recordplay
Joined: 13/09/05
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Loc: Devon, UK
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Ive made a boo boo
I installed vista on my laptop realised I hated it and now
can't revert back to xp.
I've tried deleting the C drive on the set up of vista
then rebooting, sticking the xp disc in but it wont boot.
Now I can't boot the
XP disc and im stuffed, please help
I've tried this website
but all that comes up is a:/ and it wont recognise the command R or format c:/ what can I
do?????
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GlennKay
Joined: 08/11/09
Posts: 71
Loc: Toronrto
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If you have an MS Windows installation disk, you should definitely be able to boot your PC
with it...have you looked inside your bios to make sure that the CD drive is selected as
the first boot device?
Plan B might be to copy files from the disk onto your
HDD and try the installation that way (may or may not work).
Plan C is google
"install Win XP" and look for diskette files that will allow you to do the installation --
i recall finding and using a no-fail series of 5 diskettes that boots up your PC and
prepares for an XP installation. (ie. you download the files and transfer them onto 3.5"
diskettes...of course you need the appropriate drive on your machine).
Regards
Glenn
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Edited by GlennKay (25/11/09 08:37 PM)
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recordplay
Joined: 13/09/05
Posts: 164
Loc: Devon, UK
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no none of that works, and can't find an iso to get me booting into xp.
looks
like it would work if my ms dos boot disc would at least recognise the command 'R' for
repair but that doesnt even do anything but give me bad command  rr
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recordplay
Joined: 13/09/05
Posts: 164
Loc: Devon, UK
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even A:\>format c: from my dos disc won't work what has Vista done to my machine,
Microsoft sure make downgrading a mission, and at the moment its seeming like mission
impossible
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recordplay
Joined: 13/09/05
Posts: 164
Loc: Devon, UK
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Hoorah - I've done it! for some reason my other original XP disc (without any service
packs) worked and booted.
Why I have no idea.
But I will never
install Vista again, and am very sorry for even considering it.
Post closed
thank god
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damoore
Joined: 05/07/09
Posts: 21
Loc: West Coast US (Portland)
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XP CDs came in two classes. Full installs and cheap upgrade versions. (You didn't really
think I was going to be able to make the rhyme work, did you?)
The upgrade
versions weren't bootable. And yes, its a pain.
Make sure you get all the
patches!
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mhaigh
Joined: 14/11/07
Posts: 490
Loc: Billericay, Essex
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btw whjat was so bad\? re vista. my own DAW is on xp sp3 (less stable than sp2, it has to
be said) but the other pcs are on vista, and post sp2 all seems ok. in a month i plan to
get an i5/win 7 x64 system...mostly vista based...
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Mahoobley
monkey
Joined: 21/03/03
Posts: 1896
Loc: East Midlands
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I have an upgrade disc for Windows XP. It's bootable.
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Kenny Tosh
Joined: 12/08/08
Posts: 154
Loc: Dundee, Scotland
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Were you using the Vista SP1? That's a joke. However, in its current state, it's not a bad
OS by any standards. Heck, it was fine once SP2 was released.
Either way, you
should be skipping Vista completely and going straight to Win7!
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OneWorld
Joined: 07/04/09
Posts: 318
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Get a copy of DBAN, it's a disk of mass destruction, blow anything away, except the smell
of my feet!
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Guy Johnson
Joined: 02/05/03
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Loc: Pembrokeshire
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Quote Kenny Tosh:
Were you using
the Vista SP1? That's a joke. However, in its current state, it's not a bad OS by any
standards. Heck, it was fine once SP2 was released.
Either way, you should be
skipping Vista completely and going straight to Win7!
As with any new OS release ... wait! ... for niggles to be
de-niggled, and drivers for your gear to be written for the released version of Windows 7
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Martin Walker
Watcher Of The Skies
Joined: 28/02/01
Posts: 11258
Loc: Cornwall, UK
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Quote Guy Johnson:
As with any
new OS release ... wait! ... for niggles to be de-niggled
I love this!! 
Martin
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Guy Johnson
Joined: 02/05/03
Posts: 3276
Loc: Pembrokeshire
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Yes, the fun of OS upgrades ... 
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Kenny Tosh
Joined: 12/08/08
Posts: 154
Loc: Dundee, Scotland
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Quote Guy Johnson:
As with
any new OS release ... wait! ... for niggles to be de-niggled, and drivers for your gear
to be written for the released version of Windows 7
Obviously hold out if there's something not supported. But most
things seem to be working pretty much flawlessly from what I've seen (even from beta),
even if it has to use Legacy drivers/compatibility mode. I'd install it on a small
partition first to test it out, but there's not a whole lot that isn't supported.
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