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    Toshiba U300-153 : replacing Vista home premium by XP professional

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by vishwasdatye, Feb 13, 2008.

  1. vishwasdatye

    vishwasdatye Newbie

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    As a user I am sick and frustrated with pre-installed Vista home premium on my new Toshiba U300-153 laptop. Now I wish to get rid of Vista.
    If I use my bootable XP CD ROM for installing XP, I get a message that my hard drive is not detected.
    I need step by step help to remove Vista from my laptop and change over to XP professional.
    Also I need advice on source of hardware drivers that I may need after Vista is removed.
    - Vishwas [ means trust ]
     
    vishwasdatye, Feb 13, 2008
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  2. rubosh

    rubosh Notebook Enthusiast

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    download AHCI drivers form intel's website, the zip package, unzip them use nlite to create a new win xp installation with integrated drivers.. then have fun installing the other drivers, make sure to follow the installation order...
     
    rubosh, Feb 14, 2008
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  3. vishwasdatye

    vishwasdatye Newbie

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    Hi, Thanks.
    For me, the process looks formidable. I am not a specialist in PC but just a learning user. Is there a simpler way to resolve my problem as is mentioned above?
    Sorry for the botheration. - Vishwas
     
    vishwasdatye, Feb 16, 2008
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    lonewolf0069 Notebook Consultant

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    Go into your cmos and disable your sata then it should boot from your cd. also go to the toshiba website and look for a model with the same chipset that came with xp pre-installed download and burn those drivers to a cd for use later on
     
    lonewolf0069, Feb 17, 2008
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    inforeq1 Newbie

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    Hi,
    I Bought U300 153 Just Last Month And I Got Fed Up With Vista Premium Pre-installed With The Package.
    I Am Novice And Just Learning.
    I Want To Switch To Xp Everytime I Boot Via Xp I Get The Messege Hardisk No Found.
    I Read The Forums And Tried To Streamline Through Nlite But Iam Unable To Understand The Process. Any Body Please Help Me To Fix The Changeover
     
    inforeq1, May 30, 2008
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