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njerkovich · 08-27-2008, 07:31 PM

Tried it all and nothing works!

I don't get to the memory test it completely freezes at the processor information. Everything i've read says that Vista uses a different boot sector format. Instead of just re-formatting the disk partition, you must delete it and re-create it with the XP CD before re-installing. Which I didn't delete the partition I just formatted it. So duh to me! But still, I unplugged the hard drive, the cd/dvd rom drives and it still freezes at the processor information. I don't have a floppy drive installed nor do I have a boot disk, how would I go about flashing the bios?

Like I said, I can't get into the bios and I can't get into boot options either although it's already set to boot from cd rom first it won't get that far before it freezes... I'm so lost.

08-27-2008, 07:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
njerkovich Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 10 OS: xp	Re: Downgrade from vista to xp, hangs on boot hard drive problem Tried it all and nothing works! I don't get to the memory test it completely freezes at the processor information. Everything i've read says that Vista uses a different boot sector format. Instead of just re-formatting the disk partition, you must delete it and re-create it with the XP CD before re-installing. Which I didn't delete the partition I just formatted it. So duh to me! But still, I unplugged the hard drive, the cd/dvd rom drives and it still freezes at the processor information. I don't have a floppy drive installed nor do I have a boot disk, how would I go about flashing the bios? Like I said, I can't get into the bios and I can't get into boot options either although it's already set to boot from cd rom first it won't get that far before it freezes... I'm so lost.