topic AR41S help to install XP required in PCs & Accessories https://community.sonylatvija.com/t5/pcs-accessories/ar41s-help-to-install-xp-required/m-p/70669#M68751 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I bought an AR41S. Unfortunately the gaming performance is so bad, I am really disappointed. <BR />I would like to install XP in the hope of this fixing the problem. <BR />Please if you know how to do this - let me know... I have been stuck trying to get XP installed for ages and don't know how to get XP to see the RAID drives.<BR /><BR />Thanks<BR />Michael<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:04:02 GMT MichaelLeppan 2007-10-15T15:04:02Z AR41S help to install XP required https://community.sonylatvija.com/t5/pcs-accessories/ar41s-help-to-install-xp-required/m-p/70669#M68751 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I bought an AR41S. Unfortunately the gaming performance is so bad, I am really disappointed. <BR />I would like to install XP in the hope of this fixing the problem. <BR />Please if you know how to do this - let me know... I have been stuck trying to get XP installed for ages and don't know how to get XP to see the RAID drives.<BR /><BR />Thanks<BR />Michael<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:04:02 GMT https://community.sonylatvija.com/t5/pcs-accessories/ar41s-help-to-install-xp-required/m-p/70669#M68751 MichaelLeppan 2007-10-15T15:04:02Z Re: AR41S help to install XP required https://community.sonylatvija.com/t5/pcs-accessories/ar41s-help-to-install-xp-required/m-p/70673#M68752 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Michael and welcome.<BR /><BR />Do you mean XP Pro or XP MCE? Unless you install XP Media Centre Edition, you will lose the TV Card function and all your analogue inputs. On a complicated Media Centre Laptop, downgrading to XP is not a simple matter.<BR /><BR />This thread by Costasp outlines how to downgrade an AR31M and this will be similar for the AR41S: -<BR /><BR /><A href="http://club.vaio.sony.co.uk/clubvaio/GB/en/forum/viewthread?thread=41647" target="_blank">http://club.vaio.sony.co.uk/clubvaio/GB/en/forum/viewthread?thread=41647</A><BR /><BR />You will need to copy the contents of C:\Drivers\SATA to the floppy disc to get SATA and RAID recognised.<BR /><BR /> <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sonylatvija.com/html/@0248C33DDCF34AA61B8F8F33F5AFA5BE/images/smilies/013.png" alt=":wink:" title=":wink:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:12:37 GMT https://community.sonylatvija.com/t5/pcs-accessories/ar41s-help-to-install-xp-required/m-p/70673#M68752 Blencogo 2007-10-15T16:12:37Z