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05-27-2008, 03:49 PM   #1
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Question Downgrade Vista

I was wondering if there is any way I could downgrade my new laptop that is running vista to xp which i'm used and I find is a better operating system?

If so please post a tut how
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lol i done it but i was stupid i formated my HDD and re installed xp it worked i just had not drivers xD or anything
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lol i done it but i was stupid i formated my HDD and re installed xp it worked i just had not drivers xD or anything
Well then that really takes the purpose out of doing it then ay?
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why dont you dual boot that way you have both os on pc bearing in mind you dont have a dell media pc as i do they take up all four partitions on HDD but google is your friend =D
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why dont you dual boot that way you have both os on pc bearing in mind you dont have a dell media pc as i do they take up all four partitions on HDD but google is your friend =D
But I don't want to have to use the space to hold 2 operating systems on my laptop
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o ryt well you might have done this but i googled downgrade vista to xp and here is a link to the results. "Google results for downgrade vista to xp"
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It means you have to buy XP again, but it's possible.
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only way of a downgrade is by formatting krank :s i took the risk and installed vista ultimate retail every time i used a XP or vista boot leg my system would all ways mess up after a couple of months,now running the vista aint had any single prob's but it does like RAM lol
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Well thanks for the help guys I managed to do this without having to buy another license so i'm HAPPY!

I love XP
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Well thanks for the help guys I managed to do this without having to buy another license so i'm HAPPY!

I love XP
Torrent? lol Persnally, vista is better for me. Looks better, doenst run in root all the time, and finds the drivers I need for me. But of course, Linux beats them all :D
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