Did anybody downgrade *VGN-NR11S/S* successfully?

hello everyone

i've bought VGN-NR11S/S recently and i am planning to downgrade it to good old XP. vista isn't *that* bad, but the main reason of downgrade is vista's incompatibility with software i used to work with. besides, i always do a clean install on new machines. oh, and all of this bloatware - i want to get rid of it, obviously.

i did a little research and i found that downgrade is pretty much possible on vaio NR notebooks. but i just want to make sure that my NR11S/S will work after all. i do have my 2 recovery dvds created straightaway, but you know - i'd like to install clean xp instead.

any advices, links and such would be much appreciated!

thanks in advance

 

Looking to do the same with the VGN-NR11S/S for my daughter. Looking to downgrade to XP Pro.

Questions:
1: If all fails after trying to slipstream a disc to get past the sata problem. Or I am succesful in the change Can I get back to vista easy enough if need be?

2: Will this change avoid the warranty?

I have made the recovery disc.

Any advice on the driver side of things much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

i've downgraded that same laptop using this thread as reference

i have the same problem as others, can't get the brightness controls to work

 

Hey thanks bITmApp for the reply,

After going through various threads about downgrading vista I have decided to give my daughters lappy a miss this time. She would be lost without it. Now if it was mine the story would be different.

Shame on you Sony!!!

Give us the chance to revert back to old faithfull XP. Post the drivers we need.

Was going to upgrade my desktop soon with a shop purchase. Maybe it might be wiser if I build my own with a the OS i want.

Is there some law that is stopping Sony from letting us down grade?

Had my little moan.

 

ouch. so that means i need to consider installing ubuntu. anyone did?

besides, i've read somewhere that sony will release XP drivers for NR soon, in first quarter of 2008. have you guys ever tried THIS?

 

Dear friends,

Does any one downgraded your laptop successfully from vista to xp. im still working on vista only and just waiting to download the drivers! and just gone through the below link

http://www.vaio-link.com/os/xp/downg...GB_cons&m=2869

but it says :

Dear customer, it seems that there is a problem with the details you have provided.

Please make sure all fields are correctly filled in.
Please make sure your product code and serial number are correctly filled in.
Please make sure that you selected the correct download page for your Vaio model.


---------------------------

What are main precautions should i need to take before installing xp -- as i want to erase my hard disk completely ..

------
Thanks in advance

 

yep, that's what i have said in my previous post. anyway, have anybody tried to find and collect *ALL* drivers for XP? using for instance CPU-Z or Everest software? let me know.

gosh, i want XP drivers so so much.

 

Hello,

I've just downgraded my VGN-NR11S to XP successfully.

I have everything working (including backlight):
Audio (with on-screen display)
Backlight control
Card reader
Chipset
Graphics
Lan
Modem
Touchpad
Wireless.


All seems great at the moment, and I've zipped all the drivers I needed and uploaded to RS.

http://rapidshare.com/files/93970072/VGN-NR11S_Driver_Package_for_WXP.zip.html (~50MB)

These are meant for the VGN-NR11S, but probably work with similar models.

To control the backlight, you use WIN + F5/F6, rather than the Fn Key.

Enjoy Windows XP!

PS: I recommend installing XP on a separate partition (as I have done) and dual boot, see this tutorial: http://apcmag.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp

 

great stuff! so is everything working just fine, without any problems? i reckon there are all the drivers, right?

i'll try that out soon, i'm so happy i can finally install xp on my vaio!

and probably i will do a clean install of xp only.

 

pls how can i get a copy of your recovery DVD,had mistakenly formatted my system but my recovery DVD is bad,but i stay in nigeria,Africa,pls help me.any how pls get back to me on [email protected].

 

@Fat.cat: Yep, everything is running perfectly
@obafemi: I don't really understand; you've reformatted your disk and want to return to normal but your recovery disk doesn't work? oO

 

cool! but what about slipstreaming SATA drivers...?

 

all am saying is,i need recovery disk,will appreciate if i can get it thru this forum,

 

I downgraded my NR11S/S using the thread for NR110 and the drivers provided by Lineapp.

Thanks Lineapp.

Both NR11 and NR110 use the same SATA drivers - ICH8M.

I'm not sure if the card readers are working because I'm not using them. Overall, so far, it's working fine.

There's a problem with nlite after the installation. The laptop tried to look for nhelper.exe which is not there. I found a thread that suggest deleting the registry for nlite and nhelper. I've done that and it seems to solve the problem.

 

Guys, can someone make for me a mirror at another file-sharing service? I just can't download from rapidshare. Any other (mediafire is preferrable) will work =)

Appreciate your help.

 

Guys, if someone needs another mirror, here it is - GigaSize.