Satellite A210-downgrade from VISTA to XP Pro SP2 - unknown base system device

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• Satellite A210 - Downgrade from Vista to XP - a few more missing drivers

  Hello

  I think I've fixed most of the problems driver XP now. After 3 days of searching...
  My laptop is the Satellite A210-16Y (PSAEL).

  I'm always looking for USB drivers and drivers for the Webcam (I found a bit for the cam and installed them pretty good, but when I try to press any button of the camera program, there's just a mistake (missing/not working driver).)
  The Webcam isn "t what matters... but USB is.

  Thanks for all suggestions / answers!

  Have you installed the Chipset driver? Than the one that you have installed?

  As much as I know the USB driver does not exist and for the use of the USB ports, you need driver chipset right?

• Downgrade from Vista to XP Pro

  My company bought a laptop computer for us to use around the laboratory. The Dell Latitude D630 has been bundled with Windows Vista. We prefer to use Windows XP Pro to maintain consistency and ensure that all programs "home-made or home ' run as it should. What are my options to downgrade from Vista to Xp Pro? Thank you.

  If you have a retail version of Windows XP with the product key, Yes. As long as there are drivers available for this computer to Windows XP from the manufacturer.

• Downgrade from Vista to XP Pro Dell Inspiron 6400: no sound, error Code 10

  Downgraded from Vista to XP Pro (V. 2002) on my Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop.  Have installed Service Pack 3.

  Audio will not play (I get beeps of warning system but that's all, there isn't a problem with the hardware).

  In Device Manager, there is a yellow exclamation by the "IDT High Definition Audio Codec" under sound, video and game controllers.

  Dxdiag shows NO device installed.

  NO device does appear as installed anywhere.

  I tried the updated drivers, did NOT work.  Get the error code 10.

  Automated fix - it doesn't include troubleshooting for audio.

  Does anyone have a solution?

  DM1313,

  This system comes with 3 different sound cards to choose from. You can view download driver sound options by clicking below.

  Audio drivers Inspiron 6400

  Thank you

  Dell-Jesse

• Satellite U400 - Downgrade from Vista to XP

  Hello guys,.

  I recently bought a laptop Toshiba Satellite U400/03 s with a pre-installed version of Vista business & do not like. It came with a recovery disk for Windows XP Pro product. This confused me a bit. Can I downgrade Vista Business with XP Pro?

  My next question is, if I can downgrade to XP Pro I need registry XP with Mircosoft?

  Also, if I do not need to register with Mircosoft XP, where can I get the registration key of?

  Greatly forward a response.

  Thank you very much.

  Normand

  Hello

  A downgrade from Vista to XP is possible. Why not?
  But as far as I know, so you need to reinstall the full specifications but in my opinion, this isn't a problem because you have the XP Recovery disk. Just boot from it and follow the instructions on the screen.

  But before that, you you should burn the Windows Vista recovery disk. How do you know this? You need to start only the Toshiba recovery disc creator and you need a blank DVD. Then the Vista recovery disk will be created, and if you want new Vista, you must start only on this disc. That s all because it contains the settings factory and if all the drivers and tools of Toshiba.

  If you have installed XP you must register it on Microsoft. It is not necessary.
  AFAIK, you must enter a product key. It of already on the recovery disk.

  Welcome them

• Need help with this problem without downgrading from Vista to XP pro.

  OK so I have a problem, but it is in a common category, it is a rare problem as given that everywhere I look I can't seem to find someone who has the same problem.

  Question #1: Heres Alright so my question downgrade from vista 64 bit of the month last to XP pro SP2... Well, I'm going through the process of installation very well, wipe the hard drive, make new partion (or how ever spell you it) etc. It starts the formatting, and it installs everything seems to be fine. Now when it comes to the reboot screen it counts down it restarts correctly now, this is where the problem occurs. During the restart of the process rather than continue through the installation process which should be, where it says "Press any key to boot from the CD" soon after that instead of going into the installation process it says "disc read error" or something of the sort just underneath. Help, please!

  Question #2 also now that I re installed vista I did all good also, erased the hard disk (even I tried to install XP on) just to make sure they had no data on this. Well now, during startup it asks if I want "a previous version of windows" or "Windows XP" as if I double started somehow. Vista loads still very well when I choose it however. If I managed to do an install own success of XP it should fix right?

  Thanks again.

  Hi Kevin112,

  Thanks for posting. Follow these steps on your XP disk.

  1. place your Windows XP installation CD and start to her...
  2. Press any button to start the Windows installation (don't worry... we do not actually use the installer at this point)
  3. wait a few moments for the installation program starts, when you see repair an installation of Windows XP using the Recovery Console, and then press the R key
  4. wait until you see this screen, enter the number of your master installation. (Typically 1 to C:\Windows)
  5. press ENTER.
  6. If you are prompted to do so, enter your administrator password. If you don't have one, leave the field blank and press to enter.
  7. from the command prompt, type: chkdsk/r (note the space between chkdsk and / r)
  Allow it to complete undisturbed.
  8. remove the disc, then restart.

