[AccessD] Downgrading Vista

Drew, you are talking about AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) which
allows advanced features of SATA such as hot plug and Native Command
Queuing (NCQ).  You still use the basic features of SATA just not all of
it.  This feature is kinda of not supported on XP but definitely supported
in VISTA.  I mean kinda because it is possible to enable AHCI on XP, I did
it, and have no problems.  I can even turn on/off my external HD through
eSATA.

Mike...

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On 7/14/2008 at 4:31 PM Drew Wutka wrote:

>Too lazy to reboot my laptop and go into the BIOS...it's a feature of
>the SATA drives, and I had to turn them off for my Windows XP CD to
>recognize the hard drives on my laptop.
>
>Drew
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of DJK(John)
>Robinson
>Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 1:14 PM
>To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Downgrading Vista
>
>Hi Drew
>
>What new SATA drives??!  Or are these HP/Dell/.. proprietary ones?
>
>Mine are about as new as they come (Barracuda 7200.11 1TBs), and work
>fine
>with both Vista and XP.
>
>John
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
>Sent: 14 July 2008 16:36
>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
>
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>[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 
>
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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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