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Downgrading the Vista to Xp

by steffinjames Jul 24, 2007 8:56PM PDT

HI guys,
I am fed up with Vista.My laptop model is hp pavilion 6548ea that came with Vista and I want to change it back to XP SP2.Help me please.My SATA hard disks(Seagate) weren't recognized when i installed using the Xp boot cd.

I have gone thru all the "Downgrrading to Xp" forums, But couldn't get my resolved.

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Re: installing XP on a SATA drive

by Kees Bakker Jul 24, 2007 9:34PM PDT

This needs some special care. You might have to contact HP to get the correct driver. I wonder if they will give it to you. They aren't enthousiastic about downgrading Vista once you bought it.

See: http://www.alexnolan.net/articles/installxpsata.htm

Hope this helps.

Kees

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Thoroughly Discussed In Our Vista Forum...

by Grif Thomas Former Forum moderator Jul 25, 2007 3:39AM PDT

First, see your similar topic which was previously discussed in the Vista forum:

XP INSTALLATION PROBLEM!!

At this point, what seems to be the problem?
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Also see the link below for John's information about your topic:

Reverting to Windows XP?

Then, read through all the posts in the thread at the link below for a number of folks who have "downgraded" HP computers from Vista to XP.:

Paolopaed, I Recently Did It This Way..

Hope this helps.

Grif