Downgrading from Vista to XP

[Teelzy]

I am wanting to get rid of the monster Vista and go back to using my old OS
(XP). I am extremely tired of the incompatability of Vista with many of my
older games that I have come to love. Beside this, I also can't see any pros
in Vista over XP.

All my complaining aside, what are the steps I need to take to go back to
XP. I have an F45-AV413 Qosmio by Toshiba (Laptop). I am going to need some
step by step assistance most likely, but I have done alot of reinstalling but
never a downgrade, I have also heard that there may be some compatability
issues.

Any and all help is very appreciated, thanks in advance.


Zach

 

[peter]

Well 1st of all do you have a retail XP CD ??
Did your laptop at one time have XP on it ?? do you have the recovery CD's
for your laptop (XP)
Have you Backed up everything that you want to save to an external medium
Do you have all of the Original CD for the programs/Games that are presently
installed on your System??

If the Laptop originally came with XP installed you would just need to use
those original Restore CD's...it would wipe everything off the drive and
restore to "just purchased" state. Then all XP updates would need to be
downloaded and reapplied.Then All Programs would need to be reinstalled.

If your Laptop came with Vista pre=installed..you would need to go to
Toshiba website and look for XP drivers for your particular laptop.
If they have them.. great download and save to a CD/DVD.If no XP
drivers...use at your own risk....
Warranty will be voided......Using a Retail version of XP of your Choice
insert CD and let Installation begin...new installation...Format
HD...Install.
Then install those Toshiba drivers...........if no drivers maybe the native
XP drivers will work...maybe not and the painstaking process of tracking
down individual drivers begins....once that’s done install all
updates...then all of your programs.

If it is a recent purchase Toshiba might have a "downgrade"
available..phone their number and check.

now does that not sound like a nice sunny summer day wasted...

What older Games are not compatible????

peter

 

[PvdG42]

I am wanting to get rid of the monster Vista and go back to using my old
OS
(XP). I am extremely tired of the incompatability of Vista with many of my
older games that I have come to love. Beside this, I also can't see any
pros
in Vista over XP.

All my complaining aside, what are the steps I need to take to go back to
XP. I have an F45-AV413 Qosmio by Toshiba (Laptop). I am going to need
some
step by step assistance most likely, but I have done alot of reinstalling
but
never a downgrade, I have also heard that there may be some compatability
issues.

Any and all help is very appreciated, thanks in advance.


Zach

1. Make sure you have the XP drivers for all devices. Check with Toshiba for
needed drivers.
2. Back up all data files you want to save.
3. Boot from your XP install CD, format the hard drive, then install XP.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Of the 61 driver and utility downloads for your computer on Toshiba.com,
almost all are for Vista and the few for Vista/XP may not cover all the
devices you need. You'd better look before you leap. It might be best to
contact Toshiba and see if the computer is even XP compatible. A lot of
computers built in the past year are not. Especially laptops.

 

[DL]

Buy a PC that has winxp installed

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

As Colin has indicated, the system may not be suitable for XP. An
alternative for you would be to use Virtual PC, a free application that will
allow you to install and run an XP environment within your Vista
installation. Programs could then be installed there for your

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Teelzy

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Teelzy,

As Colin has indicated, the system may not be suitable for XP. An
alternative for you would be to use Virtual PC, a free application that will
allow you to install and run an XP environment within your Vista
installation. Programs could then be installed there for your use, and you
won't have any compatibility problems. You will still need a valid XP
license to install and activate just as if it were a physical machine. You
can get the Vitrual PC software here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...02-3199-48A3-AFA2-2DC0B40A73B6&displaylang=en

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[barnegatdx]

I am wanting to get rid of the monster Vista and go back to using my old OS
(XP). I am extremely tired of the incompatability of Vista with many of my
older games that I have come to love. Beside this, I also can't see any pros
in Vista over XP.

All my complaining aside, what are the steps I need to take to go back to
XP. I have an F45-AV413 Qosmio by Toshiba (Laptop). I am going to need some
step by step assistance most likely, but I have done alot of reinstallingbut
never a downgrade, I have also heard that there may be some compatability
issues.

Any and all help is very appreciated, thanks in advance.

Zach

If you have enough disk space, and have optimized the disk,

I'd make a Vista / Ubuntu dual boot machine.

I've been kicking Ubuntu round Prettty hard,

works for what I do

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I am wanting to get rid of the monster Vista and go back to using my old OS
(XP). I am extremely tired of the incompatability of Vista with many of my
older games that I have come to love. Beside this, I also can't see any pros
in Vista over XP.

All my complaining aside, what are the steps I need to take to go back to
XP. I have an F45-AV413 Qosmio by Toshiba (Laptop). I am going to need some
step by step assistance most likely, but I have done alot of reinstalling but
never a downgrade, I have also heard that there may be some compatability
issues.

Any and all help is very appreciated, thanks in advance.


Zach

If you upgraded to Vista from WinXP, and retained the Windows.Old
folder:

How to go back to Windows XP after you have upgraded a Windows XP-based
computer to Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933170/en-us

How to restore a computer to a previous Windows installation after you
install Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168/en-us

Otherwise:

After backing up any data you wish to transfer to the new OS
installation, 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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Bruce Chambers

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[harvey]

Contact Toshiba on one of theeir tech support lines.

Make sure you have All the drivers, as well as a XP2 disc. They may
send them to you.


although I had a Dell Dimensins 2400, and was out of Warrantee, They
sent me an XP disc and then assisted ( read Did All The Work) of doing
a reinstall..

Let them know you are dissatisfied with Vista and want to " Roll
Back to XP"

they've doubtless heard this before, and want to keep what customers
they have.

Perseverance pays off.

- else, it's Ubuntu, a very good set of user friendly code.

~C~

 

[Manuel Nonaca]

Try using XP compatibility mode...............

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/help/bf416877-c83f-4476-a3da-8ec98dcf5f101033.mspx

It worked fine for my HP 6300 Scan Jet application!