Need to revert to XP from Win 10

[PeterOz]

Is it XP 32 or 64 Bit
How have you set the drives in the bios IDE ?
ASRock XFast USB utility ver:3.02.28 ASRock > ION 330HT/W7HP
Double check usb setting in BIOS is enabled

[Bruce]

@Neilt - any update?

[Neilt]

@Neilt - any update?

Hi Bruce, I’ve been out on site all week . I should be back at my desk Sunday and will look at Peter’s suggestion, which I greatly appreciate

[Neilt]

No luck so far. The series of events are; I changed the boot sequence to load XP from the DVD drive to replace XP. Maybe I did something wrong as the boot order didn’t change but I lost the use of the mouse-I’ve tried other known working mice but still no luck. Following Malnourished advice I now have XP loaded. Hurrah! Only no mouse. Strangely, XP needed to go online to complete the installation, including Service Pack 2 which it did. Now it will no longer connect to my broadband via ethernet cable. I’m getting this from my Fritzbox;

[HEADING=2]Could not obtain IPv6 prefix. Reason for error: [message][/HEADING]

This is an event message from the Internet Connection area.

This message informs you that the IPv6 internet connection could not be established because it was not possible to duly assign the network prefix indicated by the IPv6 address range usable in the home network. Check the settings you made on the Internet Connection and IPv6 tabs in the InternetAccount Information menu of the FRITZ!Box user interface and try again to establish an internet connection. If the message continues to occur in subsequent attempts, contact your internet provider

[Neilt]

Is it XP 32 or 64 Bit
How have you set the drives in the bios IDE ?
ASRock XFast USB utility ver:3.02.28 https://www.asrock.com/Nettop/NVIDIA/ION 330HTW7HP/index.asp#Download
Double check usb setting in BIOS is enabled

Thanks, Peter, the USB was enabled and the drives are set to boot from the hard drive and the second boot would be cd/dvd. I’ve downloaded the XFast utility onto my main machine and I’m just trying to work out how to transfer it to my unconnected Asrock. Regards, Neil

[PeterOz]

On a working computer
Click on the windows icon in the task bar
Type in cmd
Select the command prompt app.

Open the cmd prompt

Either type or copy and paste what is in [COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]Blue. What is in Red is what you do e.g [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Enter (Press the Enter key)

[COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]ipconfig /all >“%userprofile%\desktop\ipconfig.txt” [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Enter

This should put a text file on your desktop. Please attach the file in your reply.

The information this gives cannot be used to hack your computer.

It is only the internal network address[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]

[Neilt]

Thanks, Peter. I’m off on my travels for 2-3 weeks. I’ll look forward to following your instructions when I get back. All much appreciated, mate.

[PeterOz]

@veeg Please mark as pending

[Neilt]

Pending

[phillpower2]

Been three weeks without any update now so we will close this thread until the OP has the time available to work towards resolving the issue, PM a member of staff when you are ready and the thread can be reopened.