Need some help going from Vista back to XP

jokah03 · 12-26-2007, 09:20 AM

Back in February of this year I bought a new Compaq Presario Model Number SR2180NX - came preloaded with Vista. Tomorrow I want to go back to XP..because Vista is really driving me nuts as of late. I looked online for my model number at the Compaq site..and all they have is drivers from Vista.

Is there ANYWAY I can reformat and still be able to download my drivers for my Compaq computer..? I need to go back to XP!

Thanks for all of your responses!

abramuz · 12-26-2007, 07:11 PM

format your hard disc .
copy data
and install WinXP

windowsvista · 12-26-2007, 10:53 PM

is this posted somewhere else??

OvenMaster · 12-27-2007, 08:21 AM

You should make darn sure that you can download and save XP drivers for all your hardware before you reformat with XP. Many newer PCs were designed and built with Vista in mind and never had XP drivers released. If you can't find XP drivers, you may be screwed.
Tom

PC eye · 12-27-2007, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OvenMaster

You should make darn sure that you can download and save XP drivers for all your hardware before you reformat with XP. Many newer PCs were designed and built with Vista in mind and never had XP drivers released. If you can't find XP drivers, you may be screwed.
Tom

I think that more then sums things up!

That's quite correct. You first want to look over the support section at the HP/CompaQ site before making a big one there. And that would be precisely the problem since the support site shows only Vista at http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...=documentIndex

Interested · 12-27-2007, 03:04 PM

Or, you can look for drivers for the parts individually, not just from HP but google might have them. Try DriverGuide.com.

marx91 · 12-27-2007, 04:32 PM

i have a dell e1505 w/ vista home premium, i put xp on it also dual boot
and i have no sound when using xp and there are no drivers to make it work
so you might be stuck w/ vista

codeman0013 · 12-27-2007, 04:58 PM

Get used to it vista has been here for more then a year and a lot of manufacturers are no longer supporting xp for drivers... Unfortuinately compaq is one of the early jumpers they and toshiba are using primarily vista only hardware now. Dell is still using a lot of older things so they still use xp capable hardware. Be very careful i have had at least 10 pc's people have tried to go back to xp only 1 i was able to get running xp successfully since about october and people had to go back to vista becuase they just didnt want to struggle.. Also what about vista annoys you?

PC eye · 12-27-2007, 11:14 PM

The lack of XP drivers seen right there on the support clearly shows that "none" were written for XP period! That's a new 2007 model that apparently came out only following Vista's relase. If it had been out in Dec. of 2006 it would have to see XP driver support as well as now seeing that for the new version. Expect to see more new systems other then Dell trending towards Vista.

paratwa · 12-28-2007, 02:55 AM

What I expect to see is that more vendors are going to go back to XP. To many people hate and do not want Vista.

And since the graphics cards people are not supporting vista worth a damn, I think they are snubbing their noses at Microsoft and letting them know they do not like their tactics.

Remember when ME came out? Most new systems had it installed, but after a very short time they all went back to win 98 on their installations.

12-26-2007, 09:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
jokah03 New Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4	Need some help going from Vista back to XP Back in February of this year I bought a new Compaq Presario Model Number SR2180NX - came preloaded with Vista. Tomorrow I want to go back to XP..because Vista is really driving me nuts as of late. I looked online for my model number at the Compaq site..and all they have is drivers from Vista. Is there ANYWAY I can reformat and still be able to download my drivers for my Compaq computer..? I need to go back to XP! Thanks for all of your responses!

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OvenMaster VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Red Sox Nation Age: 49 Posts: 2,033	You should make darn sure that you can download and save XP drivers for all your hardware before you reformat with XP. Many newer PCs were designed and built with Vista in mind and never had XP drivers released. If you can't find XP drivers, you may be screwed. Tom __________________ Frankenbox III: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ * MOBO: Biostar K8M800 Micro AM2 * RAM: 2x1GB Kingston DDR2 667 HDD: WD 80GB Master, Seagate 320GB Slave * OPT: two Pioneer DVR-115DBK DVD burners PSU: Antec Basiq 500W * GPU: PNY GeForce FX5200 256MB AGP 8x * MON: ViewSonic LCD VA721 CASE: EvTek minitower * SND: Diamond Xtreme 5.1 * OS: XP Home SP2 * ROUTER: Linksys BEFSR41

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PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 20,281	The lack of XP drivers seen right there on the support clearly shows that "none" were written for XP period! That's a new 2007 model that apparently came out only following Vista's relase. If it had been out in Dec. of 2006 it would have to see XP driver support as well as now seeing that for the new version. Expect to see more new systems other then Dell trending towards Vista. __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

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12-26-2007, 07:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
abramuz New Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 11	format your hard disc . copy data and install WinXP

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windowsvista banned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: C:/windows Age: 14 Posts: 592	is this posted somewhere else??

12-27-2007, 04:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
marx91 Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 64	i have a dell e1505 w/ vista home premium, i put xp on it also dual boot and i have no sound when using xp and there are no drivers to make it work so you might be stuck w/ vista

12-27-2007, 04:58 PM	#8 (permalink)
codeman0013 Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Inside my network at work Age: 23 Posts: 1,515	Get used to it vista has been here for more then a year and a lot of manufacturers are no longer supporting xp for drivers... Unfortuinately compaq is one of the early jumpers they and toshiba are using primarily vista only hardware now. Dell is still using a lot of older things so they still use xp capable hardware. Be very careful i have had at least 10 pc's people have tried to go back to xp only 1 i was able to get running xp successfully since about october and people had to go back to vista becuase they just didnt want to struggle.. Also what about vista annoys you?

12-28-2007, 02:55 AM	#10 (permalink)
paratwa Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,969	What I expect to see is that more vendors are going to go back to XP. To many people hate and do not want Vista. And since the graphics cards people are not supporting vista worth a damn, I think they are snubbing their noses at Microsoft and letting them know they do not like their tactics. Remember when ME came out? Most new systems had it installed, but after a very short time they all went back to win 98 on their installations.

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