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Sony VAIO downgrade to WinXP
Name: Voodoo Date: March 30, 2009 at 11:39:27 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro CPU/Ram: 2.8GHz/2GB Product: Dell / 3100 Subcategory: Installation
Comment:
Hello all. Recently I purchased a Sony VAIO VGN-Z530N/B. It comes with Windows Vista Business and I would like to downgrade that to Windows XP Pro. I tried formatting but received a blue screen. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Name: 1stepbeyond Date: March 30, 2009 at 13:35:29 Pacific
Reply:
hi your probably going to have to load the sata driver 1st, try from usb pendrive, i dont know if the laptop will let you do it that way, if not on another pc integrate the sata driver into your xp version using nlite,
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