I have an Acer notebook 4520g and I would like to install XP. My question is if it is possible. I know there is problem with Sata
hard drives but I think that can be overcome
by changing the BIOS settings. I downloaded
all the XP drivers but can't help wondering if everything will work as it should.

Any suggestions very much appreciated....

Did your Acer come with Vista preinstalled?

Are you downgrading Vista to XP? If this is so there is no guarantee that it will work flawlessly since the OEM system builders is prohibited (under license agreement with M$) from supplying drivers designed specifically for use with Windows XP. You will have to scout the Internet to find comparative drivers elsewhere.

i_Xp/VistaUser

Yes it came preinstalled with Vista and yes
downgrading Vista to XP.

I did find drivers in various places
http://www.driveway.com/
and also on the Acer (thailand) website
although not sure if specifically for XP.
The Acer website says "XP Drivers" so one
should imagine that they would be ok..

I have an ACER 4520G laptop which comes with VISTA preinstalled. I decided to downgrade it to Windows XP SP2. Have you downgraded it to WINXP already?

If not, kindly provide your laptop hardware specifications so I can compare with mine. I can also provide you links where you can download XP drivers.

Should you need further advise, please don't hesistate to ask. :)

Cheers!

Thanks ctec but I already have the drivers for xp and I already did it. I found that the bios
allowed me to change settings so that XP installation would run. So I formatted the hard drive, installed XP and the acer drivers
and now all is working ok - except for one thing....screen resolution. 1280 x 760 doesn't quite do it for the laptop. Icons too small as is almost everything else. Going to have to play with it for a while to get it right....

korat2000