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How Do You Change The Oprating System In Vista To Xp In Acer Notebooks?

April 26, 2017Acer Computers notebooks operating oprating system Vista Windows XP

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How Do You Change The Oprating System In Vista To Xp In Acer Notebooks?

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how to change the current operating system windows vista to xp in acer notebooks Restart Computer -> Press F2 Under Bios Main (Information) -> look for “Sata Mode” -> Change the option to “IDE Mode” then save and exit Run the Win XP Setup disk again to reinstall the operating system If this process doesn’twork, please follow the instruction outlined below and the driver link for SATA installation. Please download the SATA driver from the URL below: Address : ftp://aeftp_r:aeftp_r.@ftp.acer.ae/Utilities/ and copy on a floppy which you need to give during the windows XP installation, the steps are below Insert the Windows XP CD and boot the system . On the First Blue Screen press F6 to provide third party HDD/Storage Driver. Provide the Driver from the Floppy drive. Look for the drivers below from the list Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH8M-E/M) Intel(R) 82801GBM SATA AHCI Controller (Mobile ICH7M/DH Follow the steps to create Partition and install OS. All the neces