Installing XP on a Lenovo Laptop

[P. Jayant]

I have a Lenovo G550 laptop with Windows 7 pre-installed (no installation

disk from MS but a startup disk created immediately after installation). I

have no problem using the Laptop and Windows 7 since I am currently using it

at home where I have some friends around to consult in case of a problem. My

son who is going abroad for a few weeks wants to take the Laptop with him

after installing XP SP2 on it, if this is feasible. If that works, will the

software like Easy Capture with the built-in camera , LG Power Tools, VLC

Media Player and other software pre-installed on the Laptop work under XP?

Or have I to search for drivers which will enable these applications work

under XP?



When he returns, I plan to install Windows 7 back again on the laptop using

the startup disk.



P. Jayant

 

[LD55ZRA]

P. Jayant wrote:



>I have a Lenovo G550 laptop with Windows 7 pre-installed (no installation

>disk from MS but a startup disk created immediately after installation). I

>have no problem using the Laptop and Windows 7 since I am currently using it

>at home where I have some friends around to consult in case of a problem. My

>son who is going abroad for a few weeks wants to take the Laptop with him

>after installing XP SP2 on it, if this is feasible. If that works, will the

>software like Easy Capture with the built-in camera , LG Power Tools, VLC

>Media Player and other software pre-installed on the Laptop work under XP?

>Or have I to search for drivers which will enable these applications work

>under XP?

>

>When he returns, I plan to install Windows 7 back again on the laptop using

>the startup disk.

>

>P. Jayant

>

>

>

>

You could create an image of your HD and store it on an external hard

disk. Then you can reformat your HD and install Windows XP SP3

(incidentally you need SP3 because SP2 support is coming to an end).

You son can take this laptop with him but I am not sure if you have all

the XP drivers for your machine because these may be very difficult to

get hold of if the device is relatively new. So I am not in a position

to say whether your camera and other stuff will operate properly on your XP.



Now when your son is back, you are in a position to get back your

Windows 7 by using the image of the HD that you have saved separately.



Hope this gives you the idea what else to do and also some other guys

can also contribute here.







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[Gordon]

"P. Jayant" wrote in message

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> I have a Lenovo G550 laptop with Windows 7 pre-installed (no installation

> disk from MS but a startup disk created immediately after installation). I

> have no problem using the Laptop and Windows 7 since I am currently using

> it at home where I have some friends around to consult in case of a

> problem. My son who is going abroad for a few weeks wants to take the

> Laptop with him after installing XP SP2 on it, if this is feasible. If

> that works, will the software like Easy Capture with the built-in camera ,

> LG Power Tools, VLC Media Player and other software pre-installed on the

> Laptop work under XP? Or have I to search for drivers which will enable

> these applications work under XP?

>

> When he returns, I plan to install Windows 7 back again on the laptop

> using the startup disk.

>



Why bother to change the OS at all? It won't suddenly stop working as you

cross the border...

 

[DL]

There's no point in trying to install winxp unless Lenovo provides winxp

drivers, if they don't, then don't even try .

None of your software will work unless its reinstalled, and then it might

not be compatible with winxp, and unless you have a separate software disk

you wont be able to install them. And BTW software doesn't have drivers.

All in all your plan, or your sons, is ill conceived and a pointless

exercise



"P. Jayant" wrote in message

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> I have a Lenovo G550 laptop with Windows 7 pre-installed (no installation

> disk from MS but a startup disk created immediately after installation). I

> have no problem using the Laptop and Windows 7 since I am currently using

> it at home where I have some friends around to consult in case of a

> problem. My son who is going abroad for a few weeks wants to take the

> Laptop with him after installing XP SP2 on it, if this is feasible. If

> that works, will the software like Easy Capture with the built-in camera ,

> LG Power Tools, VLC Media Player and other software pre-installed on the

> Laptop work under XP? Or have I to search for drivers which will enable

> these applications work under XP?

>

> When he returns, I plan to install Windows 7 back again on the laptop

> using the startup disk.

