Dell Inspiron 1525 XP Downgrade

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MIke VandenBerg

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- Jan 9, 2013 at 06:13 PM
MIke VandenBerg

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- 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

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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

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Jan 9, 2013 at 06:25 PM

I had just realized that after I posted.. Thanks though

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