downgrade from vista to XP

Hi

I am having trouble with this, when i insert the disk it says XP cannot install as vista is newer then XP..

I then tried to boot up the cd at start up but this also was unsuccessful..

I dont know what is wrong and how I can do this...

Do I need to change motherboard drivers to make sure its compatible with XP?? :confused

Thanks

 

You need to change the boot order to boot from CD drive first.

Press F2 or DEL as you are booting up and you should see options for doing so.

DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT< COME BACK AND ASK!

 

@Digital.

I think he has an XP disc but was trying to install it from within Vista, and i don't think Vista likes that

 

I did actually try and do this but it did not like it.... It went into a blue screen saying error...

What do you think I should do? How do I get clean install??

~Q~ you are right, I have a full XP disc and I cannot upgrade from within VISTA or even F2 bootup from disc drive...

 

Reformat, then reinstall.

 

How much you wanna wager that blue screen error is because XP does not contain the SATA controller drivers?

 

Oh, that reminds me! You said the bluescreen says "error". What error? They give details.... post those details here.

 

When did it bluescreen? (how far into the process did you get?)

 

thanks,

So when I boot from CD when the computer starts up it says in a blue screen "Setup is loading files"

then it shows what its doing like "setup is loading files (windows setup)" then "setup is loading files (INTEL IDE BUS DRIVER)" then "setup is loading files (VOLUME manager)" ect ect...

It goes through for several mins doing this but then it says:

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your comp.

If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. If this screen appears again, follow 3 steps:

check for viruses on your comp. remove any newly installed hard drives or hard drive controllers. check your hard drive to make sure it is properly configured and terminated. Run CHKDSK / F to check for hard drive corruption, and then restart your computer.

Technical information

***STOP: 0X0000007B.....

my laptop is HP550

Thanks guys

 

Is the set-up disc definitely good?

 

FULL XP disc, i think i may have to download SATA as I have searched this on the net and people are having similar problems..

However I cannot find this on

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...sId=3764998&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=1093

 

Go here and find the drivers for your model and then your going to have to slipstream them onto a cd with Xp using nLite....
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html?pageDisplay=drivers


Edit: nLite: http://majorgeeks.com/nLite_d4324.html

Edit2: nLite Guide - http://www.nliteos.com/guide/part1.html

 

thanks Q i found the driver I think its

Intel Matrix Storage Manager

I will try and use Nlite with it

 

Using nLite is really straightforward, but just ask for help if you need it.


It's time for me to hit the sack, so i'll see ya tomorow.


Q

 

Before you go to too much trouble with the downgrade if your XP disc has been used on a different computer then I'm pretty sure you won't be able to use it again. I went through the same thing, formatted my disc and started to install XP but the message came up that I was only licenced to use XP on one computer and I would have to buy another licence if I wanted to use it on a different computer, which this one was.

 

I have just finished installing the new XP with the updated driver on it using nLite but the same problem keeps on coming up! What do you think I should do? is there another driver do you think? I am using Intel Matrix Storage Manager on

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...sId=3764998&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=1093

And then in nlite I just click on autorun.inf to integrate it with XP...

Thanks

 

Sorry i forgot to mention it is a total clean new copy of XP

 

I have tried integrating Intel Matrix Storage Manager with XP using nLite but still no luck.... same problem..

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

Also what might help my HP550 computer has under device manager:

Intel(R) ICH8M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH8M-E/M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850

 

Just to help other people having similar problems you just have to disable native SATA mode in the BIOS and it should work fine...

Thanks everyone