Vista - Can't Revert Back To XP after VISTA(junk)

Hey everyone, thanks for the help.......but......I DID reformat the drive
before trying to reinstall XP, after set up "copies set up files" and reboots
to actually install XP, the screen goes black and reads..."ERROR READING
DRIVE"....this happened 5 times. I installed a spare drive a the master and
the "vista drive" as a slave, I reformatted it AGAIN and ran seagate's error
check as well as windows error checking, everything reads ok and that the
drive is active and healthy. I then reconfigured the "vista drive" as a
single/master and attempted to install XP again, and the same error STILL
HAPPENS. I don't know what VISTA did to my drive, but it WILL NOT allow XP to
be installed again.
NOTE: although I am not A+ certified YET, I did just pass the cert prep
courses with a 97% average, so although I am not a PRO yet, I do have a good
idea as to what I am doing.
VISTA simply has too many bugs and it's too early for software/hardware
support that WORKS!!!! After the beta 2 release and now RC1, neither of which
are worth a crap, I will not attempt installing VISTA until the official
release has been tried and proven for at least a year!!!!!!!!
So........on that note.....does anyone have any other suggestions........any
clue why a brand new 400 gig Seagate SATA HDD will not accept an XP
installation after installing VISTA?
--
Eric D


"Eric D" wrote:

> After installing Vista RC1, I was UNABLE to get online through my Linksys
> Wireless router (had to go directly through dsl modem), onboard Soundmax
> Audio AND Sounderblaster X-FI will not work with Vista.......................
> VISTA IS VERY DISAPPOINTING SO FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...........TOO MANY SECURITY
> ISSUES THAT CANNOT BE CHANGED BY USER, the yellow bar won't leave custom
> security settings the way YOU want them, it keeps prompting to fix the
> security changes.
> After installing Vista and VERY UNHAPPY WITH IT.........I tried to reinstall
> XP 5 times and the message............ERROR READING DRIVE ........appears
> after XP installation copies set up files and then restarts.
> I CAN'T REINSTALL WINDOWS AND MY COMPUTER IS DEAD!!!!!!!!!
> HELP!!!!!!!!..........PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> --
> Eric D
--
Eric D

Did you try deleting the installation partition and recreating it?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Eric D" <EricD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:88BFFA6C-17F8-466C-A78B-DA931C9FBE0B@microsoft.com...
> Hey everyone, thanks for the help.......but......I DID reformat the drive
> before trying to reinstall XP, after set up "copies set up files" and
> reboots
> to actually install XP, the screen goes black and reads..."ERROR READING
> DRIVE"....this happened 5 times. I installed a spare drive a the master
> and
> the "vista drive" as a slave, I reformatted it AGAIN and ran seagate's
> error
> check as well as windows error checking, everything reads ok and that the
> drive is active and healthy. I then reconfigured the "vista drive" as a
> single/master and attempted to install XP again, and the same error STILL
> HAPPENS. I don't know what VISTA did to my drive, but it WILL NOT allow XP
> to
> be installed again.
> NOTE: although I am not A+ certified YET, I did just pass the cert prep
> courses with a 97% average, so although I am not a PRO yet, I do have a
> good
> idea as to what I am doing.
> VISTA simply has too many bugs and it's too early for software/hardware
> support that WORKS!!!! After the beta 2 release and now RC1, neither of
> which
> are worth a crap, I will not attempt installing VISTA until the official
> release has been tried and proven for at least a year!!!!!!!!
> So........on that note.....does anyone have any other
> suggestions........any
> clue why a brand new 400 gig Seagate SATA HDD will not accept an XP
> installation after installing VISTA?
> --
> Eric D
>
>
> "Eric D" wrote:
>
>> After installing Vista RC1, I was UNABLE to get online through my Linksys
>> Wireless router (had to go directly through dsl modem), onboard Soundmax
>> Audio AND Sounderblaster X-FI will not work with
>> Vista.......................
>> VISTA IS VERY DISAPPOINTING SO FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...........TOO MANY
>> SECURITY
>> ISSUES THAT CANNOT BE CHANGED BY USER, the yellow bar won't leave custom
>> security settings the way YOU want them, it keeps prompting to fix the
>> security changes.
>> After installing Vista and VERY UNHAPPY WITH IT.........I tried to
>> reinstall
>> XP 5 times and the message............ERROR READING DRIVE ........appears
>> after XP installation copies set up files and then restarts.
>> I CAN'T REINSTALL WINDOWS AND MY COMPUTER IS DEAD!!!!!!!!!
>> HELP!!!!!!!!..........PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> --
>> Eric D
> --
> Eric D

Did you hit F6 and install your SATA driver during XP install?

