mur-mur-meow @ 30.3.2008, 10:38
In connection with the frequent moans on the topic "I put another axis, but half of me does not work," I create a theme.
If you have a laptop with Vista, and you need XP in advance (the old programs do not start, do not like the design or whatever, it does not matter), then XP, like any non-native axis, should be installed with the second OS. This will facilitate your survival in case of unavoidable glitches. If the non-native axis falls, and this often happens, your device will at least be able to work.
Ned, the second aspen is of course good and useful, like three punch cards with a travel card - "in reserve", only the place on the screws is not official, especially for UMPC with 40 GB on the screw or 32 - SSD.
As for the situations when “nothing works” - it is treated simply. For 2 goths of practice in the support, when 9 out of 10 clients go with the purchased notik directly to my mom and ask "to demolish this crap and put XP" (the tenth will come later anyway, from a week to a month) - a method has been worked out how to deal with notes for which there is no firewood for HRW or for which the SATA controller mode does not switch to IDE-compatible mode in Beavis.
To solve the last problem, one of the three can be made: first, you can flash a bivis with the support of switching modes (if there is such; a common solution for assers); secondly - to connect a USB flip and snap from the flip mode diskette under XP for the SATA controller; Thirdly, to use the distribution of Windows Windows or "left" (I do not recommend) assembly with already "sewn" firewood for new SATA controllers. The lack of the last method is that for its implementation, it takes some time to digest the info on the sewage of firewood, to carry out this in practice and test, or use various pirated "assemblies", stuffed with all Beliborda in the most impractus.
As for firewood problems, it is solved like this: if there are no branded firewood under XP and worm, we try to find a similar note model (from the same line, the same company, with the same modules ...), and if it is not Helps - In the properties of each of the devices that there is no driver, see the tab "Details", take from there the line identification line "PCI \ VEN_XXXXXXXXXXX & REV_XXXXXXXX & REV_XX", drive it into the search engine, open the pages containing this string, we look for it on the page and look for the prompts and a description, what is this device, who is a manufacturer and where to look for firewood. In 90% of cases, the link will be on the rifle and in the same or next post that the identification string, there is a reference to the driver or the download page.
I can not wish a bug-free Windows to everyone, because it does not exist;) but simply - a successful hunt.