hp pavillion desktop xp/vista? "aaronep[ at ]pacbell.net" <aaronep[ at ]pacbell.net> 6/24/2007 8:08:39 PM I have just purchased the HP Pavillion a1730n desktop computer that comes with Vista OS installed. As I am not happy with Vista and its clumsiness and lack of compatibility issues, I desire to use Windows XP on the computer. Is it possible to remove the hard drive with the Vista installation and substitute the hard drive from the older computer that has Windows XP w/service pack 2 by placing the older disk in the new computer? All replies welcomed! Aaron in N. Hollywood

Re: hp pavillion desktop xp/vista? Jawade <Henk_Jawade[ at ]hotmail.com> 6/24/2007 8:27:30 PM In article <1182715719.414711.107400[ at ]i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, aaronep[ at ]pacbell.net <aaronep[ at ]pacbell.net> says... [Quoted Text] > I have just purchased the HP Pavillion a1730n desktop computer that > comes with Vista OS installed. > > As I am not happy with Vista and its clumsiness and lack of > compatibility issues, I desire to use Windows XP on the computer. > > Is it possible to remove the hard drive with the Vista installation > and substitute the hard drive from the older computer that has Windows > XP w/service pack 2 by placing the older disk in the new computer? No, you have to install XP at the new pc, because the hardware from the existing XP-installation is different from the new one. A good idea is to make a new partition on the new pc, and install XP on it and make a dual boot. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Jawade. Bootmanager ook voor Vista Zin in een koffie- thee- of borrelpraatje? Kom naar alt.jawade.nl http://jawade.nl (Mirror op http://www.geocities.com/kolibrie.geo) Bootmanager, ClrMBR, DiskEditors, POP3lezer, Filebrowser, Kalender

Re: hp pavillion desktop xp/vista? "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall[ at ]mvps.org> 6/25/2007 1:06:54 AM you can try installing the drive and doing a repair install on it, but they can be problematic.. you will save time by backing up your data (use a regular CD burning software first on the XP machine as it stands), then clean install XP onto the drive when installed in the new machine, and copy your backed up data onto the new installation.. <aaronep[ at ]pacbell.net> wrote in message news:1182715719.414711.107400[ at ]i13g2000prf.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] >I have just purchased the HP Pavillion a1730n desktop computer that > comes with Vista OS installed. > > As I am not happy with Vista and its clumsiness and lack of > compatibility issues, I desire to use Windows XP on the computer. > > Is it possible to remove the hard drive with the Vista installation > and substitute the hard drive from the older computer that has Windows > XP w/service pack 2 by placing the older disk in the new computer? > > All replies welcomed! > > Aaron in N. Hollywood > -- Mike Hall MS MVP Windows Shell/User http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

Re: hp pavillion desktop xp/vista? "Rock" <Rock[ at ]nospam.net> 6/25/2007 1:47:25 AM <aaronep[ at ]pacbell.net> wrote [Quoted Text] >I have just purchased the HP Pavillion a1730n desktop computer that > comes with Vista OS installed. > > As I am not happy with Vista and its clumsiness and lack of > compatibility issues, I desire to use Windows XP on the computer. > > Is it possible to remove the hard drive with the Vista installation > and substitute the hard drive from the older computer that has Windows > XP w/service pack 2 by placing the older disk in the new computer? Firstly, is the version of XP on that drive OEM or retail? If OEM, by its license, it's tied to the first computer on which it's installed and can't be moved to a different computer. If retail it can be moved. Secondly does your new computer support XP? Some manufacturers are not providing XP drivers for new hardware. Visit the computer manufacturer's web site and see if there are XP drivers for your model. If so copy them to CD. To move a drive with XP to a different computer will require at the least a repair install, and you would also need to install the XP drivers. See this link: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html Lastly, installing a different OS might impact the warranty and certainly you would loose any tech support from the manufacturer. Check out the impact of using a different OS on the warranty. -- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]