Woody

"Eric D" <EricD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:88BFFA6C-17F8-466C-A78B-DA931C9FBE0B@microsoft.com...
> Hey everyone, thanks for the help.......but......I DID reformat the drive
> before trying to reinstall XP, after set up "copies set up files" and
> reboots
> to actually install XP, the screen goes black and reads..."ERROR READING
> DRIVE"....this happened 5 times. I installed a spare drive a the master
> and
> the "vista drive" as a slave, I reformatted it AGAIN and ran seagate's
> error
> check as well as windows error checking, everything reads ok and that the
> drive is active and healthy. I then reconfigured the "vista drive" as a
> single/master and attempted to install XP again, and the same error STILL
> HAPPENS. I don't know what VISTA did to my drive, but it WILL NOT allow XP
> to
> be installed again.
> NOTE: although I am not A+ certified YET, I did just pass the cert prep
> courses with a 97% average, so although I am not a PRO yet, I do have a
> good
> idea as to what I am doing.
> VISTA simply has too many bugs and it's too early for software/hardware
> support that WORKS!!!! After the beta 2 release and now RC1, neither of
> which
> are worth a crap, I will not attempt installing VISTA until the official
> release has been tried and proven for at least a year!!!!!!!!
> So........on that note.....does anyone have any other
> suggestions........any
> clue why a brand new 400 gig Seagate SATA HDD will not accept an XP
> installation after installing VISTA?
> --
> Eric D
>
>
> "Eric D" wrote:
>
>> After installing Vista RC1, I was UNABLE to get online through my Linksys
>> Wireless router (had to go directly through dsl modem), onboard Soundmax
>> Audio AND Sounderblaster X-FI will not work with
>> Vista.......................
>> VISTA IS VERY DISAPPOINTING SO FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...........TOO MANY
>> SECURITY
>> ISSUES THAT CANNOT BE CHANGED BY USER, the yellow bar won't leave custom
>> security settings the way YOU want them, it keeps prompting to fix the
>> security changes.
>> After installing Vista and VERY UNHAPPY WITH IT.........I tried to
>> reinstall
>> XP 5 times and the message............ERROR READING DRIVE ........appears
>> after XP installation copies set up files and then restarts.
>> I CAN'T REINSTALL WINDOWS AND MY COMPUTER IS DEAD!!!!!!!!!
>> HELP!!!!!!!!..........PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> --
>> Eric D
> --
> Eric D

When ever I have had issues with reloading XP in the past due to playing
with other Os's, I used the drives own software from the manufacture to
clean the drive. For example use WD software on there drive etc. Put it back
to factory spec with no partitions

