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vioio Posts 5 Registration date Saturday May 9, 2015 Status Member Last seen May 15, 2015 - May 9, 2015 at 12:33 PM
vioio Posts 5 Registration date Saturday May 9, 2015 Status Member Last seen May 15, 2015 - May 15, 2015 at 10:52 PM
Hi guys.
I bought Acer laptop E5 471G coming with win 8 Pre. I dont like win8, I prefer win XP and i try with many win XP version with SATA driver but it not successful, it cant detect drive. so far i temporary install win7. Any one has got winxp version can install on my laptop plz share to me.
My laptop : Core i5
IDE controller: Intel 8 series chipset family SATA AHCI controller.
Thanks for your help.
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BrianGreen Posts 1005 Registration date Saturday January 17, 2015 Status Moderator Last seen September 30, 2021 150
May 9, 2015 at 02:40 PM
Hi vioio,

XP does install with SATA drives. Have you been able to delete the partitions from your drive already? If your old installation still works dont forget to make a set of factory restore disks.

Also, you might need to make a change in the BIOS - Windows 8 uses UEFI but XP cant see it. I have never done this so it might be worth researching it more, but here is a site to get you looking in the right place ...

https://uk.answers.acer.com/app/error/error_id/1/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xNjA3MDE1MjY0L2dlbi8xNjA3MDE1MjY0L3NpZC9mVVlKVGM3JTdFWmUlN0VGRldMU05Wbms2bzJQejBxdlZLcWtpa1NNbE0lN0VLVVdfdjVodlFCYkxJa0hUVUZGR2d0N2ZkamVZaXVnMkNJcjU4aG5uSHlxR2FGQUQ2SXZVSm4xdkZlWSU3RVpHdDF6dFd6NWJSbE5yaF90eDBTZyUyMSUyMQ==
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vioio Posts 5 Registration date Saturday May 9, 2015 Status Member Last seen May 15, 2015
May 9, 2015 at 08:41 PM
Thank you Brian.
I deleted old partitions and created 2 partitions on HDD. i also changed BIOS setting, if not i cant install win7.
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BrianGreen Posts 1005 Registration date Saturday January 17, 2015 Status Moderator Last seen September 30, 2021 150
May 13, 2015 at 07:16 AM
Sorry for delay in response.

Im not sure if you managed to install Windows 7 or not. If not, what error are you getting when it fails? Also - if you need XP you will need a legal and valid product key.
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vioio Posts 5 Registration date Saturday May 9, 2015 Status Member Last seen May 15, 2015 > BrianGreen Posts 1005 Registration date Saturday January 17, 2015 Status Moderator Last seen September 30, 2021
May 15, 2015 at 10:52 PM
Thanks for your answer. I thinks this issue bcauz SATA driver or it has disable by BIOS firmware.I have Death Blue Screen when i install winxp, this need not valid product key.
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