>

> P. Jayant

>

 

[Bill Yanaire]

"Gordon" wrote in message

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>

> "P. Jayant" wrote in message

> news:hq8gf5$s8l$1@news.eternal-september.org...

>> I have a Lenovo G550 laptop with Windows 7 pre-installed (no installation

>> disk from MS but a startup disk created immediately after installation).

>> I have no problem using the Laptop and Windows 7 since I am currently

>> using it at home where I have some friends around to consult in case of a

>> problem. My son who is going abroad for a few weeks wants to take the

>> Laptop with him after installing XP SP2 on it, if this is feasible. If

>> that works, will the software like Easy Capture with the built-in camera

>> , LG Power Tools, VLC Media Player and other software pre-installed on

>> the Laptop work under XP? Or have I to search for drivers which will

>> enable these applications work under XP?

>>

>> When he returns, I plan to install Windows 7 back again on the laptop

>> using the startup disk.

>>

>

> Why bother to change the OS at all? It won't suddenly stop working as you

> cross the border...



Err Umm, that is pretty good thinking, Err, Gordon. Err.

 

[Student]

>>

>You could create an image of your HD and store it on an external hard

>disk. Then you can reformat your HD and install Windows XP SP3

>(incidentally you need SP3 because SP2 support is coming to an end).

>You son can take this laptop with him but I am not sure if you have all

>the XP drivers for your machine because these may be very difficult to

>get hold of if the device is relatively new. So I am not in a position

>to say whether your camera and other stuff will operate properly on your XP.

>



All the drivers and bundled programs for xp appear to be available from Lenovo



http://consumersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/DriversDownloads/drivers_list.aspx?CategoryID=600154

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:49:05 +0100, LD55ZRA wrote:



> P. Jayant wrote:

>

>>I have a Lenovo G550 laptop with Windows 7 pre-installed (no installation

>>disk from MS but a startup disk created immediately after installation). I

>>have no problem using the Laptop and Windows 7 since I am currently using it

>>at home where I have some friends around to consult in case of a problem. My

>>son who is going abroad for a few weeks wants to take the Laptop with him

>>after installing XP SP2 on it, if this is feasible. If that works, will the

>>software like Easy Capture with the built-in camera , LG Power Tools, VLC

>>Media Player and other software pre-installed on the Laptop work under XP?

>>Or have I to search for drivers which will enable these applications work

>>under XP?

>>

>>When he returns, I plan to install Windows 7 back again on the laptop using

>>the startup disk.

>>

>>P. Jayant

>>

>>

>>

>>

> You could create an image of your HD and store it on an external hard

> disk. Then you can reformat your HD and install Windows XP SP3

> (incidentally you need SP3 because SP2 support is coming to an end).

> You son can take this laptop with him but I am not sure if you have all

> the XP drivers for your machine because these may be very difficult to

> get hold of if the device is relatively new. So I am not in a position

> to say whether your camera and other stuff will operate properly on your XP.

>

> Now when your son is back, you are in a position to get back your

> Windows 7 by using the image of the HD that you have saved separately.

>

> Hope this gives you the idea what else to do and also some other guys

> can also contribute here.



You made me think of a variant of your idea...



Remove the laptops's hard drive and replace it by another drive. Install

Win XP on that drive. On his son's return, put the original drive back in.



Or get two new drives & clone the original to one of them using SW like the

free EASEUS Disk Copy. Then do the above using the second new drive. Now

you have two copies of the original drive...just in case something goes

wrong with the original.



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[LD55ZRA]

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote:

>

> You made me think of a variant of your idea...

>

> Remove the laptops's hard drive and replace it by another drive. Install

> Win XP on that drive. On his son's return, put the original drive back in.

>

> Or get two new drives & clone the original to one of them using SW like the

> free EASEUS Disk Copy. Then do the above using the second new drive. Now

> you have two copies of the original drive...just in case something goes

> wrong with the original.

