So like an idiot I decided to install Win7 64-bit on a Personal Gateway Gm5260 that was vista ready.... only 32-bit as I found out. And I was dumb enough not to set a restore point. I guess I was too excited.
I found most drivers for 64-bit.... except motherboard drivers. BIG PROBLEM. I can access bios but it auto went to view only and doesnt let me change anything. It also crashed many times.
I have the WinXP Pro CD yet it gives me a blue screen error while trying to install XPP saying something about hardware or bios issues and such. I tried putting my PC to stock hardware and the problem continues.
I tried using windows recovery and it loads but when it asks me to put in the CD I do and yet it doesn't detect it giving me an error.
How can I possibly wipe windows 7 64-bit and just leave me PC alone with its bios.... and then I can stick the XP Pro cd... and hope that it works..
Any other suggestions?
My partitions are C drive and a D drive being the recovery drive.
Much help is appreciated.
I have no idea what to do...
I found most drivers for 64-bit.... except motherboard drivers. BIG PROBLEM. I can access bios but it auto went to view only and doesnt let me change anything. It also crashed many times.
I have the WinXP Pro CD yet it gives me a blue screen error while trying to install XPP saying something about hardware or bios issues and such. I tried putting my PC to stock hardware and the problem continues.
I tried using windows recovery and it loads but when it asks me to put in the CD I do and yet it doesn't detect it giving me an error.
How can I possibly wipe windows 7 64-bit and just leave me PC alone with its bios.... and then I can stick the XP Pro cd... and hope that it works..
Any other suggestions?
My partitions are C drive and a D drive being the recovery drive.
Much help is appreciated.
I have no idea what to do...