Downsides to installing Windows XP x86 replacing Vista x64?

[Night0wl]

Is there any? as in trouble finding the right drivers etc.

Pretty much I'm sitting here with a friends computer and Vista is giving him hell. DVD drive keeps getting "lost", trouble connecting/staying connected to the Internet amongst other things.

The PC is 7 months old, so it came with Vista preinstalled. It's a Fujitsu Siemens AMILO Pa. 2510 if that helps any.

Any info or advice is welcome.

[peat moss]

Sometimes you have trouble finding XP drivers for laptops .

Link : http://www.filefactory.com/file/e3d464/n/amilo_pa_2510_win_xp_32_drivers_rar


Info here : http://www.amilo-forum.com/topic,1463,-Amilo-Pa-2510-drivers-for-win32-xp-download.html

[Night0wl]

Thanks. I better start checking what available then. Not so good if I screw up the PC more than it already is.

[clocker]

Have you tried a repair- or even a full reinstall- of Vista yet?

[Night0wl]

A full reformat and reinstall a few months ago. Problems are even worse now then they were back then. I could maybe understand if he used it a lot and tried out many programs on it, but he hardly uses it, apart from playing music/movies and going on the Internet.

A computer that needs a reinstall every few months, seriously needs a better operating system IMO.

[mbucari1]

I installed XP on my vista laptop. I found all the drivers I needed on http://driverpacks.net except for the modem drivers.