>





Good idea but the only snag I can see is that on some laptops,

changing a HD is no simple job. You need to perform a complete

open-heart surgery! I don't know anything about Lenovo laptops

but Dell and HP are sometimes very difficult to perform simple

tasks!



hth





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[Gordon]

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message

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> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:49:05 +0100, LD55ZRA wrote:

>

>> P. Jayant wrote:

>>

>>>I have a Lenovo G550 laptop with Windows 7 pre-installed (no installation

>>>disk from MS but a startup disk created immediately after installation).

>>>I

>>>have no problem using the Laptop and Windows 7 since I am currently using

>>>it

>>>at home where I have some friends around to consult in case of a problem.

>>>My

>>>son who is going abroad for a few weeks wants to take the Laptop with him

>>>after installing XP SP2 on it, if this is feasible. If that works, will

>>>the

>>>software like Easy Capture with the built-in camera , LG Power Tools, VLC

>>>Media Player and other software pre-installed on the Laptop work under

>>>XP?

>>>Or have I to search for drivers which will enable these applications work

>>>under XP?

>>>

>>>When he returns, I plan to install Windows 7 back again on the laptop

>>>using

>>>the startup disk.

>>>

>>>P. Jayant

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>> You could create an image of your HD and store it on an external hard

>> disk. Then you can reformat your HD and install Windows XP SP3

>> (incidentally you need SP3 because SP2 support is coming to an end).

>> You son can take this laptop with him but I am not sure if you have all

>> the XP drivers for your machine because these may be very difficult to

>> get hold of if the device is relatively new. So I am not in a position

>> to say whether your camera and other stuff will operate properly on your

>> XP.

>>

>> Now when your son is back, you are in a position to get back your

>> Windows 7 by using the image of the HD that you have saved separately.

>>

>> Hope this gives you the idea what else to do and also some other guys

>> can also contribute here.

>

> You made me think of a variant of your idea...

>

> Remove the laptops's hard drive and replace it by another drive. Install

> Win XP on that drive. On his son's return, put the original drive back in.

>

> Or get two new drives & clone the original to one of them using SW like

> the

> free EASEUS Disk Copy. Then do the above using the second new drive. Now

> you have two copies of the original drive...just in case something goes

> wrong with the original.

>



But why bother in the first place? Windows 7 won't stop working when the OPs

son crosses the border....

 

[choro]

LD55ZRA wrote:

> "Gene E. Bloch" wrote:

>>

>> You made me think of a variant of your idea...

>>

>> Remove the laptops's hard drive and replace it by another drive.

>> Install Win XP on that drive. On his son's return, put the original

>> drive back in.

>>

>> Or get two new drives & clone the original to one of them using SW

>> like the free EASEUS Disk Copy. Then do the above using the second

>> new drive. Now you have two copies of the original drive...just in

>> case something goes wrong with the original.

>>

>

>

> Good idea but the only snag I can see is that on some laptops,

> changing a HD is no simple job. You need to perform a complete

> open-heart surgery! I don't know anything about Lenovo laptops

> but Dell and HP are sometimes very difficult to perform simple

> tasks!

>

> hth



Hey idiote', haven't you ever heard about small print?

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*****

 

[John Doue]

On 4/20/2010 6:03 AM, LD55ZRA wrote:

>

>

> "Gene E. Bloch" wrote:

>>

>> You made me think of a variant of your idea...

>>

>> Remove the laptops's hard drive and replace it by another drive. Install

>> Win XP on that drive. On his son's return, put the original drive back in.

>>

>> Or get two new drives& clone the original to one of them using SW like the

>> free EASEUS Disk Copy. Then do the above using the second new drive. Now

>> you have two copies of the original drive...just in case something goes

>> wrong with the original.

>>

>

>

> Good idea but the only snag I can see is that on some laptops,

> changing a HD is no simple job. You need to perform a complete

> open-heart surgery! I don't know anything about Lenovo laptops

> but Dell and HP are sometimes very difficult to perform simple

> tasks!

