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After using 64bit for about 2 months, I have come to the conclusion that I
need to go back to using XP Pro - mainly because the majority of my income is
provided by photography, and at the moment I cannot edit my photos as I would
wish on my own laptop, because the Nikon software I need does not run on
64bit computers.

Therefore, I would like to "downgrade" to XP - is this possible? However, I
don't know if it is, becuase the laptop I have (Acer Ferrari 4000) came pre
installed with XP64bit.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Clean install only if you plan to revert back to XP x86 and you need a new
license also.
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"David Leigh-Pemberton" <>
wrote in message news:2492586F-9E3B-4600-B800-...
> After using 64bit for about 2 months, I have come to the conclusion that I
> need to go back to using XP Pro - mainly because the majority of my income
> is
> provided by photography, and at the moment I cannot edit my photos as I
> would
> wish on my own laptop, because the Nikon software I need does not run on
> 64bit computers.
>
> Therefore, I would like to "downgrade" to XP - is this possible? However,
> I
> don't know if it is, becuase the laptop I have (Acer Ferrari 4000) came
> pre
> installed with XP64bit.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

sorry - i'm almost completely useless with computers - by clean install I
presume you mean a complete wipe of everything on my computer (eg my
documents etc).

Also, as XP 64bit came pre installed, would that mean I would need to
download the 32 bit drivers for all my original hardware if I reverted to XP
Pro?

Thanks

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> Clean install only if you plan to revert back to XP x86 and you need a new
> license also.
> --
> Andre
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
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> "David Leigh-Pemberton" <>
> wrote in message news:2492586F-9E3B-4600-B800-...
> > After using 64bit for about 2 months, I have come to the conclusion that I
> > need to go back to using XP Pro - mainly because the majority of my income
> > is
> > provided by photography, and at the moment I cannot edit my photos as I
> > would
> > wish on my own laptop, because the Nikon software I need does not run on
> > 64bit computers.
> >
> > Therefore, I would like to "downgrade" to XP - is this possible? However,
> > I
> > don't know if it is, becuase the laptop I have (Acer Ferrari 4000) came
> > pre
> > installed with XP64bit.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>

"David Leigh-Pemberton" <>
schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:2EA51C61-561D-4A31-9993-...
> sorry - i'm almost completely useless with computers - by clean install I
> presume you mean a complete wipe of everything on my computer (eg my
> documents etc).
>
> Also, as XP 64bit came pre installed, would that mean I would need to
> download the 32 bit drivers for all my original hardware if I reverted to
> XP
> Pro?

You would have to copy your documents over to an other computer or store it
on any external media, i.e. cd, usb-stick, ... , wipe your whole disk, buy a
xp prof 32bit license, install xp prof, get 32bit drivers for all your
hardware, install them and reinstall all your applications.

Yes, the entire hard disk has to be wiped out. What you can do is back up
your data, to secondary storage, such as Blank disk or to a network location
if possible. You will have to obtain drivers for your Acer to support 32 bit
Windows since the ones provided with Acer were specifically for 64 bit
Windows, shouldn't be a problem since Acer provides drivers on their
website.

http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers...rrari4000.html
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"David Leigh-Pemberton" <>
wrote in message news:2EA51C61-561D-4A31-9993-...
> sorry - i'm almost completely useless with computers - by clean install I
> presume you mean a complete wipe of everything on my computer (eg my
> documents etc).
>
> Also, as XP 64bit came pre installed, would that mean I would need to
> download the 32 bit drivers for all my original hardware if I reverted to
> XP
> Pro?
>
> Thanks
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>
>> Clean install only if you plan to revert back to XP x86 and you need a
>> new
>> license also.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>> FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>> "David Leigh-Pemberton" <>
>> wrote in message
>> news:2492586F-9E3B-4600-B800-...
>> > After using 64bit for about 2 months, I have come to the conclusion
>> > that I
>> > need to go back to using XP Pro - mainly because the majority of my
>> > income
>> > is
>> > provided by photography, and at the moment I cannot edit my photos as I
>> > would
>> > wish on my own laptop, because the Nikon software I need does not run
>> > on
>> > 64bit computers.
>> >
>> > Therefore, I would like to "downgrade" to XP - is this possible?
>> > However,
>> > I
>> > don't know if it is, becuase the laptop I have (Acer Ferrari 4000) came
>> > pre
>> > installed with XP64bit.
>> >
>> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>>

NO. The entire HD does NOT need to be wiped out. The Ferrari ships with 2
partitions, C: and D:, each 50 Gb in size. The OP needs to wipe out C:, but
can put all his "stuff" on D:. It will be fine.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

