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How do i get rid of Vista?, Please help me its urgent
nikaru900
post Jul 4 2007, 03:02 PM
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I have a Store bought PC, It has Vista running on it... However i have grown to dislike Vista for many reasons and i want to go to XP. I want to Format my PC so i can get XP on the machine.

I have the XP install disk thats not the problem, The problem is when i boot up the disk it says it is loading up the drivers and what not, then when it finishes loading up the drivers i get a blue error screen saying that "The computer has been shut down to prevent harm to your PC" (or something like that)

I just want to get rid of vista and put XP on the machine, yet it wont let me, can somebody please help me? i dont want vista anymore...

Also there is 2 drives, C and D, the C drive has all the normal files and the D drive has the "Recovery" files, i dont care about the Recovery i just want my pc wiped and XP being installed on it.

Someone please help me with my problem. Thank you in advance
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adamhussein89
post Jul 4 2007, 06:00 PM
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Have you tried pressing F8 when your machine first boots up? IIRC this should take you into the boot menu and you should be able to select the disc drive as the boot device.
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nikaru900
post Jul 4 2007, 11:47 PM
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That isnt the problem, as i said, it was able to boot from the cd fine.

My problem is where it boots from the cd, goes through the process of loading drivers (i havnt had a menu yet) and then comes up with a blue error screen
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Codeman0013
post Jul 6 2007, 09:38 AM
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Sounds like it could be one of many issues. You can have either a bad cd/ or one that is not compatable with your system. Is this a brand new disk? Is it oem? Was it bought with another machine? Is it burnt? Where did it come from? Is it xp sp2 or sp1? Pro or home edition?
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nikaru900
post Jul 6 2007, 01:10 PM
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I bought the disk from a PC shop in my area, the disk isnt faulty as it works on another machine, The disk contains Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2.

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Codeman0013
post Jul 6 2007, 01:49 PM
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Ok we ruled out the cd if it works in another machine. This could mean many things. Try another cd drive in your machine and see if that works or try resetting the cmos battery and try installing again after it resets its self. Maybe you need a bios flash? I can keep suggesting things i have seen this a lot and its been from many different causes.
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123Runner
post Jul 6 2007, 05:58 PM
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You may have to run dban (dariks boot and nuke). It write 0 and 1's to the drive. Find it HERE
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nikaru900
post Jul 6 2007, 10:05 PM
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I only have 1 CD Drive. I am not smart on the schematics behind computers, i am a gamer and only know things that are associated with them lol, so i dont know how to reset the cmos battery, although this is a fairly new pc, maybe 3 months old. Also i have never heard of a bios flash and as you may have guessed i dont know how to do one.

TY 123Runner for your suggestion, i will use your method if i cant find out why my disk isnt working smile.gif

I am thinking its to do with the Vista itself, i have my HD partitioned, C and D, 1 has all my files i can touch, and the other is Recovery, i am guessing that the partition is like a "read only" file, ie: its protected, so maybe that is becomming the issue?
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tuxmaster
post Jul 7 2007, 02:03 AM
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I must ask this question where is this XP disk coming from?
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nikaru900
post Jul 7 2007, 02:15 AM
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The problem isnt the disk.... but if you must know its from BDP Computers, a family run pc shop around the corner from my house. The disk is fine
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mstrbldr
post Jul 7 2007, 04:29 PM
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reformat hard drive. majorgeeks.com/Barts_PE_Builder_d4007.html you can get all the info and progs you need here. they are FREE.
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nikaru900
post Jul 8 2007, 05:44 AM
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Sigh.....

I am abandoning this thread if nobody actually wants to help. Nobody is even reading what i have already posted...

Mstrbldr, that program doesnt work with Vista.

If you wish to actually help me then do so, if your here for posting one post telling me to format and never comming again then please dont bother because i am TRYING to format it isnt letting me, please read ALL my posts before posting...

The next post that shows to be unhelpful due to not reading any of my posts i will just abandon this thread
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123Runner
post Jul 8 2007, 06:01 AM
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Did you try the DBAN?
Have you tried FDISK to clear partitons and format prior to using the XP cd?
What have you tried? Are you just using the XP cd and praying?
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nikaru900
post Jul 8 2007, 02:35 PM
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I dont know how to get an FDisk although it was suggested.

I havnt tried DBAN yet, although it looks like i will have to, i just hope the Recovery Drive doesnt mess things up

I have only tried the XP Disk so far as people were assuming the disk was faulty
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123Runner
post Jul 9 2007, 04:40 AM
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You will have to try something different. That is why I stated to wipe the drive with DBAN. As for FDISK, you can get 1 from BOOT DISK.com.
With DBAN, I believe you will lose all partitions and the mbr. You will lose that also with FDISK. You need to clear the partitions and then redo them.

Are you trying to keep the recovery drive? If so, then you have a challenge. You must be VERY carefull when running DBAN.
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