How to get XP drivers from the Vista hard drive?

I have an Extensa 5620-4025, or 5620z, both numbers are on the unit, and want to downgrade to WinXP.

In a Dec 2007, the instruction indicated to do a system backup…..that is done. Then it states: “Acer makes it easy with its Driver and Application backup CD creator”.

I have not been able to find out how this is done…since a standard device backup will seems to only pickup Vista drivers, I would like to have all drivers both Vista and XP in one place.

How do you do this device driver backup on the Acer?

Really need some help so I can start to make the downgrade to WinXP.

Since I can not find or see the device drivers on the Factory Default Image Backup disks, I did a driver backup using Driver Magician. This program provided me with all the drivers on the Acer.

What I do not know is whether or not the XP drivers were picked up as part of this package?

None of the Acer sites provide all the drivers that are non-MS, so I am unsure as to what I really have at this point. Without getting the XP drivers that are non-MS, it would appear that the conversion to XP will be a problem.

What do I have to do to get those XP drivers that apparently are contained already on my Acer hard drive?

 

I would assume there's a restore partition somewhere with these drivers? I don't expect that XP drivers would be installed in Vista (doubt it would work), so backups that try to read from Vista's install probably won't work.

That being said, Acer usually has drivers on their website. It's a little clunky depending on which site you download. I believe the Acer Euro FTP usually has the most up-to-date drivers compared to other Acer sites

 

In order to find XP drivers ... look in Vista's device manager on the names/numbers of the most relevant hardware inside your laptop.
also use CPU-Z and gpu-z for ascertaining the chipset and gpu.

then go to the manufacturers (names) websites and search up the drivers for XP and download.

A note of caution .... you will need SATA drivers for XP as well, so try to find those on the Intel website ...
Intel Matrix storage device and sata drivers.

The best way to have both XP and Vista drivers on a single cd/dvd is by putting them there manually though a burning program.
The utility for Acer will probably only recognize Vista drivers anyway.

Having said that, if you have a large enough usb stick, just put all drivers there, install XP and install the drivers as you need them off the usb ... manually.