Satellite A300D-126 downgrade Vista to XP

Hi all

I bought the laptop Toshiba Satellite A300D, model 126, with Windows Vista Home Premium (PSAK4E).
These days I tried to install Windows XP Professional with SP2 on my laptop.

First, I made a new partition (D :) for the new operating system.
I installed the OS XP on the D: drive. I expect to be able to choose between the two OS (Vista and XP) when I start the computer.
After you have installed all the drivers for XP, I took on the Toshiba site, I realized the SM Bus controller driver is still not installed.

Where can I get this driver?
Secondly, how can I choose between two operating systems when you start the computer?

Thank you.

Hello

First of all I hope that you have created a Toshiba Recovery disk in order to recover the laptop if something will go wrong.

Now to your installation of Win XP.
The installation of Win XP has damaged the Vista Boot Manager.
If you want to start the two BONES, then you will have to boot from the original Microsoft Vista disc to repair the boot manager.
After the boot manager has been repaired and you started the Vista device you can use a tool called Vista Boot Pro to include the Win XP to the Vista boot loader.

See you soon

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