Re: Reverting from Vista to XP
- From: nesredep egrob <Long. -31,48.21 Lat. 115,47.40>
- Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:16:42 +0800
On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 16:01:01 -0700, CRD2.0 <CRD2.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I upgraded XP to Vista and it didn't work. So I did a clean install, lost
everything that was on XP and spent the next couple of days trying to get
Vista to work (It would intermittently hang on everything from opening email,
explorer, to trying to get the maintenance program working, to finally not
even reading off the DVD/CD burner at all). So I tried to do a clean XP
re-install ( Windows XP logo certified OEM disk), by deleting and creating a
new partition. The hard-drive is a single WD 250 GB in SATA configuration.
The partition would only see it as a 130 GB drive. After reading all the
other posts I could find, I'm hoping that when SP1 gets installed - it will
recognize the harddrive as being 250 GB (but I can't get there yet). After
the partition is formatted, and the computer reboots, the Windows splash logo
comes up, then BSOD. Tried deleting/creating partition again (several times,
both quick and long methods). Did the "chkdsk" several times - no problems
found.
I don't have any floppy disks to be able to load any drivers when asked (can
they even be bought still?). I went into the BIOS, tried changing the order
of boot disks so it would read the CD before the C drive, but no change,
still crashed after the splash screen. Then on my latest attempt, went into
the recovery console - changed to c:\ directory and formated the c: drive.
Did a long partition format (still only 130 GB), system reboot and BSOD after
Windows' splash screen. I'm at wits end. Remember, I had WinXP on this exact
harddrive and hardware setup before trying out Vista. I'm no computer expert,
though I tried to follow several of the links posted on issues similar, but
where do I go from here? Plus I would like to get my money back on the Vista
upgrade disk - anyone else able to return their purchased upgrade disk after
being opened?
Re: the 130GB
Start/run/regedit
(if unsure export registry for safety)
select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
navigate to system/services/atapi/parameters or
system/currentcontrolset/services/atapi/parameters
right click for new
Select Dword name it EnableBigLba (take note of case)
set value to 1
end regedit
reboot
Even with XP - I have had to do it
Borge in sunny Perth, Australia
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