Dan Waters
dwaters at usinternet.com
Mon Jul 14 10:53:26 CDT 2008
I installed Win XP Pro on a PC with a blank HD and it installed fine, recognizing the HD as EIDE, rather than SATA. I found out later that you need to do a special installation procedure to get XP to recognize the HD as an SATA HD - way beyond the scope of this email. It turned out that for typical PC usage there is a negligible difference in performance between using an SATA HD as SATA or as EIDE. Dan -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:36 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Downgrading Vista There are also hardware changes that work in Vista and not XP, such as the new Serial ATA hard drives. Doing an install with Vista, and it flies right through, try to install with XP, and it won't even see the hard drive! Drew -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:29 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Downgrading Vista Depending on the machine you have, it may not be possible. Apparently some manufacturers don't provide XP drivers for their devices now that Vista is out. I have a friend who does this kind of thing for a living and he's had HP laptops that simply could not be downgraded to XP and work. Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Karen Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 7:09 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: [AccessD] Downgrading Vista I am fed up with Vista Ultimate on my laptop. I want to downgrade to XP Pro and I have 2 bootable CDs with it. However, my damn laptop won't let either one boot. It starts and then I get the Blue Screen of Death with the following (useless) message: STOP: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0xF748E0BF, 0xF78DA208, 0xF78D9F08) Pci.sys - Address F748E0BF base at F7487000, Datestamp 3b7d855c How do I format the damn hard drive with Vista? TIA Regards, Karen Rosenstiel Seattle WA USA No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.10/1550 - Release Date: 7/13/2008 5:58 PM -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com The information contained in this transmission is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain II-VI Proprietary and/or II-VI Business Sensitive material. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. You are notified that any review, retransmission, copying, disclosure, dissemination, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com