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How to downgrade vista to Xp

Posted: 03-30-2006, 02:01 AM
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Upgraded to Vista 5342- 32bit recently
It’s running too slow - needs to know how to downgrade to XP pro again safely

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Re: How to downgrade vista to Xp
Posted: 03-30-2006, 02:07 AM
"hit" <hit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Upgraded to Vista 5342- 32bit recently
> It's running too slow - needs to know how to downgrade to XP pro again
> safely
You can't downgrade. The best you can hope for is to rename your existing
Windows directory and then install Windows XP onto the drive.

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Re: How to downgrade vista to Xp
Posted: 03-30-2006, 03:21 AM
Reformat . No downgrading here

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"hit" <hit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FD12EA0F-32A4-4A23-B109-404BCF713CE8@microsoft.com...
> Upgraded to Vista 5342- 32bit recently
> It’s running too slow - needs to know how to downgrade to XP pro again safely
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Andre Da Costa [Extended64]
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Re: How to downgrade vista to Xp
Posted: 03-30-2006, 04:36 AM
Not possible, for the partition on which Vista 5342 is installed and boot
from your XP cd and do a reinstall.
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"hit" <hit@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Upgraded to Vista 5342- 32bit recently
> It's running too slow - needs to know how to downgrade to XP pro again
> safely
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Re: How to downgrade vista to Xp
Posted: 03-31-2006, 02:48 AM
hit wrote:
> Upgraded to Vista 5342- 32bit recently
> It’s running too slow - needs to know how to downgrade to XP pro again safely
>

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm



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