[AccessD] Downgrading Vista

I'm beginning to worry that might be the case here, and I'm PISSED. After repartitioning and formatting the c: drive, my 2 different XP disks wouldn't work. However, the XP disk for my CURRENT XP machine, somewhat older than the laptop I'm redoing, does work -- but I can't use it because it's still on my desktop. 

I'm going to work on it again tonight after work. Maybe it's time to go to Linux....

--
Karen Rosenstiel
Seattle WA USA

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Charlotte Foust" <cfoust at infostatsystems.com>
> 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 
> 
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> [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
> 
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