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Formating of windows vista

by Himanshu8807 Dec 9, 2011 12:11AM PST

Hello,
I have windows vistw business edition installed on my laptop & when i m going to format it with windows xp cd it will boot the cd as it is going to configuring files the screen will become blackout means the display is gone.
please help me how m overcome this problem.

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XP? You're kidding?

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Dec 9, 2011 2:18AM PST

Sorry to lead with such a statement but "Windows XP", the CD without SP2 or SP3 is a non-starter. I would not wish that on anyone.

If you have a proper XP SP2 or XP SP3 CD, be sure to look around the bios for any SATA or AHCI option to allow the XP install without resorting to the floppy drives and SATA drivers which, if you thought this was tough now, just you wait.

I'll check back later but can't give you any exact steps for a few reasons. You didn't supply a model or a link to the product's manual for me to see if this has XP support or settings. And installing XP is widely documented. The XP and SATA issue is legendary so let's get going with some details.
Bob

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Re: formatting

by Kees_B Forum moderator Dec 9, 2011 2:23AM PST

Can you tell WHY you use a Windows XP CD to format it? Or even why it has to be formatted?

Kees

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