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Need to uninstall Vista and install XP home

OK, I have had enough of Vista. Tonight, I plan to kick out Vista and install XP home on my Acer Aspire 5050-3785.

Do let me know any special considerations I need to take care of?

I am trying to read some forums but any expert comment will be very welcome.

Lets hope sun rises tomorrow with XP on my laptop.

Thank You ,

R

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Down grade to XP is OK, but you must make sure that you have all hardware drivers for your system to work with XP first, if not then you should stay with Vista though.

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Bibliophage

Re: SATA - it really depends on the machine. Intel chipsets tend to work fine, but many NVidia and VIA chipsets do require the 'floppy drive' driver method.

(I"ve _never_ had the USB floppy method work, unfortunately)

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Or else, a visit to the Geek Squad at BestBuy could be in the offing. It actually happened. I did not get the driver for my wireless card, hence the visit.

But thank you experts , comments are perfect!

R