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 Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject: xp is a bigger problem then vista |
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| Ok so i installed xp on my vista pc and now the dvd drive wont read through the hardware installer. I cant get my wireless going. i have no xp drivers for sound and ethernet card. and worst of all i cant get my vista back for this machine as i still wont have the dvd drivers. If anyone can help please do.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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Well,
1ST of all, from person experience and years for testing both XP and Vista, Vista is my choice.
Ok so I need to know your laptop brand and its specs.
Does the DVD Drive still open before booting into XP?
What do you mean, so you can open it but you cant read it?
Please answer the above q's
The problem is the Pre-Installed Vista on your laptop contained all drivers.
When you switched back to your OEM XP all those driver were lost.
Try a Windows Update, scan for a windows update a couple of times.
If that doesn't work try putting the vista disc back into the DVD somehow, (before or after XP boots up).
There is also an updating software, it scan's all your programs and checks the internet for updates. It's somewhere in www.download.com.
You need to find a way to connect to the internet.
If you have an ethernot port on your laptop then try it out.
Sorry but this is all the help i can currently give you until you giv me specs on ur laptop and what do you mean by the dvd drive not working.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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Laptop is running perfectly. Its the desktop. They both still need dvd drivers but the desktop is an eMachines w3619. If someone could help me get drivers i could be finished. The laptop has a PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K17RS
as for the desktop it has some kind of samsung.
Any help with drivers id love.
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Try m previous post.
Also if you PC is using wireless which it should NEVER, try connecting it through the ethernet port.
Sorry for the previous confusion, i thought it was a laptop
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| bioshocked wrote: | Try m previous post.
Also if you PC is using wireless which it should NEVER, try connecting it through the ethernet port.
Sorry for the previous confusion, i thought it was a laptop |
Location of router and location of pc are in 2 different houses but both of my family. I need the wireless. As of now i got a differnet piece but i cant find drivers
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Do you have the OEM vista disc or the back up disc?
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