Hard Drives - downgrading mishap posted in the Hardware forums; ok my younger brother got Vista Ultimate through a torrent, i told him it was a bad idea, well his computer couldn't handle it so he tried to downgrading it ...
ok my younger brother got Vista Ultimate through a torrent, i told him it was a bad idea, well his computer couldn't handle it so he tried to downgrading it back to XP_H, and then I reformated it, and now its not accepting anything please help me, Also my old hard drive won't boot in master but will work just as fine in slave mode is there a way to get back master settings
Last edited by lyokoman05; 03-26-2008 at 08:19 AM.
I sugest you take out the HDD and fit as a slave to another computer,then once you have rebooted PC open my computer right click on the slave drive and scroll to format.
A warning will popup saying all data will be lost etc,just continue.
Then power down PC and fit back into other PC and make sure it is set back to master then format with XP Home disk.
If you need help on fitting slave drive please free to ask.
I sugest you take out the HDD and fit as a slave to another computer,then once you have rebooted PC open my computer right click on the slave drive and scroll to format.
A warning will popup saying all data will be lost etc,just continue.
Then power down PC and fit back into other PC and make sure it is set back to master then format with XP Home disk.
If you need help on fitting slave drive please free to ask.
You tried that?Did it work?Did you get any error messages?
Deleting a partition can be achieved in two ways. Firstly you can delete the partition from within Vista using the Disk Management Console. However, if it is the Vista partition that you wish to delete, you either need to be running a dual boot system (running two operating systems) or you need to use the Windows Vista DVD to delete the partition.
To delete a partition using the Windows Vista DVD proceed as follows:
1/ Switch on your PC
2/ Quickly insert the Vista DVD into your CD/DVD-ROM drive
3/ A message will appear asking you to 'Press any key to boot from CD/DVD
4/ Press any key
5/ A black screen will now appear with a progress bar along the bottom. The legend say's 'Windows is loading files'
6/ After the files have been loaded the Language screen will appear.
7/ Select your language from the list and press Next
8/ At the Installation screen press the Install Now button
9/ The product key window will now open
10/ Type your product key number into the available box and then press OK
11/ The End user Licence Agreement now appears. You 'must' accept this to continue
12/ The next screen to appear is 'Where do you want to install Windows'
13/ At the bottom of this window you will see an option marked Drive options (Advanced), click on this option
14/ In this Window select the partition you wish to Delete from the list available and then click the Delete option link
15/ A message will now appear informing you that the partition is about to be permanently deleted. Click OK to proceed
16/ Your Partition will now be deleted
Before you reformatted did you delete the vista partition first. then make a new partition, format (not using quick) and then try to install windows.
If not try that first otherwise post back.
No cause he had already tried running the computer with a XP_H cd with the vista still on
Originally Posted by jelly bean
You tried that?Did it work?Did you get any error messages?
Deleting a partition can be achieved in two ways. Firstly you can delete the partition from within Vista using the Disk Management Console. However, if it is the Vista partition that you wish to delete, you either need to be running a dual boot system (running two operating systems) or you need to use the Windows Vista DVD to delete the partition.
To delete a partition using the Windows Vista DVD proceed as follows:
1/ Switch on your PC
2/ Quickly insert the Vista DVD into your CD/DVD-ROM drive
3/ A message will appear asking you to 'Press any key to boot from CD/DVD
4/ Press any key
5/ A black screen will now appear with a progress bar along the bottom. The legend say's 'Windows is loading files'
6/ After the files have been loaded the Language screen will appear.
7/ Select your language from the list and press Next
8/ At the Installation screen press the Install Now button
9/ The product key window will now open
10/ Type your product key number into the available box and then press OK
11/ The End user Licence Agreement now appears. You 'must' accept this to continue
12/ The next screen to appear is 'Where do you want to install Windows'
13/ At the bottom of this window you will see an option marked Drive options (Advanced), click on this option
14/ In this Window select the partition you wish to Delete from the list available and then click the Delete option link
15/ A message will now appear informing you that the partition is about to be permanently deleted. Click OK to proceed
16/ Your Partition will now be deleted
ok and what about my other Hard Drive the one that won't boot in master, and my brother did have a vista dvd, he got it torrenting
Last edited by lyokoman05; 03-26-2008 at 08:52 PM.
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