uninstall windows to roll back from vista to xp

[drizzt.is.brian4238]

I got a copy of windows Vista premium home editionand thought great I could
take advantage of the new windows but my games either no longer work or are
much slower than before so i figured id uninstall windows vista and go back
to Windows XP but I cant find any way to do that the other option was to
format the hard drive and reinstall everything but It won't let me do that
either please help

 

[Charlie42]

I got a copy of windows Vista premium home editionand thought great I could
take advantage of the new windows but my games either no longer work or
are
much slower than before so i figured id uninstall windows vista and go
back
to Windows XP but I cant find any way to do that the other option was to
format the hard drive and reinstall everything but It won't let me do that
either please help

Give this a try first:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168

Charlie42

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I got a copy of windows Vista premium home editionand thought great I could
take advantage of the new windows but my games either no longer work or are
much slower than before so i figured id uninstall windows vista and go back
to Windows XP but I cant find any way to do that the other option was to
format the hard drive and reinstall everything but It won't let me do that
either please help

If you upgraded to Vista from WinXP:

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

Then the backed up data can be restored and applications (Those
that are WinXP-compatible, that is) re-installed.



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Bruce Chambers

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[zalariz489]

How can i format windows vista and install XP i know how to format but
it shows me a message that says ''cannot find hard disk'' how do i
fix this problem?

 

[zalariz489]

Could some body tell me how to format windows vista and again
reinstall windows xp on my hard drive. thanks a lot

 

[zalariz489]

Can someone tell me how to format vista and install XP cause when i
insert xp cd a error message comes up saying ''can't read hard disk or
there is no hard disk'' something like that , so how do i format it if
i have vista installed first?

 

[Not Me]

boot from the XP CD, follow the onscreen instructions.
If necessary, load the drivers for the SATA disk, that can be an issue with
some systems.

 

[Malke]

Can someone tell me how to format vista and install XP cause when i
insert xp cd a error message comes up saying ''can't read hard disk or
there is no hard disk'' something like that , so how do i format it if
i have vista installed first?

You will need to have your SATA drive controller drivers on a floppy drive
and hit F6 to give the additional drivers early in the process. You can
also slipstream the controller drivers into your installation media if you
don't have a floppy (or USB floppy) drive.

Slipstream RAID or SATA controller drivers:
http://www.maximumpc.com/2005/01/how_to_slipstre.html
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/36/SESSID=8b0c51fd6eca712e465d2e6f79256fc8/

General information about replacing Vista with XP:

A. On an OEM (HP, Sony, etc.) computer:

1. Go to the OEM's website and look for XP drivers for your specific model
computer. If there are no XP drivers, then you can't install XP. End of
story. If there are drivers, download them and store on a CD-R or USB
thumbdrive; you'll need them after you install XP.

2. Check with the OEM - either from their tech support website or by calling
them - to see if you will void your warranty if you do this. If you will
void the warranty, you make the decision.

3. If the OEM does support XP on the machine, call them and see if you can
have downgrade rights and have them send you an XP restore disk. This will
be far the easiest and best way of getting XP on the machine.

4. If XP is supported on the machine but the OEM doesn't have an XP restore
disk for you, understand that you'll need to purchase a retail copy of XP
from your favorite online or brick/mortar store.

5. Also understand that you will need to do a clean install of XP so if you
have any data you want, back it up first.

6. If none of the above is applicable to you because you can't run XP on
that machine (see Item #1 above), return the computer and purchase one
running XP instead.

B. On a generic/home-built computer (from non-OEM company) - You will need
drivers for all your hardware. See the second link below for more details:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows - What
you will need on-hand

Malke