How do i change from vista to xp?? Help needed!

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Rkincaide

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Hi,

Recently my laptop came up with a Windows error page giving me the launch error repair option or to start windows normally, due to my laptop coming pre installed with vista home premium (stupid idea whoever thought of that one!) i do not have a installaton disc, is it possible to be able to wipe my hardrive of vista and change it too xp, i have a windows xp disc. the problem is i cant get past the error recovery page on my advent laptop so i cannot acess vista.

Is it possible to be able to remove it from the hardrive and replace it with xp?
Any advise given would be apprecited.
Many thanks in advance!
Ross
 

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System One

@Rkin:

I used to be like you, a VISTAphobe.

Thanks to my best friend who owns an online PC service business and more recently, to FORUM and its gurus/wizes/techies, I am now a die hard VISTAphile. Trust me, VISTA is by far superior to XP or any previous windows OS's. Just give yourself a chance to know it a little bit more. Stay with the FORUM...and have fun. VISTA Home Premium is truly fun.

Do not give up until BRINK says so.
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion dv7-1170us
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 @ 2.00GHz
    Motherboard
    Compal
    Memory
    4.096
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    289.09 GB
    Keyboard
    IBM enhanced (101-or 102) keyboard
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    cable Wireless
But until BRINK and co. come along, start with your add-ons. See if anyone of them is causing these I.E. crashes.

Tools > Manage add-ons > Enable or disable add-ons > disable any smart BHO Class and SSVHelper class and see how it goes. If need be, keep repeating and disabling (and re-enabling) one add-on at a time until you are convinced it is not any of them. Then wait for the real helps: the PC geniuses. They are all over the FORUM
 
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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion dv7-1170us
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 @ 2.00GHz
    Motherboard
    Compal
    Memory
    4.096
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 900
    Hard Drives
    289.09 GB
    Keyboard
    IBM enhanced (101-or 102) keyboard
    Mouse
    Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    cable Wireless
It's not a question of if it's possible to install XP on that machine the problem would be with being able to get drivers for that machine to run XP.

You obviously have another machine you can use at the moment so I'd suggest you go to the Tutorials section here and look for the Start Up Repair section and the section that will enable you to make a Recovery CD that will include the Start up repair tool.

Another thing you could try would be if you could get into Safe Mode and do a System Restore from there to see if that would help.

They are my ideas for you while you wait for the experts to come along ;)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Home
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy x360 Convertible 15-bq0xx
    CPU
    AMD A9 Stoney Ridge Technology
    Motherboard
    HP 8312 (Socket FP4)
    Memory
    8.00GB Dual-Channel Unknown (?-0-0-0)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz) 512MB ATI AMD Radeon R5
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Aud
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor on AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    119GB SanDisk SD8SN8U-128G-1006 (SSD)
    931GB Hitachi HGST HTS721010A9E630 (SATA
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse
    Internet Speed
    62.86Mbps down 18.19Mbps up
    Other Info
    EPSON78D0CF (XP-332 335 Series) (Default Printer)
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