topic Re: Vista/xp downgrade in PCs & Accessories

Vista/xp downgrade

brethrap — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 02:00:38 GMT

Hi,
I have a VGN-FZ11S which came with vista pre-installed. Most of the softwares I need to use for my electronic projects run on XP so I want to downgrade from Vista. I have managed to wipe and format my hard drive but my XP installation stalls as my HDD can't be recognised. I have figured out from forums that I need SATA drivers to do this but have not found any for my model. I plan to use nLite to create my own bootable installation CD with the SATA drivers included. Can anyone help with where I can download the drivers?

Any help would be highly appreciated!

Re: Vista/xp downgrade

.naVA — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:45:55 GMT

Hi, I would also like some help here aswell, where do you put the driveres once you have them? I downloaded my driveres from
http://support.vaio.sony.co.uk/downloads/preinstalled/preinstalled.asp?site=voe_en_GB_cons
You just select your Model etc, hope this helps.

Re: Vista/xp downgrade

brethrap — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:17:56 GMT

Hi, I would also like some help here aswell, where do you put the driveres once you have them? I downloaded my driveres from
http://support.vaio.sony.co.uk/downloads/preinstalled/preinstalled.asp?site=voe_en_GB_cons
You just select your Model etc, hope this helps.

Well finally got it! I downloaded the drives from
this link ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/OS/XPDOWNGRADE. Just select your model from there. The just follow the instructions on http://news.softpedia.com/news/Install-Windows-XP-On-SATA-Without-a-Floppy-F6-47807.shtml on how to create an XP installation CD (using a legit copy!!!!) with sata drivers your problem may be solved as well.
Goodluck.....!