>

> hth

>

>

Well, I do not know this particular model, but a quick search on the

Internet told me that the hard drive is easily accessible, in keeping

with what was IBM habit.





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[Gene E. Bloch]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:03:22 +0100, LD55ZRA wrote:



> "Gene E. Bloch" wrote:

>>

>> You made me think of a variant of your idea...

>>

>> Remove the laptops's hard drive and replace it by another drive. Install

>> Win XP on that drive. On his son's return, put the original drive back in.

>>

>> Or get two new drives & clone the original to one of them using SW like the

>> free EASEUS Disk Copy. Then do the above using the second new drive. Now

>> you have two copies of the original drive...just in case something goes

>> wrong with the original.

>>

>

>

> Good idea but the only snag I can see is that on some laptops,

> changing a HD is no simple job. You need to perform a complete

> open-heart surgery! I don't know anything about Lenovo laptops

> but Dell and HP are sometimes very difficult to perform simple

> tasks!

>

> hth



I'm with Gordon here. Most laptops these days have a door on the bottom for

the drives and a second door for the memory.



I should probably say most that I have looked at



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[Bruce Chambers]

LD55ZRA wrote:

>

>

>

>

> Good idea but the only snag I can see is that on some laptops,

> changing a HD is no simple job. You need to perform a complete

> open-heart surgery!





Any particular brands/models where the hard drive is difficult to

remove? Other than misidentifying Dells, which I've always found

reasonably simple to service, that is. Over the past 15 years, I've

rarely encountered a laptop that required much more than the removal of

one or two screws and a cover panel to access the hard drive. In fact,

many manufacturers used to recommend that the user remove the hard drive

(unless it was thought to be defective, of course) before sending the

laptop in for warranty service, in order to preserve/protect personal data.





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[LD55ZRA]

Bruce Chambers wrote:



>

> Any particular brands/models where the hard drive is difficult to

> remove? Other than misidentifying Dells, which I've always found

> reasonably simple to service, that is. Over the past 15 years, I've

> rarely encountered a laptop that required much more than the removal

> of one or two screws and a cover panel to access the hard drive. In

> fact, many manufacturers used to recommend that the user remove the

> hard drive (unless it was thought to be defective, of course) before

> sending the laptop in for warranty service, in order to

> preserve/protect personal data.

>

>



DELL INSPIRON 2600 which was in release between 2001 and 2002. It

originally came with 40 GB but now you can get a lager HD but it is

not worthwhile due to its requirement to remove all its parts and even

the keyboard. Not a simple task but possible but requires at least 1

hours job minimum.



Please provide a link where "manufacturers recommend that the user

remove the hard drive (unless it was thought to be defective, of course)

before sending the laptop in for warranty service, in order to

preserve/protect personal data." they say one should back the data but

you are making a very bizarre claim.



hth



ps1: Peter Foldes is a convicted paedo using

his 12 year old sister to work for him as prostitute.



ps2: Jeff Strickland has forced his mum to

prostitute herself by working for Peter Foldes so that he (Jeff)

can finance his drug habits!







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[Bruce Chambers]

LD55ZRA wrote:

> Bruce Chambers wrote:

>

>>

>> Any particular brands/models where the hard drive is difficult to

>> remove? Other than misidentifying Dells, which I've always found

>> reasonably simple to service, that is. Over the past 15 years, I've

>> rarely encountered a laptop that required much more than the removal

>> of one or two screws and a cover panel to access the hard drive. In

>> fact, many manufacturers used to recommend that the user remove the

>> hard drive (unless it was thought to be defective, of course) before

>> sending the laptop in for warranty service, in order to

>> preserve/protect personal data.

>>

>>

>

> DELL INSPIRON 2600 which was in release between 2001 and 2002. It

> originally came with 40 GB but now you can get a lager HD but it is

> not worthwhile due to its requirement to remove all its parts and even

> the keyboard. Not a simple task but possible but requires at least 1

> hours job minimum.

