Vista - formatting my hard drive after installing windows vista

how can i format my hard drive and put xp back on my computer
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george wrote:

> how can i format my hard drive and put xp back on my computer
> NEEED ANSWER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Put the XP cd in the drive, boot from it, delete the system partition,
create a new one, install XP.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...alling_Windows - What
you will need on-hand

Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Hi,

Boot your system with your WinXP CD, start setup and agree to the license by
hitting F8. At the point where you choose the installation location, instead
delete the existing partition that houses Vista. Then create a new one from
the free space, do a quick format and proceed with installing XP.

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Best of Luck,

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

"george" <george@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> how can i format my hard drive and put xp back on my computer
> NEEED ANSWER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Insert the XP CD and it will format your hard drive and install XP.

CH


"george" <george@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> how can i format my hard drive and put xp back on my computer
> NEEED ANSWER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE