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Dell Inspiron 1525 XP Downgrade

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MIke VandenBerg Posts 2 Registration date Wednesday January 9, 2013 Status Member Last seen January 9, 2013 - Jan 9, 2013 at 06:13 PM
MIke VandenBerg Posts 2 Registration date Wednesday January 9, 2013 Status Member Last seen January 9, 2013 - Jan 9, 2013 at 06:25 PM
Hello,

I have just followed the steps for downgrading my machine to XP, but I am concerned that changing the BIOS settings may effect my computer and am wondering if they should be changed back to the original settings. It asked me to turn my "Flash Cache module off" and set my "SATA configuration to ATA". now that I've successfully installed the OS, should I change these back?



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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Jan 9, 2013 at 06:16 PM
NO. XP does not have the software to talk to the advanced SATA hardware.
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MIke VandenBerg Posts 2 Registration date Wednesday January 9, 2013 Status Member Last seen January 9, 2013
Jan 9, 2013 at 06:25 PM
I had just realized that after I posted.. Thanks though

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