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Jackal99 · 09-14-2008, 02:30 AM

I had this problem about 2 days ago after I installed SP3 for XP (odd isn't it). It is a pest of a problem believe me.
But Jerry is right, possibly your hardrive controller. I hope you still have your Vista recovery partition?
Did you consult Sony before you downgraded to XP? Some laptops (some HP Pavillion models) don't do the XP story and simply have hardware conflicts as XP doesn't have default drivers for them. In that case, you're stuck with Vista, you should contact Sony now because I think that is your best bet for now.

09-14-2008, 02:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jackal99 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 9 OS: Windows XP Professional	Re: Vista to XP help please I had this problem about 2 days ago after I installed SP3 for XP (odd isn't it). It is a pest of a problem believe me. But Jerry is right, possibly your hardrive controller. I hope you still have your Vista recovery partition? Did you consult Sony before you downgraded to XP? Some laptops (some HP Pavillion models) don't do the XP story and simply have hardware conflicts as XP doesn't have default drivers for them. In that case, you're stuck with Vista, you should contact Sony now because I think that is your best bet for now. Last edited by Jackal99; 09-14-2008 at 02:37 AM.