  After completing this, then format it and try to reinstall XP again. As for your other question if completely format you your drive using XP you should not see the previous version of XP. The only reason you would see that it's the Vista BCD is located on a second hard drive in your computer. If this is the case and you want to do an install own format two readers please.

  I hope this helps! Shawn - Support Engineer - MCP, MCDST
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• Satellite A350 - Downgrade from Vista to XP

  Hello

  Can some guide me in degardin Satellite A 350 from Vista to XP?

  Hello!

  And what do you know?

  If you want to install Windows XP on the laptop, you must only start since the installation of the disk and follow the instructions on the screen everything that s!

  But don t forget to install the SATA drivers. Otherwise I think that your HARD drive will be not recognized.
  And before installing XP you must burn the Toshiba Recovery disk if you didn't already. So, you can restore the factory settings whenever you want.

  Good bye

• Downgrade from vista to XP pro on Pavilion dv3-2005ee (need drivers)

  Hello

  I want to downgrade from vista to XP SP3 because some old games on does not work on vista as Hitman:codename 47 and TheSims... etc.

  Then... I need help to find the driver for this laptop. I did a forum search for my model and found nothing.

  Thanks in advance!

  Hello

  Before that we'll start with her, I have something to tell you. Decommissioning of this model is not always easy, and your model is designed to work well with Vista. Please check first that link written by Joshua Wood and concentrate on problems that may appear when you install the sound card in it. I don't know then it's dv5 guide, but a lot of hardware and drivers are the same for both models. It is recommended also by me to print this guide and information on the problems with the sound card.

  First make the Vista backup. Here you have all the information, how do.

  You have a folder with the drivers & programs that can prove very useful after downgrade XP. Copy the folder in C:\Swsetup on DVD Before you format your hard drive.

  Now you need to integrate your drivers Sata (only x 86 drivers) win nLite.

  Here is the guide how to do it and here are AMD SATA AHCI Controller for you. Just unRAR it drivers with winrar.

  Remember, also, that you use the Windows XP SP2 version. If you have not got the version SP2 here you can download this service pack

  and here you guide how to integrate this file with your new system of nLite.

  In this program, you can even burn your new XP cd with this driver.

  Message edited by Daniel_Potyrala on 12/09/2009 16:36

• Satellite L300 - Downgrade from Vista to XP

  Hi all

  I bought a new laptop of the sereies following
  * TOSHIBA SATELLITE L300-19F * of france in french version with windows vista.

  I want to downgrade * windows vista for windows XP * English version.
  is it possible to get the same guide please.
  I got a new XP CD in English.

  Where to find all the drivers for this laptop sereies
  It would be really nice if can send the link for the drivers.

  awaitng for your answer

  Salim khan

  Hello!

  A downgrade is possible if you perform a new installation.
  If had to format the HARD disk when you start the installation with XP.

  I have a Satellite L300 and Windows too and I downloaded the driver from the Toshiba website.
  You can find all.
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com

  Good bye

• downgrade from vista to xp pro installed factory

  I have my acer travelmate 5720 laptop before semi-bas sisters had vista (not sure which version) as a pre installed... She wanted to xp pro... they downgraded it via three cd discs... the laptop was bought from pc world... She let go of his daughter on this subject and he got a massive amount of virus on this subject in the course of a year... I ran malware anti-malware and mcafee to clean but it froze dead. My sister had the understanding that she was in possession of the xp os disk pro as part of the three-disc set that provided her with the new laptop... She had never backed up his sys disk and relied on the fact of his duty of these discs unless something was wrong , she could just re - install xp pro of the said records... There were three partitions on his laptop computer on this disc... some had the remnants of his old vista to factory (I think) within IT... the second was here personal backup space and then finally the live Webcam c: windows partition... a label key of vista on the underside of your laptop without label of xp key only the key of vista... Despite many attempts to re - install disks said the bone was never given on... windows installed but there is no os... in a last ditch attempt to recover the laptop, she bought an XP pro disk from e - bay with its license tag... before I install this to his laptop is it possible to use the old key of vista with the new windows xp disk to return and use the license key of the part bottom of the laptop computer and save the new software and key to another pc? .. .i have read some threads on decommissioning, but it does not explain how 'reuse' an old but valid license key on the original... She bought the license for software/computer laptop / touch so its hers to use probably still, or do we install this new copy of xp, even if it means that this laptop would have actually two xp pro key and a vista key assigned?

