Richard H O'Keefe wrote:
Quote:
> I bought an Acer with preinstalled Vista.
>
> If I delete the partition, will I be able to install xp on the
> computer. Will there be any problems?
>
> Thanks, Richard
You need to do some things first:
1. Go to Acer's (the OEM) website and look for XP drivers for your
specific model computer. If there are no XP drivers, then you can't
install XP. End of story.
2. Check with Acer - either from their tech support website or by
calling them - to see if you will void your warranty if you do this. If
you will void the warranty, you make the decision.
3. If Acer does support XP on the machine, call them and see if you can
have downgrade rights and have them send you an XP restore disk. This
will be far the easiest and best way of getting XP on the machine.
4. If XP is supported on the machine but Acer won't send you or don't
have an XP restore disk, understand that you'll need to purchase a
retail copy of XP from your favorite online or brick/mortar store.
5. Also understand that you will need to do a clean install of XP so if
you have any data you want, back it up first.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...alling_Windows -
What you will need on-hand
6. If none of the above is applicable to you because you can't run XP on
that machine, return the computer and purchase one running XP instead.
Malke
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