Hm, to sa Phoenix BIOS-ima i Vistom je cist FUD (i ja posedujem "Vista" Phoenix BIOS na mom Vaio TZ90 laptopu, koji nije ni napravljen za XP - pa, opet, ljudi koji su bas insistirali na XP-u teraju XP bez problema na istom):
http://www.networkcomputing.co...s/2007/04/jumping_to_conc.html
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Just to clear the air, I took some time this afternoon to speak with Phoenix about their BIOS and the way they regard operating systems. Phoenix says that they have added features to their BIOS to help support Windows but have never made a BIOS that would lock out other operating systems. Here's what the CTO & Senior Vice President of Engineering at Phoenix has to say:
"It is directly against Phoenix's policy to create BIOS that would lock customers into any single OS. It has never been or will it ever be Phoenix's intention to lock a customer into a particular OS." –Gaurav Banga, CTO & SVP of Engineering at Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
Ako Windows XP ne radi sa nekim laptopom, to verovatno nema veze sa BIOS-om vec eventualno sa nekim specijalnim podesavanjima koje je laptop vendor uradio - tipa backup particije i sl.. mislim da je sve to moguce resetovati ali je potreban trud (recimo, na mom laptopu je Sony stavio 8 GB "EISA" particiju na 32 GB flash drajv uzimajuci mi pritom 25% kapaciteta primarnog diska, koju sam morao rucno da brisem iz komandne linije, moguce bi bilo da i ona pravi probleme prilikom boota XP-a ako ostane aktivna i sl..)
Moj savet je da jednostavno probas prvo da instaliras XP na jos jednu particiju kao dual-boot i onda da nadjes drajvere za tvoj laptop ili drajvere za isti hardver od drugih vendora - ako sve radi kako treba, mozes ili da ostanes pri tome (vista + xp) ili da prebrises vistu (obavezno napravi backup bootabilni DVD!)
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