UPDATE: September 8, 2008 to include driver package information from my previous post Preface: Please read this entire guide before attempting to install XP on your laptop. It would be wise to make Vista backup discs with the included Acer utility in case you should need to install Vista again. Also please be advised my [...]
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XP Installed On Acer Aspire 5920
August 15th, 2008
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I finally figured out how to install XP on my laptop. Funny thing is I had settled on Vista and was quite happy with it. I was messing around in BIOS changing something and seen the setting to change my HD to read as an IDE rather than SATA. I had read about this earlier [...]
How to triple boot with Vista/XP/Ubuntu
April 6th, 2008
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After many corrupted MBRs (Master Boot Records), I finally got this triple booting thing down to a science. I’ve read plenty of how-to‘s they were a helpful starting point but they made some assumptions that didn’t fit my setup. First off most of these were written when Vista was beta and others assumed you had [...]