  Please can someone enlighten us on this thorny and confusing subject :)

  Thanks for your time, he seems to have found a result... as this was a company pc world pre installation of vista and then brought back to xp pro, it seems that the hidden restore partition was a vestige of vista, can't be totally sure as that, but I re - partition the drive as a single drive, not as three discs rather small and then tried three discs provided to my sister with the installation she bought. I have the plonked in the drive after and all is well. I know I lost the recovery option, but with the disks now works very well, I don't seem to need the additional hidden partitions. could something in hidden files have jumped to the top of the first re-setup, I tried when the laptop was the recovery partitions? ... still am, typing this answer you on him and all seems well, still a little confused on the subject of how a system downgraded keeps the files for a more early system (vista) installed not those of a downgrade from xp pro? I only wish that I had taken a shot before I ever had a chance to examine hidden :(files

  Once again, thank you, I'll have to look at the discs that I've been able to burn images of fron in the hidden partition and keep you updated on what they were if all goes well.

  Regards, rob

• Equium A210 downgrade from Vista to XP - drivers need

  Hello

  I have spent in my series of satellite a210 to Xp to make it run faster, but I have a problem with my graphics, install the drivers that they used on the website of ati and when I click on the link on the toshiba site to get it takes 11 hours to download the drivers

  y at - it all garentee that these will even work, and is it possible that I can get these and also my audio drivers all faster...

  Thanks in advance

  floriane

  Toshiba drivers for this laptop you will find ONLY the European Toshiba page.
  The server seems to be overloaded. Try to download the driver later; between 23:00 and 08:00.

  With regard to the ATI graphics driver from the ATI page.
  This driver is not designed for graphics cards for laptop computer and so you can not install it. The original GPU ATI driver doesn t supports protection against overheating as the graphics drivers from Toshiba. The overheating protection is necessary and important, because mobile GPUS do not have huge cooling modules like graphics cards to office.

• Satellite A500 - downgrade from Vista to XP

  Hi all!
  I received the laptop Satellite A500 with preinstalled Vista, is it possible to install XP even if Toshiba doesn't have any drivers for XP?
  Thank you!

  Generally Yes, but with the drivers, may be a little more problematic.
  Please don t start with the installation of Windows XP Home edition.
  Tell us in a first time what A500 you exactly (A500-xxx).

  What we can do is check if another model of phone has the same or similar hardware configuration. Then we can use drivers of another model of laptop that you supported WXP.

• downgrade from Vista to Xp Pro 32-bit dv9540eb

  Hi, I want to downgrade my vista to Xp dv9540eb, could you help and advise where I can find the sata driver and all other Xp compatible drivers.

  Thanks in advance

  This is the driver sata for your machine:

  http://tinyurl.com/6bynhq

• Re: Downgrading satellite A210-1AS from Vista to WIN XP

  I have a desktop computer is fully functioning and a barely work Equium A210-1AS I Avanquest Fix - It 10 works well on the desktop. I installed the Fix - It 10 over satellite and after a day or if the computer crashed. It would start and after the endless restore operations and the uninstall of a program is not necessary and Fix - It 10 computer sort of works with a particular message. I was too mean a charge of £30 for a recovery disk for the Equius which has Vista Home OS. Now he is a true OEM CD of WIN XP I have in my possession. I bought and used on a desktop computer that I finally took to the discharge of the Council when it has stopped working.

  Can I create a CD with all the drivers XP downloaded from the Internet just boot to the top with the WIN XP disc and then insert the driver CD?

  I think I could activate WIN XP by phone and explanation. Would this work and what are the difficulties? I can't save all data.
  BTW, I like XP and don t like Vista!
  Thanks for any help,

  Hello

  If you have win Xp drivers for your model:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp

  You can install Windows Xp, and one more thing is AHCI driver during the installation of Windows XP
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/HTD9401AN0000R01.htm

  You may, integrated into the Windows disc. You can also affect compatibility mode in the Bios (sata controller).

  If you have more questions, ask... Try to help.

• Satellite A300 - Downgrade from Vista to XP

  Hi all
  I just bought a new Satellite A300 laptop, preloaded with VISTA with XP Downgrade option.

  I finished the VISTA (Setup) and the recovery of the DVD. Now, I really want to downgrade to Windows XP, using the supplied with the Toshiba laptop recovery CD, but the instructions are vague.
  I tried F12 at startup and select CD/DVD as the boot, but it seems to hang on the black screen.

  There are files on the disc (3.2 GB) I covered it on another PC. I also tried the option of recovering your system start-up (F8), but it does not determine that the drive is a recovery / disk backup. I don't want to just run right XP installation of my copy of license of Volume for obvious reasons.

  Does anyone have information / procedure on how to switch using the Toshiba provided CD?

  Any help gratefully received.
  With our thanks,
  Stu.

  Hello!

  You hear that the drive reads the disc XP if you boot from it? What is the computer hangs on empty screen or if you get an error message?

  You can boot from another drive? Maybe the downgrade does not work properly or it s a problem with CD/DVD player. Check it!

  Sorry, but at the moment I can t tell more.

  Good bye