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Other Stuff That Has Little To Do With PLA => Techinical Shit => Technical Support => Topic started by: frog on July 14, 2007, 05:00:47 PM
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Ok, so I got a new laptop. A Sony Vaio. It comes pre-loaded with Vista and no hard copy of it.
Now, Vista sucks. So I tried loading my copy of XP onto it. The installation, for some reason, failed, but succeeded enough to boot a demented version of XP and completely lock me out of Vista. So I whip out the help manual that came with my compy and it says, to fix your hard drive, step 1: click 'Start'.
I CANT GET TO START, FUCKING GOD FUCKING SHIT.
I tried then to install Mandrake, so I could gut out all the XP files and hope it would let me back into Vista. But then my version of Mandrake doesn't recognize the PCI junk in the laptop, so it won't even start to boot.
Right now I am downloading Knoppix and praying to the heathen gods that it will run.
Does anyone have any ideas, or experience with this type of situation?
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When you installed XP, did you format the HDD or just install XP in the same partition as Vista?
Did you load XP by booting into the install disk or did you start the install process from inside Vista?
If the laptop was designed for Vista, it may be difficult to locate device drivers for XP.
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Ok, so I got a new laptop. A Sony Vaio. It comes pre-loaded with Vista and no hard copy of it.
Now, Vista sucks. So I tried loading my copy of XP onto it. The installation, for some reason, failed, but succeeded enough to boot a demented version of XP and completely lock me out of Vista. So I whip out the help manual that came with my compy and it says, to fix your hard drive, step 1: click 'Start'.
I CANT GET TO START, FUCKING GOD FUCKING SHIT.
I tried then to install Mandrake, so I could gut out all the XP files and hope it would let me back into Vista. But then my version of Mandrake doesn't recognize the PCI junk in the laptop, so it won't even start to boot.
Right now I am downloading Knoppix and praying to the heathen gods that it will run.
Does anyone have any ideas, or experience with this type of situation?
Vista came pre-loaded, but with no disk? What about a restoration disk(s)? Before we get into anything else - are you wanting to downgrade to XP for sure?
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Vista came pre-loaded, but with no disk? What about a restoration disk(s)? Before we get into anything else - are you wanting to downgrade to XP for sure?
Ok, a little background. I tried installing XP in /winxp, to keep the OS system files separate.
I want to get Vista back, partition the hd, and then reinstall windows xp on the partition.
And no, no restoration disks.
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IMing frog now, in the process of getting it fixed.
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The answer was F10 on start-up. I tried all the Function keys, but I must have tried it too early or too late and it just didn't register. Damn it.
Thanks to gangals for solving the riddles. I love you, buddAy.
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Vista's a pretty horrible OS. I've heard nothing good about it so far. You should delete your partitions and put XP back on there. Hiren's Boot CD will get rid of all that pesky Vista stuff. Maybe in another year or two Vista will be ready for the public. Right now it's complete shit.
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I'm all hyped up for Vienna.
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Vista came pre-loaded, but with no disk? What about a restoration disk(s)? Before we get into anything else - are you wanting to downgrade to XP for sure?
Ok, a little background. I tried installing XP in /winxp, to keep the OS system files separate.
I want to get Vista back, partition the hd, and then reinstall windows xp on the partition.
And no, no restoration disks.
I got a new laptop a few months ago,it came with Vista on it too. I didnt get any restoration disks either,which I thought was odd. I dont like Vista either.
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I hate microsoft. The only thing their good for is gaming.
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Vista's a pretty horrible OS.
so is Mandrake, jeez no wonder why ye were having so many problems frog, My own mediocre attempt at humor has been highly amusing to myself..
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I have Vista, and once I got a blue screen after connecting my iPod...
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Screw vista, I would format the drive and start with XP pro. Then in a couple of years when they make it better, get a torrent and Crack if you want in by then.
I had a whole big mess with dual boots and Vista rape, so it happened to crash and I decided to just start over.
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Can't go wrong with apple. Mac book Pro bitches!
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Can't go wrong with apple. Mac book Pro bitches!
Yeah but then you'd be using an Apple.
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Can't go wrong with apple. Mac book Pro bitches!
you have that ugly silver one?? j00r teh sucks, mine is pure WHITE!! MacBook 13" WHITE FTW!
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Nah, I don't own a Mac Book Pro. I wish. I just own an iMac.
Anyway, by fare the best flavor of linux I've used on laptops built for and that came with Vista is Fedora. On install it auto detected all my hardware, no need to hunt for drivers. It also has a awesome GUI, if you're into that. And keeping with linux tradition, it's free.
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I just installed Kubuntu on my Thinkpad and it recognized every piece of hardware on my machine, which was pretty cool. Linux isn't bad for being commie bullshit.
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Linux isn't bad for being commie bullshit.
Oh murd0c, how we love you.
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Linux isn't bad for being commie bullshit.
Oh murd0c, how we touch you.
You know what I don't get about that comment in that movie [hackers]? The Bald agent who says the "commie bullshit" comment to the curly haired agent in the car.. The curly haired agent thought the hackers manifesto was cool, and then later it shows him dancing around at a hacker rave! o_O was he leading a double life?? Anyone else catch that?
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Oh murd0c, how we touch you.
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