How to downgrade vista to Xp

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Upgraded to Vista 5342- 32bit recently
It’s running too slow - needs to know how to downgrade to XP pro again safely

 

[Paul Smith]

Upgraded to Vista 5342- 32bit recently
It's running too slow - needs to know how to downgrade to XP pro again
safely

You can't downgrade. The best you can hope for is to rename your existing
Windows directory and then install Windows XP onto the drive.

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Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
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[Peter Foldes]

Reformat . No downgrading here

 

[Andre Da Costa [Extended64]]

Not possible, for the partition on which Vista 5342 is installed and boot
from your XP cd and do a reinstall.
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[Bruce Chambers]

Upgraded to Vista 5342- 32bit recently
It’s running too slow - needs to know how to downgrade to XP pro again safely

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm



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