Re: HELP! Going back to XP from Vista Ultimate...

Malke wrote:
Reactorman wrote:
I've been having all sorts of problems with Vista. I really need to
go back to XP. I've found a good number of articles on how to do
just that, but every way that I've read on how to do it requires the
Windows XP disks. My computer did not come with it, it came
pre-installed (OEM version). My hard drive is partioned; C drive
contains Vista and D drive contains the backup of XP. Is there any
way I can go back to XP considering that it appears to still be on
my hard drive? Is there any way I can boot directly from D drive
instead of the C drive? Would doing that load up XP? I did not do
a "clean install" of Vista, I only did the upgrade. If worse comes
to worse and there's no way in the world to get XP back on without
the disks, could Microsoft send them to me considering that I had XP
pre-installed (OEM)? Am I asking too many questions? Sorry, I just
really need to go back to XP, Vista keeps crasing on practically 90%
of all my programs that ran fine with XP. Would it be illegal to
ask someone to send me a copy of theirs?

Restore a computer to a previous Windows installation after you
install Windows Vista - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927522/en-us

Oddly that link (and KB number) doesn't work. Now, try:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168/en-us


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