The easy way to switch from Vista to XP???

[Andrew.Glose]

I just bought a new Vaio that's very well spec'd out, which came with Vista on it. I may have to try and install XP in the near future due to using my machine as a DAW (Vista could be a pain, if my Alesis Mastercontrol even works with it).

I've stumbled upon this while looking up driver information (I have a Blu-Ray player/Camera/Mic/Etc... and would like to keep these things after 'downgrading' to XP.

http://www.emergingtechs.com/posts/h...mputer-another

Instead of having to look up tons of drivers, couldn't I just back these up, store them on an external HD, and load them up again after installing XP?

It makes sense to me...

Andrew

[Sean S]

It might not work because of the different ways the OS controls hardware, but I don't really know, so...grain of salt?

[bassybill]

Vista drivers that you have currently may or may not work with XP.

I switched from Vista to XP on my recording machine a few weeks back - I just trawled round and collected most of the drivers I needed before doing the switch, didn't take too long.

BTW, it was a good move to make for me, the PC I have is a dream setup for recording now, it runs beautifully and it's really quick.

[Andrew.Glose]

Yeah, my machine is killer. It's the OS I just don't care much for. We'll see how it goes when I try to use my Alesis.

@ Sean: I'll look how it works on my friend's computer.