Taking vista off to go back to XP

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Flanker37

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I installed a copy of Vista x64 Ultimate to try out on my machine because i have 4Gb of ram and windows XP doesn't recognize it

It installed on my AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ black edition no problem, but after it downloaded 42 updates i went into a BSOD loop. No matter what i did after that, i could not re-install XP on anyone of the 6 Hd's i had in my system. If i tried... BSOD.

I had no choice but to purchase yet another HD (which i didnt really need) just so i can use that as a singular connected drive to install XP on again.

Now then, most of my drives are now unreadable in XP and i get messages like this

an error occurred reading folder:
the volume does not contain a recognized file system.
please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded
and that the volume is not corrupted (1005)

I have even tried connecting said drives to USB/Firewire external enclosures to see if i can access files that way.

If i have lost over 2Tb of data on these drives just for installing vista, i will be looking for someone at MS to assassinate

please tell me there is a viable solution to this
 

My Computer

System One

You would have to backup your data to another drive. Remove all Vista partitions and do a XP clean install and then restore your data.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
It installed on my AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ black edition no problem, but after it downloaded 42 updates i went into a BSOD loop. No matter what i did after that, i could not re-install XP on anyone of the 6 Hd's i had in my system. If i tried... BSOD.
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Could you boot into safe mode?
Boot from disc and try to repair?

You should have all your old files from XP, now in Vista, in C:\Windows.old

Also, 32 bit OS's do not recognize more than a little over 3 gigs of RAM. If you want to utilize all four gigs you will need a 64 bit OS.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Homebrew
    CPU
    Q6600 (G0) SLACR
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte EP35 DS3R
    Memory
    2 gigs G.Skill DDR2
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX 8600GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung T190 1440X900
    Screen Resolution
    1440X900
    Hard Drives
    2X Seagate 120 (OS's) IDE 1X WD 750 SATA
    PSU
    Corsair HX520
    Case
    Coolmax el cheapo
    Cooling
    Rosewill HSF (soon to upgrade)
    Keyboard
    BTW low profile backlit/quiet key
the drives that i can not access were originally install with XP, are you saying that when i installed vista x64 it has altered the drives partitions. and now that i have gone back to XP i can not access them?

what can i do... Try vista on again, or is there 3rd party utilities for getting at my data
 

My Computer

System One

Try taking ownership of the drives in XP.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
Can you see the drives in Windows Explorer? If yes, right click go to security tab: Properties - Security - Advanced - Owner
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
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