Guest RyanH Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Hi I bought a new Computer a few weeks ago and Vista has been giving me all kinds of problems so I finally decided to downgrade back to XP but am having problems. I know how to boot from the Install CD and it detects my C drive I choose to install and things seem to go smoothly but every once in a while certain files cannot be copied (Usually .xml extensions). After the first part of install it has to restart. After it does a screen appears but then I get a message saying that certain files were not installed and setup cannot continue. Does anyone know what might be wrong?
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Re: Help with downgrading to XP RyanH wrote: > Hi I bought a new Computer a few weeks ago and Vista has been > giving me all kinds of problems so I finally decided to downgrade > back to XP but am having problems. I know how to boot from the > Install CD and it detects my C drive I choose to install and things > seem to go smoothly but every once in a while certain files cannot > be copied (Usually .xml extensions). After the first part of > install it has to restart. After it does a screen appears but then > I get a message saying that certain files were not installed and > setup cannot continue. Does anyone know what might be wrong? In the future, if you feel your post is relevant to more than one newsgroup - know that it is better for yourself (easier to track ALL answers to your query) and easier on the community at large (don't have to see the same message again and again like it was unread, see all the answers to the query in any given newsgroup it appears, less bandwidth used to download it once rather than multiple times per newsgroup posted in, etc..) if you cross-post as opposed to multi-posting. Cross-post is simply posting the smae message in many newsgroups ONCE - meaning you do not compose an individual post for each newsgroup, but in the original message you specify multiple newsgroups for the message to be posted to. What you have seemingly done is multi-post - or copy and post the same message in many groups. I responded to your query in the microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment newsgroup. Hopefully it will help you resolve your issue. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest Paul Randall Posted September 27, 2007 Posted September 27, 2007 Re: Help with downgrading to XP I bought a Compaq desktop with Vista preinstalled and wanted to set up a dual boot system with WXP. HP.com shows no WXP drivers for the model I bought. I did an online chat to get more info. They said that the BIOS had been optimized for Vista and they do not provide WXP support for this machine. The motherboard manufacturer has no online info about the motherboard for my desktop. I suppose it is possible for you to install WXP on your computer. I haven't tried on my computer yet. Good luck -Paul Randall "RyanH" <RyanH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:24B6F9AB-0F7E-40F8-9BF9-C55FAC0B0FD8@microsoft.com... > Hi I bought a new Computer a few weeks ago and Vista has been giving me > all > kinds of problems so I finally decided to downgrade back to XP but am > having > problems. I know how to boot from the Install CD and it detects my C drive > I > choose to install and things seem to go smoothly but every once in a while > certain files cannot be copied (Usually .xml extensions). After the first > part of install it has to restart. After it does a screen appears but then > I > get a message saying that certain files were not installed and setup > cannot > continue. Does anyone know what might be wrong?
Guest frodo@theshire.net Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Re: Help with downgrading to XP This thread highlights two important issues w/ downgrading: 1) it may not be possible to do at all, and 2) if it is you need to do it carefully! I too just recently downgraded a new Compaq to XP, and fortunatly it was a laptop that had previously sold w/ XP, so xp drivers were available for it at the Compaq web site; it tooks some digging to find them tho. It went relatively smoothly, and the laptop now works great; it had been an unbelievable dog w/ Vista, now it's actually pretty fast (a 1.6 Ghz celeron w/ 512MB ram. Certainly a minimal machine, but just fine w/ XP. Example: Vista Boot Time: 4 to 5 minutes. Shutdown: 2 minutes. Now w/ XP boot up is 30 seconds, shutdown is even less. And it shows 350 MB of avail ram after boot-up, Vista showed 60MB. Under normal usage it never swaps; with vista, launching any app, even solitare, caused swapping. It was totaly unusable as shipped w/ Vista Basic, and the "extra" BS that was installed (Norton etc; yeah, I know, they were most likely a major cause of the sluggishness, not just Vista. But Vista made it real hard/painful to figure any of that out, it was simply easier to wipe and start over.)) But, I did have some difficulty, until I wiped all vista-made partitions and rebuilt the partition table within XP Setup. Leaving the vista partition table caused Setup to fail. I suspect this is the OP's issue too. Vista changed how boot-up is done, so you really need to delete the vista partition table and start fresh. Google for "Vista dual-boot issues". So, check if XP drivers are even available for your system, and if they are do a totally clean XP install, leaving no remnants of Vista. And good luck. You might also try calling your machine's maker and bitching at them. More and more are going back and making xp drivers for their newer machines because so many people are having issues w/ Vista. MS has actually started sanctioning "downgrading", and some makers actually now include an XP Restore CD in their shipping Vista machines, just in case.
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