Comments on: How To: Downgrade From Vista to XP http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-downgrade-from-vista-to-xp/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Frank Stermetz http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-downgrade-from-vista-to-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-34303 Frank Stermetz Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:36:43 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=7088#comment-34303 I'm trying to downgrade to xp. I've formated the hard drive, I run the xp disk and I get a stop blue screen rite before it gets to the recovery screen. How can I get it to go thru ??? I’m trying to downgrade to xp. I’ve formated the hard drive, I run the xp disk and I get a stop blue screen rite before it gets to the recovery screen. How can I get it to go thru ???

]]> By: Romeo http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-downgrade-from-vista-to-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-33554 Romeo Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:06:32 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=7088#comment-33554 Hi there, I did downgrade from my Acer desktop to XP and no problemo...But you need to select to boot from CD rom first...(with XP cd)...Then follow the screen to the partition page....You should have 2 or 3 partitions in the HDD...the samllest one is for system files...You need to delete the partition that have Vista installed in it then create new partition (just read and follow the instruction on the blue screen)....do it again for th smallest partition...Now install the XP into the new partition....After it completed then do not format the rest of the new created partitions (open my computer and right click on the partition then select format..it will be done in a few seconds)... The most importan thing is : write down all the manufactures parts that you will need drivers so later you will not forget...Also if you have XP pro SP3 will be the best because it is not so far from Vista basic.. Hi there,
I did downgrade from my Acer desktop to XP and no problemo…But you need to select to boot from CD rom first…(with XP cd)…Then follow the screen to the partition page….You should have 2 or 3 partitions in the HDD…the samllest one is for system files…You need to delete the partition that have Vista installed in it then create new partition (just read and follow the instruction on the blue screen)….do it again for th smallest partition…Now install the XP into the new partition….After it completed then do not format the rest of the new created partitions (open my computer and right click on the partition then select format..it will be done in a few seconds)…
The most importan thing is : write down all the manufactures parts that you will need drivers so later you will not forget…Also if you have XP pro SP3 will be the best because it is not so far from Vista basic..

]]> By: Paul Farrell http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-downgrade-from-vista-to-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-27580 Paul Farrell Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:24:30 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=7088#comment-27580 hi thanks for the info. I have tried to do this but now find that in device manager I am getting told that several driver files are missing and can't be found.these include the wireless internet access,mass storage controller,pci and pci bridge and sound & video controllers.Am I stuffed now or can this be fixed??? Thanks hi thanks for the info. I have tried to do this but now find that in device manager I am getting told that several driver files are missing and can’t be found.these include the wireless internet access,mass storage controller,pci and pci bridge and sound & video controllers.Am I stuffed now or can this be fixed??? Thanks

]]> By: simone http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-downgrade-from-vista-to-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-27113 simone Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:20:22 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=7088#comment-27113 i want to do this because vista didn't install my dvd drive or network adapter but dunno how to do it without the dvd rom? any clues? when i went to change the booting device in the setup there was only the hdd and network adapter there which i thought was strange!! I installed vista yesterday with the dvd so it i know it works??? stumped! i want to do this because vista didn’t install my dvd drive or network adapter but dunno how to do it without the dvd rom? any clues? when i went to change the booting device in the setup there was only the hdd and network adapter there which i thought was strange!! I installed vista yesterday with the dvd so it i know it works??? stumped!

]]> By: Joe Sitter http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-downgrade-from-vista-to-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-25161 Joe Sitter Wed, 27 May 2009 03:47:18 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=7088#comment-25161 Oh My gosh, Vista is terrible junk!!! The way I see it is: Vista is the George W. Bush Presidency of Operating Systems....and it's high time that someone just admits it and dose the right thing so we can all enjoy life. I have a IBM Lenovo T60 that came preloaded with Vista Premium Home and of course, it was lousy. I found that a few years ago, Lenovo had gotten wise and made a CD that you can buy for $45 that will automatically replace Vista with XP Pro and put your computer into a like-new state with an XP Pro preload that is exactly as it would have been from the factory. of course you wont have any of your user files saved but you will have a great computer. I purchased my T60 "new" from a dealer on eBay so its' warranty period had expired however, Lenovo Customer Service was very nice to me saying they normally don't sell the disk to those with out of warranty machines. My T60 was made in 2003 but never before used I assume because of the Vista preload. If you have a Lenove laptop I would recommend that you downgrade your OS this way. Sheesh! Can you imagine calling it a "downgrade"? That would be like calling Barrack Obama a downgrade from W. XP Pro is a very good OS. It'll be pretty hard for Micro Soft to make something better than XP. Joe. Oh My gosh, Vista is terrible junk!!!

The way I see it is: Vista is the George W. Bush Presidency of Operating Systems….and it’s high time that someone just admits it and dose the right thing so we can all enjoy life.

