Edward S Zuris
edzedz at comcast.net
Tue Jul 15 09:47:34 CDT 2008
I recently worked on an older Inspiron
Using Nero I created a Boot CD that emulated
a floppy disk. Boots to Win-98 in Dos.
Used FDISK and FORMAT to blank hard drive
Went to dell support url:
http://support.dell.com/
Selected the following to get manuals and drivers
then lots of work.
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Technical Support
Choose a Model
Laptop
Inspiron Laptop
Select Product By Model > Laptops > Inspiron Laptop > E1405
A). Drivers & Downloads
B). Manuals
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B). Manuals
Service Manual
Owner's Manual
Setup Diagram
etc.
Searched manuals for clues.
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A). Drivers & Downloads
Select XP
Download everything important
Build a CD with the unzipped drivers
Install XP on a blank Laptop Hard Drive
Install drivers one at a time
You will have to go to control panel > system
to remove thinks that don't work and re-install
drivers reboot until everything is happy.
Install service packs and layered software.
Gave computer back to customer.
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Karen
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 9:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Downgrading Vista
It's a Dell Inspiron E1405. Got it about a year ago.
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Edward S Zuris
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 9:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Downgrading Vista
Karen what is the Model number of your PC ?
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Karen Rosenstiel
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Downgrading Vista
OK, here's the latest. I called Dell tech support and explained the
situation. I told him that I had 2 old XP Pro cd's. He immediately got all
upset and told me I couldn't use them. I explained that the machines they
came on were long gone. Then he told me that there was something on the cd
that would prevent it from loading if it had already been used and
registered on another machine. I told him point blank I didn't believe him.
Especially since I've used these cd's on several machines for years as I
upgraded. Just had to call MS and they gave me the code.
The only good thing that came out of the conversation is that he did tell me
that my machine would take XP -- I just had to buy another cd.
This is really and truly annoying me.
Regards,
Karen Rosenstiel
Seattle WA USA
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 8:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Downgrading Vista
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
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:36 AM
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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
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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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