If not, perhaps you have an XP disc that came with another computer. If all else fails, you can always buy a copy of Windows XP on Ebay. Just be sure it's a legal, licensed copy. Have you successfully downgraded from Vista to XP?
Share your experience. Got questions or comments about downgrading from Vista to XP? Post them below. This article was posted by Bob Rankin on 16 Oct Posted by: Craig Golby 11 Aug Something very bizarre has happenned. Laptop running quite satisfactorily in Vista last night was shut down at about midnight.
Booted up this evening and it came up in XP. I don't believe for one minute that we didnt do something, but I have no idea what.
Its the wifes laptop, she hasnt installed anything, wouldnt know how and I dont give her those permissions, but that doesnt mean that she didnt select something on boot up. It has brought forward network connections, but has lost email profiles and files etc. Any ideas what happenned and how I can get back to Vista?? Maybe she just hit the wrong button during startup. Posted by: Nish Rana 10 Sep Posted by: haseeb 11 Sep Posted by: sbrobbs 05 Oct Hi, I bought a second hand Alienware Aurora M laptop with vista home premium already on it.
Wanted to install xp pro on a new gb hardrive. Before doing this contacted alienware support they said I need to change some bios settings but would not tell me what as they did not support second hand systems.
Posted by: sbrobbs 09 Oct Hi ED, Did try it it seemed to install fine until I came to update the drivers. I've never seen this before. I also tried to run a diagnostic program to tell me what was on my system but all it did was open a black window for a split second and then nothing but this worked fine on my desktop.
Posted by: Raj 18 Oct Posted by: Barry 02 Dec I could not get XP to boot up and making that one change fixed my problem. You da man! Posted by: Cat Cooter 11 Feb I havce Vista on a Dell inspiron and hate it. Nothing but issues. I have all my music stored on an external seagate drivce and can unplug it but will it still work right? We can also copy everything off my computer and save it to a harddrive to reinstall, pictures etc. Will this work? FInal problem. I have a Seagate 1. It was working fine.
I downloaded many anime full series on it and used it for back up then it quit doing the back ups. Next it said there was new software. After we installed the new software it totally screwed up my computer. It took my husband hours to get it working again, but the Seagate cannot be used. I think we need drivers? Is it possible to fix this or am I just screwed, and will trying to downgrade to xp make things worse? I'm most concerned at this point about getting my big external running again.
It's tricky even for tech savvy folks. At this point, I would check the Seagate website to get the latest Vista drivers for your device. Posted by: Garry 12 Apr Posted by: Ryan 20 Apr I'm trying to downgrade upgrade a dell from vista home basic to xp pro.
The xp disk is original and is from another computer. The computer I'm trying to put xp on is a dell that a friend gave me. His wife insisted that I wipe the hard drive right away but they didn't know where the original factory disks where. I figured it was no big deal and I would just over write everthing using the xp disk. Install a copy of Windows XP Professional with the product key that came with the copy, and then when you hit the activation screen -- which is near the end of the installation process -- select the activate by phone option rather than the online method.
You'll likely end up talking with a live rep; tell him that you're downgrading from Vista to XP, and give him the Vista product key.
The rep is supposed to walk you through the rest. Where do I get the XP install disc? Until this summer, Microsoft put the responsibility on the end users' shoulders. For example, in this Vista downgrade rights document download PDF targeting resellers, the company said "media is provided by the customer.
In some cases, discs are shipped with the PCs; in others, users must request them. Don't bother calling Microsoft; it won't provide installation media, and will instead direct you to your reseller.
Here are the latest Insider stories. More Insider Sign Out. Sign In Register. Sign Out Sign In Register. You can also create a second partition with disk management utilities such as Acronis Director or Partition Magic, and then move the data files to the new partition.
Ensure that also you have CD or DVD setup media for the software applications that you want to install and use after wiping off your system from Vista. Run through the setup wizard at per normal. However, when prompting for where to install Windows Vista, delete by pressing D and then confirmation , create and format the Vista disk drive or partition if you have multiple partition.
And then choose to install on that just formatted partition or hard drive. Enter any product key for XP. Vista product key will not work. If you own a legitimate Windows Vista edition that allows for downgrade See Vista downgrade rights , call Microsoft after performing the clean install of Windows XP Pro to activate the XP installation.
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