I have a IBM Lenovo T60 that came preloaded with Vista Premium Home and of course, it was lousy. I found that a few years ago, Lenovo had gotten wise and made a CD that you can buy for $45 that will automatically replace Vista with XP Pro and put your computer into a like-new state with an XP Pro preload that is exactly as it would have been from the factory. of course you wont have any of your user files saved but you will have a great computer. I purchased my T60 “new” from a dealer on eBay so its’ warranty period had expired however, Lenovo Customer Service was very nice to me saying they normally don’t sell the disk to those with out of warranty machines. My T60 was made in 2003 but never before used I assume because of the Vista preload.

If you have a Lenove laptop I would recommend that you downgrade your OS this way. Sheesh! Can you imagine calling it a “downgrade”? That would be like calling Barrack Obama a downgrade from W. XP Pro is a very good OS. It’ll be pretty hard for Micro Soft to make something better than XP.

Joe.

]]> By: Tomok http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-downgrade-from-vista-to-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-22767 Tomok Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:41:18 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=7088#comment-22767 Had vista home for 6 weeks and totally frustrated by it. Forever giving permission to do simple tasks even as the only user/administrator. Loading of software takes absolutely ages whereas in XP done within minutes. Crashed a lot my games. Screwed my new graphic card up and refused to update my drivers for it. So have read above (and other similar acticles on the web)I decided to back track from Vista to XP. It took less than 2 hours to be up and running. Since then I would say a day where you need to re-install your software. Do remember though you do need your original XP disk and licence number. But all in all a very well pleasing exercise. The difficult bit was deciding to go ahead with it - once I did no turning back. Had vista home for 6 weeks and totally frustrated by it. Forever giving permission to do simple tasks even as the only user/administrator. Loading of software takes absolutely ages whereas in XP done within minutes. Crashed a lot my games. Screwed my new graphic card up and refused to update my drivers for it.
So have read above (and other similar acticles on the web)I decided to back track from Vista to XP. It took less than 2 hours to be up and running. Since then I would say a day where you need to re-install your software. Do remember though you do need your original XP disk and licence number.
But all in all a very well pleasing exercise.
The difficult bit was deciding to go ahead with it – once I did no turning back.

]]> By: Light http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-downgrade-from-vista-to-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-22629 Light Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:14:04 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=7088#comment-22629 Hello, I NEED URGENT HELP. i want to downgrade my PANASONIC CF-Y7 From vista to xp, please adivse me step by step from scratch Thanks Light Hello, I NEED URGENT HELP.
i want to downgrade my PANASONIC CF-Y7 From vista to xp, please adivse me step by step from scratch
Thanks
Light

]]> By: Balaji http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-downgrade-from-vista-to-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-20592 Balaji Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:18:46 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=7088#comment-20592 I bought a new HP Compaq desktop with Vista pre-installed. The Vista was bad for me. Now I get NO internet connection with the new XP OS installation !!! How to downgrade vista to xp into my machine. thanks in advance. I bought a new HP Compaq desktop with Vista pre-installed. The Vista was bad for me. Now I get NO internet connection with the new XP OS installation !!!

How to downgrade vista to xp into my machine.

thanks in advance.

]]> By: Vivid http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-downgrade-from-vista-to-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-20377 Vivid Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:15:13 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=7088#comment-20377 very funny but probably more true than you would think. Microsoft isnt the most dumb company,(contrair to popular belief) and even though im sure Vista was a true attempt to compete with OS X, they rushed a little, which would make people who are just getting to know XP a little cautious. when you take a person out of his comfort zone, he is bound to switch back to that which he is more familiar with. and if he doesnt have a XP disk from his old computer then he will have to purchase one. on the other hand, someone who's never seen XP and has only tried Vista will like vista more than XP due to no know how much greener the grass is on the other side. Man, I'm getting psycological in here. lol. very funny but probably more true than you would think. Microsoft isnt the most dumb company,(contrair to popular belief) and even though im sure Vista was a true attempt to compete with OS X, they rushed a little, which would make people who are just getting to know XP a little cautious. when you take a person out of his comfort zone, he is bound to switch back to that which he is more familiar with. and if he doesnt have a XP disk from his old computer then he will have to purchase one. on the other hand, someone who’s never seen XP and has only tried Vista will like vista more than XP due to no know how much greener the grass is on the other side. Man, I’m getting psycological in here. lol.

]]> By: Eric http://www.pcmech.com/article/how-to-downgrade-from-vista-to-xp/comment-page-1/#comment-20294 Eric Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:24:36 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=7088#comment-20294 Thats nice you made more than 300 downgrade in your area. So you mean when you downgrade from Vista to XP you dont encounter any problem like they say, that XP needs SATA driver in order to detect the harddrive inside the laptop? Please advice me because i am about to downgrade my latest HP laptop Vista to XP i just bought 3 days ago, i still preferred using XP. Thanks. Thats nice you made more than 300 downgrade in your area. So you mean when you downgrade from Vista to XP you dont encounter any problem like they say, that XP needs SATA driver in order to detect the harddrive inside the laptop? Please advice me because i am about to downgrade my latest HP laptop Vista to XP i just bought 3 days ago, i still preferred using XP. Thanks.

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