Good Idea, but sorry, can't do. I got the same BSOD from trying that. That's why I had to go to another computer to even format that hard drive. Safe-mode doesn't work. Through various tests I have deduced that: It's not the installation CD. -it worked to install it on another Comp. It's not the hard drive. -It boots up in other Comps. It's not a setting I know of that I can change in the BIOS. -I tried changing all related settings It's not faulty hardware- All the hardware worked with Vista. My guess, it's that it was built with something unchangeable in the BIOS that only lets it run windows Vista.(and Higher I would guess) That is not fair! or what I paid for.

Message Edited by cabledevin on 07-16-2007 02:26 PM

That's not possible. The bios has nothing to do with the operating system. You should boot to the Vista dvd and reformat and reinstall Vista then call Dell. Did you boot to the XP cd and reformat from that and reinstall XP? That's the only thing that would work. You cannot "uninstall" Vista.

Hmm, why would I reinstall vista and call dell? "Did you boot to the XP cd and reformat from that and reinstall XP?" yes, it didn't work. [EDIT]OK, I tried to install XP again, but it did what I thought it would probably do. Though to make you guys happy I formatted it, and tried to reinstall windows on the original computer instead of doing it through this other computer. What it did was it gave me the BSOD as it attempts to begin to get to the screen where it either installs or starts windows. Both have gave this error. Its the error where it says that says something very similar to due to a problem windows has shut down to protect your computer. If this is the first time you encountered this message then restart your computer. if the problem persists please remove any new hard drives and please use /chkdsk (or something like that) to check for errors on the hard drive. But! why would I, when I know the hard drive is not faulty because it works other places. I also know nothing else in the computer is faulty because it works with vista in it. Is it possible that this computer motherboard is made to run ONLY solely with vista? if it is that makes me angry because thats not fair! I spent good money on a computer that included specific software( which got deleted after format, and it didnt come with a cd ).

Message Edited by cabledevin on 07-16-2007 05:47 PM

Problem solved, I just had to change the SATA configuration in the bios to Autodetect Thanks for your patience everyone ;)

Message Edited by redwolfe_98 on 07-19-2007 09:48 PM