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learningtech · 02-19-2008, 03:09 PM

My audio is working now! Thanks!

The only problems that I can still see are that my ethernet controller and the Ricoh SD/MMC Host Controller don't seem to have the right drivers. Do you know how to fix those problems?

I was also wondering about the partitions on my hard drive. The main hard drive was partitioned into three partitions when it was in Vista. One of those partitions (10GB) still contains the recovery software, but I have created recovery discs so I don't know that I still need that info on there. The other partition is only 10GB as well and it is empty. If I delete the partitions will it restore the space to the actual hard drive or will it permanently delete that space? I'd like to run XP on a smaller partition but I'm not sure how to accomplish all of this. I downloaded Partition Magic and all that it says is that my main hard drive C: is "bad". Any suggestions?

Thanks for all your help!!!

02-19-2008, 03:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
learningtech Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 6 OS: win xp	Re: Help! I've downgraded from Vista to XP and I need drivers! My audio is working now! Thanks! The only problems that I can still see are that my ethernet controller and the Ricoh SD/MMC Host Controller don't seem to have the right drivers. Do you know how to fix those problems? I was also wondering about the partitions on my hard drive. The main hard drive was partitioned into three partitions when it was in Vista. One of those partitions (10GB) still contains the recovery software, but I have created recovery discs so I don't know that I still need that info on there. The other partition is only 10GB as well and it is empty. If I delete the partitions will it restore the space to the actual hard drive or will it permanently delete that space? I'd like to run XP on a smaller partition but I'm not sure how to accomplish all of this. I downloaded Partition Magic and all that it says is that my main hard drive C: is "bad". Any suggestions? Thanks for all your help!!!