Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - I want to downgrade from Vista to XP Home

**oldmn** · 03-31-2008, 09:30 AM

What I did was replaced the 80 gig HDD with a 160 $75 and got a OEM copy of XP Pro $135. then installed XP to the new HDD.
First you have to make sure you have all the drivers downloaded for your hardware and burn to CD.
Once I had the install completed with no issues.
I then took the 80 and installed it in an external HDD enclosure, repartitioned and formated it and now use it for storage.
Note: The reason I did it his way was if there was a problem, I still had the original drive in tact so I could reinstall.

03-31-2008, 09:30 AM	#12 (permalink)
oldmn TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gig Harbor Wa Posts: 2,150 OS: XP Pro SP3 X 3 My System	Re: I want to downgrade from Vista to XP Home What I did was replaced the 80 gig HDD with a 160 $75 and got a OEM copy of XP Pro $135. then installed XP to the new HDD. First you have to make sure you have all the drivers downloaded for your hardware and burn to CD. Once I had the install completed with no issues. I then took the 80 and installed it in an external HDD enclosure, repartitioned and formated it and now use it for storage. Note: The reason I did it his way was if there was a problem, I still had the original drive in tact so I could reinstall. __________________ AVG \| MEMTEST86 \| Zone Alarm \| XXCLONE \| Adaware \| Beyond Compare \| Everest If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Sorry no PM's for problems.[/center] Last edited by oldmn; 03-31-2008 at 09:34 AM.