I want XP back please help!

right now my computer is running vista home premium but i want to
reinstall xp over vista. i have the cd to do so but when i restart my
computer and boot from the cd it goes to a blue screen where it loads a
bunch of files then says starting windows.. then it goes to the blue
screen of death... i really have no idea what to do can anyone help me?


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"VincentNerotho" <> wrote in message
news:...
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> right now my computer is running vista home premium but i want to
> reinstall xp over vista. i have the cd to do so but when i restart my
> computer and boot from the cd it goes to a blue screen where it loads a
> bunch of files then says starting windows.. then it goes to the blue
> screen of death... i really have no idea what to do can anyone help me?
>
>
If you have Vista Ultimate or business, they will let you turn it into an XP
machine.

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Backup everything. Blank the drive. Reinstall XP. You can't instal
over the top of Vista. Downgrades need a blank HD

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VincentNerotho wrote:

>
> right now my computer is running vista home premium but i want to
> reinstall xp over vista. i have the cd to do so but when i restart my
> computer and boot from the cd it goes to a blue screen where it loads a
> bunch of files then says starting windows.. then it goes to the blue
> screen of death... i really have no idea what to do can anyone help me?

Without knowing what the BSOD said or anything about your computer, no one
can answer you except to say obviously some hardware isn't working with XP.
Possibly. See these links for what details to include in your next post so
you can get the focused help you want:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question

And here is general information about replacing Vista with XP:

A. On an OEM (HP, Sony, etc.) computer:

1. Go to the OEM's 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. If there are drivers, download them and store on a CD-R or USB
thumbdrive; you'll need them after you install XP.

2. Check with the OEM - 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 the OEM 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 the OEM doesn't have an XP restore
disk for you, 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.

6. If none of the above is applicable to you because you can't run XP on
that machine (see Item #1 above), return the computer and purchase one
running XP instead.

B. On a generic/home-built computer (from non-OEM company) - You will need
drivers for all your hardware. See the second link below for more details:

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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On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:48:40 +0530, VincentNerotho
<> wrote:

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> right now my computer is running vista home premium but i want to
> reinstall xp over vista. i have the cd to do so but when i restart my
> computer and boot from the cd it goes to a blue screen where it loads a
> bunch of files then says starting windows.. then it goes to the blue
> screen of death... i really have no idea what to do can anyone help me?


You can't install XP over Vista. You have to clean install XP, if
that's what you want. Back up any data files you want to keep, clean
install XP, then restore your backed-up data.

Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if
necessary to accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean
installation (delete the existing partition by pressing "D" when
prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how...windows_xp.htm

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


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