Vista - How do you go back to XP from Vista trial?

I have tried three methods to uninstall my 360 day trial of Vista Ultimate
and go back to XP operating system- I am desperate... ... I have tried three
methods from Windows support centre with no results and I want to stop this
system. I am desperate, can someone pls help me? I'm going a bit mad with it

"Billie" <Billie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E25DF2F7-F232-462C-AF90-60E808451117@xxxxxxIn order to return to XP you are going to need to do a clean install of XP.
Your PC should have either a restore partition and\or restore CD's that came
with it. I would consult the user manual or the computer manufacturer's web
site for specific instruction for your machine. Before doing the clean
install of XP make sure you back-up any data you wish to save first. A
clean install will wipe everything off your drive so if you don't back-up
you'll lose all your existing data..

Hi Billie,

It wasn't meant to be a "trial" as there is no uninstalling an NT system
upgrade. You have two options:

1) If the windows.old folder exists on the root of the drive, follow the
steps here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168

If it fails to work, read #2:

2) If it doesn't, you will need to save important data to removable media
and start from scratch. Do not just format the installation drive, you will
need to remove and rebuild the system volume as part of setup as XP will not
be able to install to a volume that was altered by Vista (minor variations
in how ntfs is implemented by each of the OS's preclude this).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"Billie" <Billie@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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