From Vista back to XP Bigdave69 6/22/2007 2:18:00 PM Help, I currently have Vista ultimate 32, not happy with it at the moment and want to go back to XP. I have the disks etc, but not sure how to do it. Can anyone tell me how please

Re: From Vista back to XP "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 6/22/2007 2:32:40 PM Bigdave69 wrote: [Quoted Text] > Help, I currently have Vista ultimate 32, not happy with it at the > moment and want to go back to XP. I have the disks etc, but not sure > how to do it. Can anyone tell me how please ================================== Maybe the following article will be useful. (933168) How to restore a computer to a previous Windows installation after you install Windows Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168/en-us -- John Inzer MS Picture It! - Digital Image MVP Digital Image Highlights and FAQs http://tinyurl.com/aczzp Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk

Re: From Vista back to XP XS11E <xs11e[ at ]NOSPAMyahoo.com> 6/22/2007 3:27:14 PM Bigdave69 <Bigdave69[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Help, I currently have Vista ultimate 32, not happy with it at the > moment and want to go back to XP. I have the disks etc, but not > sure how to do it. Can anyone tell me how please I see John Inzer has answered your question IF you have done an upgrade and IF you have the Windows.old folder and IF you have sufficient space on your HD to do the restore. If you don't meet the abouve requirements then you'll have to backup all your stuff you want to save to a CD or flash drive or separate partition and then boot on your XP disk, delete the Vista partition and do a clean install. This will mean having to re-install all your applications, etc and may involve a substantial amount of time and work so...... May I make a suggestion? Lots of people are running Vista successfully maybe you could also? There's bunches of help here, why not give it some more time to see if you can resolve any issues you have with it? If you do decide to go back to XP you can do so at any time so why not give Vista some time. -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html

Re: From Vista back to XP "Mac" <mac[ at ]nospam.com> 6/22/2007 3:31:37 PM Another temporary solution would be to install XP in a free virtual machine on Vista, using Virtual PC 2007 or VirtualBox "XS11E" <xs11e[ at ]NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message news:Xns995755FFC74B9xs11eyahoocom[ at ]127.0.0.1... [Quoted Text] > Bigdave69 <Bigdave69[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >> Help, I currently have Vista ultimate 32, not happy with it at the >> moment and want to go back to XP. I have the disks etc, but not >> sure how to do it. Can anyone tell me how please > > I see John Inzer has answered your question IF you have done an upgrade > and IF you have the Windows.old folder and IF you have sufficient space > on your HD to do the restore. > > If you don't meet the abouve requirements then you'll have to backup > all your stuff you want to save to a CD or flash drive or separate > partition and then boot on your XP disk, delete the Vista partition and > do a clean install. This will mean having to re-install all your > applications, etc and may involve a substantial amount of time and work > so...... May I make a suggestion? > > Lots of people are running Vista successfully maybe you could also? > > There's bunches of help here, why not give it some more time to see if > you can resolve any issues you have with it? If you do decide to go > back to XP you can do so at any time so why not give Vista some time. > > > > -- > XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups > The Usenet Improvement Project: http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html