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Solve : Downgrading Vista to XP? |
Answer» HEY, so I'm sick of Vista and want to downgrade to good old XP. Is it as easy as just booting from my XP disc and installing? My laptop didn't come with a Vista CD, and I HEARD somewhere that I could burn a reinstall disc, but I can't figure out how for the life of me. Are drivers stored on the hard drive? How can I make sure that everything will work with XP? My XP install disc came with different desktop, will it work with my laptop?
Quote from: Spasm on JUNE 18, 2008, 03:58:14 AMHey, so I'm sick of Vista and want to downgrade to good old XP. Is it as easy as just booting from my XP disc and installing? My laptop didn't come with a Vista CD, and I heard somewhere that I could burn a reinstall disc, but I can't figure out how for the life of me. Are drivers stored on the hard drive? How can I make sure that everything will work with XP? My XP install disc came with different desktop, will it work with my laptop? Depending on the make and model of the PC you should have an application in your menu that is for burning recovery discs, do this first. Also, find and download onto a CD or flash drive a copy of XP drivers for your computers hardware. As for installing XP. You LIKELY can not use the XP install disc you have now. It's whats knows as a OEM version that is tied to the system you bought it with. You will need a retail version you can pick up at most electronics stores. When you get a good copy of XP toss it in, install, load any needed drivers and enjoy.....My laptop didn't come with anything but an instruction booklet full of useless stuff. No reinstall discs, no driver discs, not even sample software. Just so we're clear, I'm good to go after I burn those recovery discs and back up my files? By the way, to burn a Vista recovery disc, open up the start menu and type "recovery" into the search textbox, and there it is. Just in case anyone else needs to know.I would still visit the laptop manuf. site and make sure it has all the device drivers for XP...some do not. Quote from: Spasm on June 18, 2008, 03:49:21 PM My laptop didn't come with anything but an instruction booklet full of useless stuff. No reinstall discs, no driver discs, not even sample software. Just so we're clear, I'm good to go after I burn those recovery discs and back up my files? By the way, to burn a Vista recovery disc, open up the start menu and type "recovery" into the search textbox, and there it is. Just in case anyone else needs to know.dude before installing win xp get all the required drivers.cos some of the manufacturers don't fully provide the win xp drivers |
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