Tom's Hardware > Forum > Windows Vista > Vista General Discussion > xp install to vista computer
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
jinro   05-03-2008 at 10:14:23 PM

i have an HP pavillion slimsize running vista. i want to make it an xp.after running the xp cd for 20 seconds , it says A PROBLEM HAS DETECTED AND WINDOWS HAS BEEN SHUTDOWN TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER,IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE THIS STOP ERROR SCREEN, RESTART YOUR COMPUTER.IF THIS SCREEN APPEARS AGAIN,FOLLOW THESE STEPS. CHECK FOR VIRUSES,REMOVE ANY NEWLY INSTALLED HARD DRIVES OR HARD DRIVE CONTROLLERS.CHECK YOUR HARD DRIVE IF IT IS PROPERLY CONFIGURATED AND TERMINATERD. RUN CHKDSK / F TO CHECK FOR HARD DRIVE CORRUPTION, im not a computer genius..any one can help me with this.i dont know what to do. thanks to all who can help in advance

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
roadrunner197069   05-03-2008 at 10:30:32 PM
- 0 +

Are you running it in windows? If so you need to boot from it, instead of running in windows vista.

Go into Bios and change boot order or hit F8 while its starting and it should give you options where to boot from.

Reply to roadrunner197069
boonality   05-03-2008 at 10:35:14 PM
- 0 +

^^ Yup.

Vista will not let you install an older version of an MS operating system.

------------------------------ Exchange Engineer - Why is it that when DNS goes down everyone thinks it's my exchange server?

Oh ya, email is the heart of work.
 Reply to boonality
jinro   05-03-2008 at 10:36:54 PM
- 0 +

yes this is windows vista home premium.do i have to uninstall this .but i think i cannot,cause i try unless someone there can help .

Reply to jinro
roadrunner197069   05-03-2008 at 11:10:47 PM
- 0 +

Read my last post. I dont know how it could be any more straight forward.

Reply to roadrunner197069
boonality   05-03-2008 at 11:20:08 PM
- 0 +

^^ yup again.

You can't just "uninstall" windows so to speak. You'll need to boot to the XP disk rather than run the installation from vista, or well any other method for that matter. It simply won't work unless you boot to the XP disk prior to the install.

------------------------------ Exchange Engineer - Why is it that when DNS goes down everyone thinks it's my exchange server?

Oh ya, email is the heart of work.
 Reply to boonality
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Windows Vista > Vista General Discussion > xp install to vista computer
Go to:

There are 841 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.695 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them