Andre Da Costa [Extended64] wrote:
> Yes, the entire hard disk has to be wiped out. What you can do is back up
> your data, to secondary storage, such as Blank disk or to a network
> location if possible. You will have to obtain drivers for your Acer to
> support 32 bit Windows since the ones provided with Acer were
> specifically for 64 bit Windows, shouldn't be a problem since Acer
> provides drivers on their website.
>
> http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers...rrari4000.html
>> sorry - i'm almost completely useless with computers - by clean install I
>> presume you mean a complete wipe of everything on my computer (eg my
>> documents etc).
>>
>> Also, as XP 64bit came pre installed, would that mean I would need to
>> download the 32 bit drivers for all my original hardware if I reverted to
>> XP
>> Pro?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>>
>>> Clean install only if you plan to revert back to XP x86 and you need a
>>> new
>>> license also.
>>> --
>>> Andre
>>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>> FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>>> "David Leigh-Pemberton" <>
>>> wrote in message
>>> news:2492586F-9E3B-4600-B800-...
>>>> After using 64bit for about 2 months, I have come to the conclusion
>>>> that I
>>>> need to go back to using XP Pro - mainly because the majority of my
>>>> income
>>>> is
>>>> provided by photography, and at the moment I cannot edit my photos as I
>>>> would
>>>> wish on my own laptop, because the Nikon software I need does not run
>>>> on
>>>> 64bit computers.
>>>>
>>>> Therefore, I would like to "downgrade" to XP - is this possible?
>>>> However,
>>>> I
>>>> don't know if it is, becuase the laptop I have (Acer Ferrari 4000) came
>>>> pre
>>>> installed with XP64bit.
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The Ferrari comes with two partitions, a C: drive and a D: drive. You'll
need to wipe out everything that is on the C: drive, but your D: drive
should be OK. (the usual caveats, do a good backup first, of course!)

You'll need a retail copy of Windows XP Professional. You should also
download all the 32-bit drivers and utilities for the Ferrari from the Acer
site ahead of time, and copy them onto your D: drive as well. Also, if you
are attached to the screen saver (I am NOT), or the Ferrari sound (couldn't
live without it), you'll want to copy them off of your C: drive as well,
along with any documents and images you want to keep.

Boot off the retail XP CD, and format your C: drive and install XP there.


--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/xperts64

David Leigh-Pemberton wrote:
> sorry - i'm almost completely useless with computers - by clean install I
> presume you mean a complete wipe of everything on my computer (eg my
> documents etc).
>
> Also, as XP 64bit came pre installed, would that mean I would need to
> download the 32 bit drivers for all my original hardware if I reverted to
> XP Pro?
>
> Thanks
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>
>> Clean install only if you plan to revert back to XP x86 and you need a
>> new license also.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>> FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>> "David Leigh-Pemberton" <>
>> wrote in message
>> news:2492586F-9E3B-4600-B800-...
>>> After using 64bit for about 2 months, I have come to the conclusion
>>> that I need to go back to using XP Pro - mainly because the majority of
>>> my income is
>>> provided by photography, and at the moment I cannot edit my photos as I
>>> would
>>> wish on my own laptop, because the Nikon software I need does not run on
>>> 64bit computers.
>>>
>>> Therefore, I would like to "downgrade" to XP - is this possible?
>>> However, I
>>> don't know if it is, becuase the laptop I have (Acer Ferrari 4000) came
>>> pre
>>> installed with XP64bit.
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You could use the partion software that is in windows x64 and partion your
drive. Then install XP pro on the partion.
I have done this because I also have busness software that does not work in
x64 but does in XP pro.

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Yes, the entire hard disk has to be wiped out. What you can do is back up
> your data, to secondary storage, such as Blank disk or to a network
> location if possible. You will have to obtain drivers for your Acer to
> support 32 bit Windows since the ones provided with Acer were specifically
> for 64 bit Windows, shouldn't be a problem since Acer provides drivers on
> their website.
>
> http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers...rrari4000.html
> --
> Andre
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
> "David Leigh-Pemberton" <>
> wrote in message
> news:2EA51C61-561D-4A31-9993-...
>> sorry - i'm almost completely useless with computers - by clean install I
>> presume you mean a complete wipe of everything on my computer (eg my
>> documents etc).
>>
>> Also, as XP 64bit came pre installed, would that mean I would need to
>> download the 32 bit drivers for all my original hardware if I reverted to
>> XP
>> Pro?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>>
>>> Clean install only if you plan to revert back to XP x86 and you need a
>>> new
>>> license also.
>>> --
>>> Andre
>>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>> FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>>> "David Leigh-Pemberton" <>
>>> wrote in message
>>> news:2492586F-9E3B-4600-B800-...
>>> > After using 64bit for about 2 months, I have come to the conclusion
>>> > that I
>>> > need to go back to using XP Pro - mainly because the majority of my
>>> > income
>>> > is
>>> > provided by photography, and at the moment I cannot edit my photos as
>>> > I
>>> > would
>>> > wish on my own laptop, because the Nikon software I need does not run
>>> > on
>>> > 64bit computers.
>>> >
>>> > Therefore, I would like to "downgrade" to XP - is this possible?
>>> > However,
>>> > I
>>> > don't know if it is, becuase the laptop I have (Acer Ferrari 4000)
>>> > came
>>> > pre
>>> > installed with XP64bit.
>>> >
>>> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

Make careful you get the FULL retail license and not the upgrade license.


"Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:O8Yr$...
> The Ferrari comes with two partitions, a C: drive and a D: drive. You'll
> need to wipe out everything that is on the C: drive, but your D: drive
> should be OK. (the usual caveats, do a good backup first, of course!)
>
> You'll need a retail copy of Windows XP Professional. You should also
> download all the 32-bit drivers and utilities for the Ferrari from the
> Acer site ahead of time, and copy them onto your D: drive as well. Also,
> if you are attached to the screen saver (I am NOT), or the Ferrari sound
> (couldn't live without it), you'll want to copy them off of your C: drive
> as well, along with any documents and images you want to keep.
>
> Boot off the retail XP CD, and format your C: drive and install XP there.
>
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>
> David Leigh-Pemberton wrote:
>> sorry - i'm almost completely useless with computers - by clean install I
>> presume you mean a complete wipe of everything on my computer (eg my
>> documents etc).
>>
>> Also, as XP 64bit came pre installed, would that mean I would need to
>> download the 32 bit drivers for all my original hardware if I reverted to
>> XP Pro?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>>
>>> Clean install only if you plan to revert back to XP x86 and you need a
>>> new license also.
>>> --
>>> Andre
>>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>> FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>>> "David Leigh-Pemberton" <>
>>> wrote in message
>>> news:2492586F-9E3B-4600-B800-...
>>>> After using 64bit for about 2 months, I have come to the conclusion
>>>> that I need to go back to using XP Pro - mainly because the majority of
>>>> my income is
>>>> provided by photography, and at the moment I cannot edit my photos as I
>>>> would
>>>> wish on my own laptop, because the Nikon software I need does not run
>>>> on
>>>> 64bit computers.
>>>>
>>>> Therefore, I would like to "downgrade" to XP - is this possible?
>>>> However, I
>>>> don't know if it is, becuase the laptop I have (Acer Ferrari 4000) came
>>>> pre
>>>> installed with XP64bit.
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>

But thats what I said, back up the data to secondary storage, the only drive
that needs to be wiped is the one Windows is on which is the most likely
place he install his applications and data on.
--
Andre
Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
FAQ for MS AntiSpy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> NO. The entire HD does NOT need to be wiped out. The Ferrari ships with 2
> partitions, C: and D:, each 50 Gb in size. The OP needs to wipe out C:,
> but can put all his "stuff" on D:. It will be fine.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/xperts64
>
> Andre Da Costa [Extended64] wrote:
>> Yes, the entire hard disk has to be wiped out. What you can do is back up
>> your data, to secondary storage, such as Blank disk or to a network
>> location if possible. You will have to obtain drivers for your Acer to
>> support 32 bit Windows since the ones provided with Acer were
>> specifically for 64 bit Windows, shouldn't be a problem since Acer
>> provides drivers on their website.
>>
>> http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers...rrari4000.html
>>> sorry - i'm almost completely useless with computers - by clean install
>>> I
>>> presume you mean a complete wipe of everything on my computer (eg my
>>> documents etc).
>>>
>>> Also, as XP 64bit came pre installed, would that mean I would need to
>>> download the 32 bit drivers for all my original hardware if I reverted
>>> to
>>> XP
>>> Pro?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Clean install only if you plan to revert back to XP x86 and you need a
>>>> new
>>>> license also.
>>>> --
>>>> Andre
>>>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>>>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>>>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>>> FAQ for MS AntiSpy
>>>> http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
>>>> "David Leigh-Pemberton" <>
>>>> wrote in message
>>>> news:2492586F-9E3B-4600-B800-...
>>>>> After using 64bit for about 2 months, I have come to the conclusion
>>>>> that I
>>>>> need to go back to using XP Pro - mainly because the majority of my
>>>>> income
>>>>> is
>>>>> provided by photography, and at the moment I cannot edit my photos as
>>>>> I
>>>>> would
>>>>> wish on my own laptop, because the Nikon software I need does not run
>>>>> on
>>>>> 64bit computers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Therefore, I would like to "downgrade" to XP - is this possible?
>>>>> However,
>>>>> I
>>>>> don't know if it is, becuase the laptop I have (Acer Ferrari 4000)
>>>>> came
>>>>> pre
>>>>> installed with XP64bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>