Recent content by 2112Rush

I think I fixed it. Unchecked the box for HDMI sound Downloaded the driver for the Realtek Audio. I now have sound. Only thing is when I went to download the driver, I got a message. Said something about the driver might not be right for the computer and could cause issues. Not sure why that...

I didn't even think to look there. :rolleyes: I'll try there. Thanks

VirtualLarry, I don't believe any RAM was added. I will look under Device Manager and see what I can find. The model number is Aspire 5742Z-4813

damian101, I will try to get a model number either tonight or tomorrow. Is the software freeware? Thanks for the help. killster1, What's wrong with Windows 7? I know it's not supported anymore, but I've never had a problem with it. I'd rather have Windows 7 than 8 or 10. I'm not sure how he...

I'm asking this for my brother so I may be missing some details. Was just wondering if there is anyone who can help from the info I have so far. He used a hard drive from a laptop and replaced the one in his laptop. They were the same Acer laptop. They are at least 10 years old. I can get the...

Thanks for the advice Trashman. I was planning on putting them on separate drives. I saw something in another thread about partitioning drives to make them not work as hard. Would it be better to put them on separate drives or partition one drive for both? I tried to install XP with Vista...

No one has any suggestions?

I'm having problems trying to install XP after Vista. So I'm going to get rid of Vista and install XP first then Vista. Two questions: 1 - Can I just format the drive that Vista is on to get rid of it? Or do I have to do a uninstall the way it should be done? 2 - I have two HDD's...

So I unplug the drive with Vista on it and start it up. When it's posting I get a "BOOTMGR is missing" message. I put in the XP disc expecting it to give me the option of booting from the CD but it just keeps saying "BOOTMGR is missing CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart". The BIOS is set up to boot from...

I wasn't on planning to use any partitions. In one of tutorials I saw they say to create a partition to put the new OS in. Vista isn't on a partition and I was going to put XP on the other HD with no partition. Since I have the HD space I was going to install programs to both. Just to be sure...

Yes please don't. :laugh: I will give it a shot and see what happens. Thanks again for the help.

Boomerang, you have been a huge help. I'm starting to get it. The only only thing I'm wondering is if the drive letters keep changing every time I switch between Vista and XP, will that affect any programs I have? If I install something on Vista and try to run it in XP will the file path not be...

You're not confusing me at all. I was just trying to avoid having to unplug things, but it looks like that's the only way to go. I thought everything got installed to the C: drive. That's why Vista is there. On other computers I've seen they were always C:. I guess because they only had one...

I'm thinking that unplugging may be the only way to go. I have Floppy/Card Reader (A: ) DVD RW (D: ) DVD?CD RW (F: ) HDD (C: ) HDD (E: ) Vista is on the "C" drive. If I just unplug that drive and the card reader XP should install to "E" correct? I won't have any issues when I...

Not your fault. You did make it clear. I Googled like you said and was following the directions. Here's the link I tried. http://www.raymond.cc/blog/arc...vista-installed-first/ There was another site but this one looked easier. Until I got to the setup part. I didn't reboot because I was...