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    Want to replace Vista with Xp

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by robpegs, Jan 19, 2009.

  1. robpegs

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    Sony Vaio vgn-ns10l

    Hi all Need some help to replace vista with xp on my machine,I try to boot from cd via the xp disc but receive a blue screen of death after 20 seconds or so. I guess the hard drive is locked and needs formating etc. can vista be replaced ok? do i need to worrie about chipset, and is there drivers for the sata HDD on xp for this machine?. any information on how to replace vista with xp?
    regards
    Rob
     
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  2. Fittersman

    Fittersman Wanna trade?

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    If you follow the first little part of the guide in my sig (beside windows xp x32) on creating a bootable ISO, it will tell you how to install xp on a sata hard drive. The rest of the guide is machine dependent, so I wouldn't recommend following it step by step, but the overall process will be simmilar.
     
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    LPTP-LVR Notebook Deity

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    Yeah try a search on the forum...shouldn't be too hard to find.
    In short...it probably has to do with your SATA setting. If you got Vista installed with your lappy chances are your SATA operation is set to AHCI in your BIOS, check that and if it's the case switch to ATA/IDE before running your XP setup. It should run fine and when the setup is finished you can look for AHCI drivers to switch back to AHCI....just look on the Sony site for em.
    Are you running anything like Intel Matrix storage manager?
     
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    radiofreeeurope Notebook Enthusiast

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    Many Thanks all for the replies,
    I will give it a go!

    Rob
     
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    Ah no settings Re. the HDD in the Bios well none that can be changed.
    Rob



     
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    There should be a setting for SATA operation. You dont see any of ATA, IDE, SATA, or AHCI anywhere in yout BIOS?
     
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