laptop will not let me reformat from windows vista to windows xp p jose the franchise 11/5/2008 1:03:01 PM Good day to you all! i am having major problems trying to reinstall windows xp professional on a laptop that currently has windows vista installed on it. before, i never had a problem doing a fresh reinstall on a laptop or desktop - but this particular laptop has been a challenge of sorts. everytime i choose to reinstall xp, it tells me that the process has been blocked due to compatibility issues. there is a box that say "check for solutions online", but when i click onto it, it tells me that there is no solution found for windows setup and windows will notify me when solutions become available and for more information about this program, contact microsoft. i have contacted microsoft via email and have not yet received a response.

Re: laptop will not let me reformat from windows vista to windows xp p "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie[ at ]mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> 11/5/2008 2:08:33 PM I believe you meant to post this in the relevant Windows XP newsgroup, most likely microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment or microsoft.public.windowsxp.general. This newsgroup is for 64-bit specific problems. That being said, you can't run the Windows XP setup program from within Windows Vista. You need to install XP by booting off the XP CD and deleting the existing Vista partition, or installing onto a different partition from the one that currently contains Vista. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel "jose the franchise" <jose the franchise[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EF8752D4-58AB-4048-87FF-B98168E8FF9A[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Good day to you all! i am having major problems trying to reinstall > windows > xp professional on a laptop that currently has windows vista installed on > it. > before, i never had a problem doing a fresh reinstall on a laptop or > desktop > - but this particular laptop has been a challenge of sorts. everytime i > choose to reinstall xp, it tells me that the process has been blocked due > to > compatibility issues. there is a box that say "check for solutions > online", > but when i click onto it, it tells me that there is no solution found for > windows setup and windows will notify me when solutions become available > and > for more information about this program, contact microsoft. i have > contacted > microsoft via email and have not yet received a response.

Re: laptop will not let me reformat from windows vista to windows xp p "Tony Sperling" <tony-sperling-at-dbmail-dk> 11/5/2008 2:44:04 PM You should boot up the machine from the installation disk and then I would delete all partitions on the HD and re-create any partition(s) that are needed for your XP installation - leaving the original partition(s) is possible but is not all that trivial. Tony. . . "jose the franchise" <jose the franchise[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EF8752D4-58AB-4048-87FF-B98168E8FF9A[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Good day to you all! i am having major problems trying to reinstall > windows > xp professional on a laptop that currently has windows vista installed on > it. > before, i never had a problem doing a fresh reinstall on a laptop or > desktop > - but this particular laptop has been a challenge of sorts. everytime i > choose to reinstall xp, it tells me that the process has been blocked due > to > compatibility issues. there is a box that say "check for solutions > online", > but when i click onto it, it tells me that there is no solution found for > windows setup and windows will notify me when solutions become available > and > for more information about this program, contact microsoft. i have > contacted > microsoft via email and have not yet received a response.