Re: downgrading from windows vista towindows xp
- From: "M.I.5¾" <no.one@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:15:20 -0000
"redrose" <redrose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is it possible to downgrade from vista to xp? I am having issues with
several
of my favorite programs being compatable with vista. What was an easy task
w/
XP is Now a long dilema with vista. Can someonme please help me. Thanks
--
In Need of direction and guidance
This would depend on exactly what you are wishing to do.
To answer your question as I believe you intended it: it is not possible to
install Windows Xp onto a pre-existing Vista installation in the fasion of
an upgrade.
Assuming that you can obtain all the required XP drivers including drivers
for the hardware on your motherboard as well as external hardware, the
alternatives are:
To completely wipe Vista off of your disk and do a fresh install of XP.
Your personal data can be recovered from your backup media (You do have a
backup - don't you?).
The alternative and perhaps less drastic route is to make your system dual
boot. Unfortunately, the official way to dual boot does not permit
installing Vista first and then XP. However, there are workarounds. Many
BIOSs these days allow you to install 2 hard disc units and select which one
you boot from (and some even offer this as a menu selection at boot time).
It should be noted that there are some incompatibility issues with this
solution (notably with System restore).
Alternatively, you can use a boot manager such as Boot Magic (provided with
Partition Magic), that allows you to boot into one operating system while at
the same time hiding the other. The advantages are that it avoids the
incompatibility mentioned above (Vista can't screw what it can't see); you
only need one disc drive (with 2 partitions) and both Operating Systems can
be drive C:. The down side is that a third partition is required to hold
the boot manager itself (it has to be visible to both Operating Systems) and
(in the case of Boot Magic and possibly others), it must be on a FAT32
partition. But an extra partition is useful to allow data transfer between
both Operating Systems.
It should be noted that if your PC uses SATA interfaced disc drives then you
*may* require a suitable SATA driver to be loaded before XP will install.
It can only be installed from a floppy disc, but USB floppy drives generally
work.
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