Help, Downgrading from Vista to XP

Hi all i have just purchased a hp dv6614tx centrino duo 2.0ghz, 2gb Ram and it is loaded with vista. I have decided that i feel most comfortable with using xp and would like to install that instead of vista. i have all the drivers for the laptop on a cd, i have XP home and SP2 cd, and also i have the hp recovery discs burnt onto a dvd so with all that im ready to go and install xp. Will someone please give me as much advice as possible to help me achieve this or run me through it. THANKYOU in advance for your help.

ps. my local computer store (the biggest in my area) the guy in the service department tried telling me it was impossible to downgrade. i dont beleive im.

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here you go


http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=165319

 

wow thankyou for your quick reply that really does look helpfull, i will read through it and give it a go and let you know how it goes. i will try give you some reps too for taking the time to help me

 

Exact same machine here, just wanted people to know the instructions work.

Got the driver pack v1.10 here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6R56CI5E

This place is good for more information about messing around with a xp disc if you want to go beyond what nLite can do: http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/1/

Not much in the way of problems, except I have been unable to locate working drivers for the webcam and something simply labelled "PCI Device" (silly me for not paying more attention to the device manager before starting) which I suspect is the expansion port.

Anyway, I'll keep looking, unless somebody already knows and can tell me. Anyone here smart enough to write down details of their hardware before formatting or still running vista on this?

 

so you have exactly the same system as me? if you do i can give you any hardware information you like i did an everest scan to check the components so i can get drivers once xp is installed, give me your email and i will email my list to you, our hardware should be exactly the same. if you could please would you email a rundown on how to put xp on as im havn a bit of dificulty following the instsructions in that link, plus since it has worked for you i will follow your instructions step by step. thankyou im so releived someone else with the same laptop has managed to get xp back on.

my email is [email protected]

i look forward to your reply

 

I think posting them here instead of emailing me would be more useful to other dv6614tx owners who also want to switch to xp.

Also, I pretty much just slipstreamed the drivers (all of them, from the driver pack) and made it bootable, according to the instructions, then added my own tweaks. After that, I just tried to install every driver. This place has a good number of screenshots: http://www.nogodforme.com/HPDV6500T.htm

That's when I encountered my problem. From what I've read so far, I don't think I'll be trying to install linux any time soon.

 

thankyou i have successfully installed xp on the laptop using the guide, to help you with your problem, in your device manager right click on the pci slot and click update driver and it should search for a driver from the net and automatically install it, it worked for me.

 

Hmm, that doesn't work for me. Oh well.

 

Silly me, I didn't have sp2 installed. Oops. It's all good now.

 

A note.. Going from Vista to XP is called an Upgrade

 

so true i totally agree with you. now after 'upgrading' from vista to xp im enjoying blistering performance and fantastic stability.

 

I'm guessing you've all seen it already, but I just couldn't resist.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/12/15/1944206