>

> Please provide a link where "manufacturers recommend that the user

> remove the hard drive (unless it was thought to be defective, of course)

> before sending the laptop in for warranty service, in order to

> preserve/protect personal data." they say one should back the data but

> you are making a very bizarre claim.

>





No "links," but it's been a standard recommendation from several

manufacturers for the 15+ years I've been supporting laptops in

enterprise environments.



And I'm not impressed by delusional, slanderous accusations against

others who've also pointed out your frequent departures from reality.





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[LD55ZRA]

Bruce Chambers wrote:



>

> No "links," but it's been a standard recommendation from several

> manufacturers for the 15+ years I've been supporting laptops in

> enterprise environments.

>

> And I'm not impressed by delusional, slanderous accusations

> against others who've also pointed out your frequent departures from

> reality.

>

>



No links so no credibility in what you say. I have pointed this out to

you on many occasions As to slanderous accusations, they are not. I

have kept evidence in my "black book" and waiting for authorities to

contact me so that paedos and child molesters are dealt with swiftly.



Now your 15+ years of supporting laptops in enterprise environments,

have you come across the model I gave you and have you tried changing

its HD?



hth



ps1: Peter Foldes is a convicted paedo using

his 12 year old sister to work for him as prostitute.



ps2: Jeff Strickland has forced his mum to

prostitute herself by working for Peter Foldes so that he (Jeff)

can finance his drug habits!



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[Seth]

"LD55ZRA" wrote in message

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>

> Now your 15+ years of supporting laptops in enterprise environments, have

> you come across the model I gave you and have you tried changing its HD?





An Inspiron model wouldn't be used in an Enterprise environment.

 

[John John - MVP]

LD55ZRA wrote:

> Bruce Chambers wrote:

>

>>

>> Any particular brands/models where the hard drive is difficult to

>> remove? Other than misidentifying Dells, which I've always found

>> reasonably simple to service, that is. Over the past 15 years, I've

>> rarely encountered a laptop that required much more than the removal

>> of one or two screws and a cover panel to access the hard drive. In

>> fact, many manufacturers used to recommend that the user remove the

>> hard drive (unless it was thought to be defective, of course) before

>> sending the laptop in for warranty service, in order to

>> preserve/protect personal data.

>>

>>

>

> DELL INSPIRON 2600 which was in release between 2001 and 2002. It

> originally came with 40 GB but now you can get a lager HD but it is

> not worthwhile due to its requirement to remove all its parts and even

> the keyboard. Not a simple task but possible but requires at least 1

> hours job minimum.



On the Inspiron 2600 & 2650 remove *one* screw from the bottom and the

drive door opens and the drive slides out. In this day and age most

laptop hard disks are as easily removed.



John

 

[Bruce Chambers]

LD55ZRA wrote:

> Bruce Chambers wrote:

>



>

> Now your 15+ years of supporting laptops in enterprise environments,

> have you come across the model I gave you and have you tried changing

> its HD?

>





Actually, no. Dell's Inspirion line was, if I remember correctly, part

of their low-end consumer-grade offerings. Corporations, in my

experience, have generally purchased from the Latitude product line.



It may be that that particular model stymied your attempts to change the

hard drive, but that one limited experience certainly doesn't entitle

you to broadly condemn all Dell laptops, much less those of other

manufacturers.



Post back when you've finished high school, moved out of your parents

house, and garnered a few years experience working in the real world.





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[Doum]

Bruce Chambers écrivait

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>

> LD55ZRA wrote:

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> Good idea but the only snag I can see is that on some laptops,

>> changing a HD is no simple job. You need to perform a complete

>> open-heart surgery!

>

>

> Any particular brands/models where the hard drive is difficult to

> remove?



Asus EeePC 1005, I've replaced the 160GB stock HD with a 7200 RPM 320GB HD

and it was quite a job, the drive is located under the keyboard and you

almost have to take the netbook apart.



But is a netbook really a laptop? (Personally, I would think so)