If they are using a non-standard drive controller, you are screwed until they come out with drivers for XP.
What model laptop? -Dave Walton On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 3:24 PM, LarryT<l02tur...@comcast.net> wrote: > The Toshiba Laptop I bought in late march has Vista Ultimate. I have been > trying to install my copy of XP Home wince early April when I decided the > "improvements' MS made when creating Vista made it impossible for me to live > with Vista. Since then I have been progresively moved up the Help Chain > getting more and more experienced (and less and less knowledgable) > "experts". None seem to know how to install XP onto a SATA Hard drive - > even the *new* 500GB HD I bought specifically for this purpose. > > Absolutely no luck in getting XP running on a SATA HD - so don;t believe the > salespeople who tell you XP can be installed easily. Even using nLight to > integrate the drivers into the XP install discs have not worked. Will try > it again just to be sure. I'm pretty computer literate but when they start > offering instructions it's like they are speaking another language - one > *they* don't understand either.... > > I installed Vista in my new HD hoping it would be easier to work with if it > were installed with *my* specific wants considered from the get-go. No such > luck - > > I finally found out how to install XP as a second OS - but it's not very > easy to work with.... > > Not much fun so I've gone back to my Acer with XP Home.... > > Good luck - > LarryT 91 300D > > "How come the proposed > 'univ health care' > excludes congress?" > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loren Faeth" <lfa...@leadingchange.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 8:16 PM > Subject: [MBZ] OT Win 7 FWIW > > >> According to Redmond Magazine today, M$ will allow buyers of "higher end" >> versions of Win 7 to downgrade to XP at no extra charge. >> >> By Doug Barney >> Editor in Chief, Redmond magazine >> >> <http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=2828309:1060387>Windows 7: You Can >> Go Back >> When Vista came out, many new users clamored for the right to move back to >> XP. Unfortunately, going back wasn't always easy and wasn't usually free. >> With that lesson in mind, Microsoft >> <http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=2828310:1060387>just announced that >> new Windows 7 customers will have a year-and-a-half to move back down to XP >> or even Vista (however, the plan only applies to high-end versions of >> Windows 7). >> >> While this is a nice gesture, I think downgraders will be few and far >> between -- maybe just those who depend on that random app that Windows 7 >> chokes on. What would make you want or need to go back to XP? And would >> there ever be a reason to move from Windows 7 to Vista? Answers readily read >> at dbar...@redmondmag.com. >> >> >> http://redmondmag.com/blogs/doug-barney/2009/06/windows-7-you-can-go-back.aspx >> >> Personally, the more I use OSX, the more i like it. No 64 bit migration >> problems. It has always been 64 bit. >> >> >> Loren Faeth -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090619/f27eed77/attachment.html> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
