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    uninstall Vista from ACER extensa 5210

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by jason666, Jan 25, 2008.

  1. jason666

    jason666 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi

    I have an Acer extensa 5210 with OS Vista.
    Now i would like to uninstall Vista and install Win XP.

    How can help me do this?
     
    jason666, Jan 25, 2008
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    bf4ed Newbie

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  3. safe

    safe Newbie

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    how can i update the bios when my 5210 appeared blue screen? pls reply. and i tried extracting the bios on my floppy it always show not enough space. which of the bios 1.08 file that i need to extract on my floppy so that it will fit?

    plus can somebody give me the step on how to update bios using external floppy driver?



    thanks in advance. hoping for a reply asap
     
    safe, May 28, 2008
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  4. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    DO NOT CHANGE TO IDE MODE,,,,, it is much easier to do it right to begin with

    follow the CD + internet instructions on the page refrenced below


    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=251130
    this page,, first link under DOWNGRADING TO XP
    soulpass has excellent guide

    follow it,,, but substitue the drivers for your model
     
    bigozone, May 28, 2008
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  5. safe

    safe Newbie

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    i dont have any of my recovery cd all i got in my hand now is the downloaded bios 1.08, and an xp pro cd. on my existing OS is xp home but even in safe mode the blue screen appear or the error will appear in just a minute of loading it. i tried searching the link you gave above but i found nothing so far. i know my question are mostly ans but i just cant find it.
     
    safe, May 28, 2008
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  6. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    http://soulpass.com/2007/11/10/inst...essional-sp2-on-acer-aspire-5315-2153-laptop/

    using your desktop,, create the SLIPSTREAMED XP CD with SATA drivers as described in the section on CD AND INTERNET INSTALL

    but if you have an external floppy

    you can just download the floppy disk file from that site,,, create the FLOPPY and use the FLOPPY INSTALL METHOD

    quit trying to install,,, and read some instructions,, figure out why it won't install and then you will have no troubles... but first you gotta read!!!

    READ that WHOLE PAGE down till the USER POSTS start...
    then read it again if you are still confused

    those instructions work for any PC with INTEL CHIPSETS that has a SATA HDD (of course you have to use the drivers for your own model of laptop instead of the hardware drivers for the aspire 5315,,, but the SATA drivers are standard Intel drivers)

    later,
    bigO
     
    bigozone, May 28, 2008
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