Lessons I Learned From Tips About How To Get Rid Of Vista And Go Back Xp

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How to get rid of vista and go back to xp. There is no 'undo' button for getting rid of windows vista. In this case, to install xp you will need to get a copy of the xp. If your unit has a newer disk controller, the driver for the hard disk may not be included in your copy of xp.

The only possible way is to reinstall xp. It is simple, you boot from your windows xp cd, and when prompted format your hard drive over the vista installation, then relax for half an hour while xp installs. I have tried booting from a windows xp cd but for some.

Download something like dban and wipe the vista drive. I recommend disconnecting the other drive before this operation so you're sure you don't pick the wrong. I installed vista ultimate on my computer and am having many problems with it.

Wipe vista and install xp with your cd it is simple, you boot from your windows xp cd, and when prompted format your hard drive over the vista installation, then relax for half an hour while xp. You will probably need to go to the driver and download section and see if there are drivers for xp. How to downgrade from windows 7 to vista or xp steps to downgrade windows 7 to xp step 1.

So i have a laptop with vista installed and i want to get rid of that completely and put xp on it. Start date aug 16, 2007; In this thread in this sub.

Sharpened wooden stakes, garlic and holy water are recommended, but not essential. Download something like dban and wipe the vista drive. Open your windows 7 drive (generally c drive) and make sure that you haven’t.

When youre in the recovery console, just format the drive which contains the vista operating system. Anyway, before i installed it as an upgrade, i backed everything up onto. Switch this from ahci to ata and the xp setup should now recognise the hard drive.

It is not possible to install xp over vista as vista is the latest and xp is the oldest operating system. 1 of 2 go to page. I have bought a computer with vista installed.

Since then my psc won`t connect to it properly, (it was fine with xp), so i bought a vista compatible canon psc, which doesn`t install at all. Go into the bios and find the sata operation setting, (i think it's under drives). I recommend disconnecting the other drive before this operation so you're sure you don't pick the wrong.

If you really want to get rid of windows vista, your only options are reformatting your hard drive (learn how to format a hard drive) or dual booting to a different operating system. Also your vista installation files will probably be installed on a partition of. Boot from the windows xp disc, then reach the recovery console.