it is the m/b is there a work around as already stated win xp virtual is a no go regards
      you may have to use Hirens boot cd to format the hd before installing xp, the other thing to consider is depending on how old the pc is as to whether you can get xp drivers to run the hardware.
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        • lagerland
          V.I.P. Member
          • Sep 2010
          • 6031
          #3
          In the bios settings on main i believe its will say achi mode change this to which ever other setting you have on mine it was ide mode .............

          Once you have change this have another go ...............

          This worked for me on a acer...........
          I know you believe you understand what you think i said



          >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BUT <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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            • silverfox
              Newbie
              • Apr 2008
              • 10
              #4
              cheers lads will give it a try regards
              The fox is on the run

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                • Shady
                  Shite Link King
                  • Dec 2010
                  • 6404
                  #5
                  Originally posted by lagerland
                  In the bios settings on main i believe its will say achi mode change this to which ever other setting you have on mine it was ide mode .............

                  Once you have change this have another go ...............

                  This worked for me on a acer...........
                  top answer, was literally just about to type this myself, then i saw lager had already did it.. listen to him, cos THATS the solution
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                  1: What the fff is all that about??? All that crap below your reply I mean, get a life mate
                  2: no info on google abt the pace sv5 rang asda they have no idea what i was talking about,
                  3: Your total contribution to this forum, bordering on trolling, seems to have been a collection of snipes, one liners & asterisked expletives

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                    • lagerland
                      V.I.P. Member
                      • Sep 2010
                      • 6031
                      #6
                      Originally posted by silverfox
                      cheers lads will give it a try regards
                      Did you get it sorted m8................
                      I know you believe you understand what you think i said



                      >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BUT <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
                      I am not sure you realise that what you heard is not what i meant ! sigpic

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                        • silverfox
                          Newbie
                          • Apr 2008
                          • 10
                          #7
                          told him a little white lie said his m/b would not allow it and to persevere with win 7 regards
                          The fox is on the run

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                            • Captin
                              Top Poster
                              • Mar 2010
                              • 129
                              #8
                              Windows XP pro will not use ACHI mode if it detects it when installaing. As long as ACHI is turned off when you are installing windows xp it will be ok. But you can turn it on after installing windows xp with a simple registry and driver change.

                              The problem could have come from the restore partition on the hard drive.

                              Most new laptops have a hidden (although not always hidden) partition on the hard drive that has all the drivers and restore data. When you run a windows setup, ether Windows 7 or Windows xp, it will look for any restore data and try and use it, obviously a windows xp setup disk can't use a windows 7 restore data so will fail.

                              Also windows 7 itself makes a small hidden partition of about 100mb when you install it, this has the boot data info.

                              In order to go backwards both these partitions need removing.

                              Ether putting a new hard drive in or using hirens to delete all partitions should do the trick.

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