"Eric D" <EricD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:88BFFA6C-17F8-466C-A78B-DA931C9FBE0B@microsoft.com...
> Hey everyone, thanks for the help.......but......I DID reformat the drive
> before trying to reinstall XP, after set up "copies set up files" and
> reboots
> to actually install XP, the screen goes black and reads..."ERROR READING
> DRIVE"....this happened 5 times. I installed a spare drive a the master
> and
> the "vista drive" as a slave, I reformatted it AGAIN and ran seagate's
> error
> check as well as windows error checking, everything reads ok and that the
> drive is active and healthy. I then reconfigured the "vista drive" as a
> single/master and attempted to install XP again, and the same error STILL
> HAPPENS. I don't know what VISTA did to my drive, but it WILL NOT allow XP
> to
> be installed again.
> NOTE: although I am not A+ certified YET, I did just pass the cert prep
> courses with a 97% average, so although I am not a PRO yet, I do have a
> good
> idea as to what I am doing.
> VISTA simply has too many bugs and it's too early for software/hardware
> support that WORKS!!!! After the beta 2 release and now RC1, neither of
> which
> are worth a crap, I will not attempt installing VISTA until the official
> release has been tried and proven for at least a year!!!!!!!!
> So........on that note.....does anyone have any other
> suggestions........any
> clue why a brand new 400 gig Seagate SATA HDD will not accept an XP
> installation after installing VISTA?
> --
> Eric D
>
>
> "Eric D" wrote:
>
>> After installing Vista RC1, I was UNABLE to get online through my Linksys
>> Wireless router (had to go directly through dsl modem), onboard Soundmax
>> Audio AND Sounderblaster X-FI will not work with
>> Vista.......................
>> VISTA IS VERY DISAPPOINTING SO FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...........TOO MANY
>> SECURITY
>> ISSUES THAT CANNOT BE CHANGED BY USER, the yellow bar won't leave custom
>> security settings the way YOU want them, it keeps prompting to fix the
>> security changes.
>> After installing Vista and VERY UNHAPPY WITH IT.........I tried to
>> reinstall
>> XP 5 times and the message............ERROR READING DRIVE ........appears
>> after XP installation copies set up files and then restarts.
>> I CAN'T REINSTALL WINDOWS AND MY COMPUTER IS DEAD!!!!!!!!!
>> HELP!!!!!!!!..........PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> --
>> Eric D
> --
> Eric D

You need to install SATA drivers by hitting F6 during the install when
prompted to for an XP installation. Vista installs these automatically I
believe.


"Eric D" <EricD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:88BFFA6C-17F8-466C-A78B-DA931C9FBE0B@microsoft.com...
> Hey everyone, thanks for the help.......but......I DID reformat the drive
> before trying to reinstall XP, after set up "copies set up files" and
> reboots
> to actually install XP, the screen goes black and reads..."ERROR READING
> DRIVE"....this happened 5 times. I installed a spare drive a the master
> and
> the "vista drive" as a slave, I reformatted it AGAIN and ran seagate's
> error
> check as well as windows error checking, everything reads ok and that the
> drive is active and healthy. I then reconfigured the "vista drive" as a
> single/master and attempted to install XP again, and the same error STILL
> HAPPENS. I don't know what VISTA did to my drive, but it WILL NOT allow XP
> to
> be installed again.
> NOTE: although I am not A+ certified YET, I did just pass the cert prep
> courses with a 97% average, so although I am not a PRO yet, I do have a
> good
> idea as to what I am doing.
> VISTA simply has too many bugs and it's too early for software/hardware
> support that WORKS!!!! After the beta 2 release and now RC1, neither of
> which
> are worth a crap, I will not attempt installing VISTA until the official
> release has been tried and proven for at least a year!!!!!!!!
> So........on that note.....does anyone have any other
> suggestions........any
> clue why a brand new 400 gig Seagate SATA HDD will not accept an XP
> installation after installing VISTA?
> --
> Eric D
>
>
> "Eric D" wrote:
>
>> After installing Vista RC1, I was UNABLE to get online through my Linksys
>> Wireless router (had to go directly through dsl modem), onboard Soundmax
>> Audio AND Sounderblaster X-FI will not work with
>> Vista.......................
>> VISTA IS VERY DISAPPOINTING SO FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...........TOO MANY
>> SECURITY
>> ISSUES THAT CANNOT BE CHANGED BY USER, the yellow bar won't leave custom
>> security settings the way YOU want them, it keeps prompting to fix the
>> security changes.
>> After installing Vista and VERY UNHAPPY WITH IT.........I tried to
>> reinstall
>> XP 5 times and the message............ERROR READING DRIVE ........appears
>> after XP installation copies set up files and then restarts.
>> I CAN'T REINSTALL WINDOWS AND MY COMPUTER IS DEAD!!!!!!!!!
>> HELP!!!!!!!!..........PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> --
>> Eric D
> --
> Eric D