Vista - newbie here need a lil help

jmx22 · 05-07-2009

Hi Good Day to all of you,

i have an Acer Aspire 4710z which is a linux. it has windows vista in it.
i want to downgrade it to Windows XP. is there any other way rather than using a external FDD (my laptop doesn't have a FDD) or creating a custom XP installer.

because the problem is the Hard Disk Drivers when you install it with XP.

Hope you can give me tips or knowledge about this. thanks.

JMX22, Newbie

**Brink** · 05-07-2009

Hello JMX,

You could use a USB flash key drive instead to put the drivers on to use at boot. You may need to format it with FAT32 instead of NTFS though.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Quote: Originally Posted by jmx22

Hi Good Day to all of you,

i have an Acer Aspire 4710z which is a linux. it has windows vista in it.
i want to downgrade it to Windows XP. is there any other way rather than using a external FDD (my laptop doesn't have a FDD) or creating a custom XP installer.

because the problem is the Hard Disk Drivers when you install it with XP.

Hope you can give me tips or knowledge about this. thanks.

JMX22, Newbie

jmx22 · 05-07-2009

Thanks Sir Shawn!

i'll try this out today.

**Brink** · 05-07-2009

You're welcome JMX.

Quote: Originally Posted by jmx22

Thanks Sir Shawn!

i'll try this out today.

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jmx22 Vista Ultimate 2 posts	newbie here need a lil help Hi Good Day to all of you, i have an Acer Aspire 4710z which is a linux. it has windows vista in it. i want to downgrade it to Windows XP. is there any other way rather than using a external FDD (my laptop doesn't have a FDD) or creating a custom XP installer. because the problem is the Hard Disk Drivers when you install it with XP. Hope you can give me tips or knowledge about this. thanks. JMX22, Newbie Last edited by jmx22; 05-07-2009 at 10:34 PM.. Reason: add items
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Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,966 posts	Re: newbie here need a lil help Hello JMX, You could use a USB flash key drive instead to put the drivers on to use at boot. You may need to format it with FAT32 instead of NTFS though. Hope this helps, Shawn Quote: Originally Posted by jmx22 Hi Good Day to all of you, i have an Acer Aspire 4710z which is a linux. it has windows vista in it. i want to downgrade it to Windows XP. is there any other way rather than using a external FDD (my laptop doesn't have a FDD) or creating a custom XP installer. because the problem is the Hard Disk Drivers when you install it with XP. Hope you can give me tips or knowledge about this. thanks. JMX22, Newbie
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jmx22 Vista Ultimate 2 posts	Re: newbie here need a lil help Thanks Sir Shawn! i'll try this out today.
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Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,966 posts	Re: newbie here need a lil help You're welcome JMX. Quote: Originally Posted by jmx22 Thanks Sir Shawn! i'll try this out today.
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