Re: Went Back to XP - I'm So Happy Now

Øyvind M, Oslo wrote:
> Bob Brown wrote:
>> I bought a new Dell XPS 410 just after Vista was introduced.
>>
>>
>>
>> To make a long story short, I had to re-install Vista twice which
>> still didn't help.
>>
>>
>>
>> I had so many problems I can't even remember what they are. Just one
>> example, I run MS Outlook 2007. When it is running, and I click on
>> the icon at the bottom of the screen to bring it to the foreground,
>> it just goes away and I have to restart Outlook.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sometimes I'd try to start Outlook up. Nothing would happen,. I'd try
>> it again. Nothing would happen. When I look in the Task Manager, it's
>> running a number of times and I'd have to re-boot.
>>
> I recently bought a Dell Latitude D430 Computer which was very expensive. It
> was shipped with Vista Business. I also have installed MS Office 2007. Today
> this hole **** is going out. I am going back to Windows XP with Servicepack
> 2 (later servicepack 3) There is nothing in Vista that I will miss.
> The reason for going back is numerous hung-ups that can last into half a
> minute specially when I start Word 2007.
> My other computer that runs Windows XP and MS Office 2003 is running many
> times faster and has no problem at all.
>
> A lot of bad words about Microsoft is running through my head now. I have
> spent 10-20 hours of fine-tuning my laptop with the same result - no
> improvment.
>
> Mr. O. Michelsen, Norway, Europe, IT-consultant in Microsoft Networks
>
>
Can you please tell me how to go about formatting the drive to go back
to XP?It's not bad at the moment but when it went belly up I tried to
format D drive[OS] but it said I did not have permission.
Don't know much about this. Have C drive,D Drive[OS] E drive CDDVD drive
and F drive 150 GB exterior Drive[Can it be put on that as a
rescue?Cheers if you can.

On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:08:40 +0000, ""
<> wrote:

>Can you please tell me how to go about formatting the drive to go back
>to XP?It's not bad at the moment but when it went belly up I tried to
>format D drive[OS] but it said I did not have permission.
>Don't know much about this. Have C drive,D Drive[OS] E drive CDDVD drive
>and F drive 150 GB exterior Drive[Can it be put on that as a
>rescue?Cheers if you can.

1) Start the machine with the windows CD in the CD drive ( on
your machine the bottom one of the two drives )
2) When it says "Press any key to boot from CD " Press any key
3) Let it run through till you get the screen which gives you the
choices

.. To setup windows Xp now, press enter
..
..To repair a windows Xp installation using the recovery console
press R

.. To Quit setup without installing windows XP press F3


You must set out to install windows so press enter. Then
wait for the next screen.
4) Eventually you will see the Licence agreement. You need to
press F8. you may have trouble with this on your keyboard so you may
need to press the enable functions button to be able to do this.
5) The next screen will ask you if you wish to repair the
installation of windows Xp that it finds. You do not wish to do this
and should press the esc button
6) The next screen gives you a list of existing partitions, since
you are doing a clean install you must use the arrow keys to find the
partition that has your windows installation on it. Then since you
are doing a clean install you need to press D to delete the
partition.
7) The next screen is a warning screen telling you that you have
selected a system partition and that you will lose all the information
on it. To do a clean installation you must press enter.
8) Another warning screen. Basically saying " are you sure "
You should be and should press L
9) This screen asks you where you want to put windows. The list
of possibles now includes an unpartitoned space which is already
highlighted you should press enter to install windows here.
10) This screen says that the partition must be formatted and
offers you choices for how to do it. The default option is to format
the partition using the NTFS file system. This is what you want so
press enter.
11) Next screen shows it formatting with progress on a slider.
12) Now windows examines the disk
13) Now windows copies files. This will take a while
14) Now it initiallises the windows installation
15) Now it says it will reboot.
Bill Lord
I've taken a vow of poverty To annoy me send money

e-mail messages to bill dot lord at uku dot co dot uk
( Get rid of the spaces and use symbols for the hyphen at and dots )

bill lord wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:08:40 +0000, ""
> <> wrote:
>
>> Can you please tell me how to go about formatting the drive to go back
>> to XP?It's not bad at the moment but when it went belly up I tried to
>> format D drive[OS] but it said I did not have permission.
>> Don't know much about this. Have C drive,D Drive[OS] E drive CDDVD drive
>> and F drive 150 GB exterior Drive[Can it be put on that as a
>> rescue?Cheers if you can.
>
> 1) Start the machine with the windows CD in the CD drive ( on
> your machine the bottom one of the two drives )
> 2) When it says "Press any key to boot from CD " Press any key
> 3) Let it run through till you get the screen which gives you the
> choices
>
> .. To setup windows Xp now, press enter
> ..
> ..To repair a windows Xp installation using the recovery console
> press R
>
> .. To Quit setup without installing windows XP press F3
>
>
> You must set out to install windows so press enter. Then
> wait for the next screen.
> 4) Eventually you will see the Licence agreement. You need to
> press F8. you may have trouble with this on your keyboard so you may
> need to press the enable functions button to be able to do this.
> 5) The next screen will ask you if you wish to repair the
> installation of windows Xp that it finds. You do not wish to do this
> and should press the esc button
> 6) The next screen gives you a list of existing partitions, since
> you are doing a clean install you must use the arrow keys to find the
> partition that has your windows installation on it. Then since you
> are doing a clean install you need to press D to delete the
> partition.
> 7) The next screen is a warning screen telling you that you have
> selected a system partition and that you will lose all the information
> on it. To do a clean installation you must press enter.
> 8) Another warning screen. Basically saying " are you sure "
> You should be and should press L
> 9) This screen asks you where you want to put windows. The list
> of possibles now includes an unpartitoned space which is already
> highlighted you should press enter to install windows here.
> 10) This screen says that the partition must be formatted and
> offers you choices for how to do it. The default option is to format
> the partition using the NTFS file system. This is what you want so
> press enter.
> 11) Next screen shows it formatting with progress on a slider.
> 12) Now windows examines the disk
> 13) Now windows copies files. This will take a while
> 14) Now it initiallises the windows installation
> 15) Now it says it will reboot.
> Bill Lord
> I've taken a vow of poverty To annoy me send money
>
> e-mail messages to bill dot lord at uku dot co dot uk
> ( Get rid of the spaces and use symbols for the hyphen at and dots )
thanks a lot for the replies,I'll get on to it if needed.Cheers