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**tosh9i** · 11-29-2007, 08:36 PM

Put simply, there is no "downgrade" from Vista to XP.

From what I read, people just format their computers and do a clean installation of Windows XP using their cd.

If you do get a Windows XP Full Home Edition CD, then you need to go into BIOS (hit delete as your computer starts up), from there you should see a list of options ( I think the one you want would be the second one down), after that it should say something like, change boot order, or change boot sequence, I can't quite remember, but you would change the first one to your cd drive.

I say that you have three choices:

1. Stay with Vista

2. format hard drive and install Windows XP

3. Create another partition so you can install windows xp on it. That way, you'll have both Vista and Windows XP.

11-29-2007, 08:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
tosh9i TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,811 OS: Windows XP	Re: I want to downgrade from Vista to XP Home Put simply, there is no "downgrade" from Vista to XP. From what I read, people just format their computers and do a clean installation of Windows XP using their cd. If you do get a Windows XP Full Home Edition CD, then you need to go into BIOS (hit delete as your computer starts up), from there you should see a list of options ( I think the one you want would be the second one down), after that it should say something like, change boot order, or change boot sequence, I can't quite remember, but you would change the first one to your cd drive. I say that you have three choices: 1. Stay with Vista 2. format hard drive and install Windows XP 3. Create another partition so you can install windows xp on it. That way, you'll have both Vista and Windows XP.