Upgraded to Vista and not impressed.
How do I go back to XP?
Poster
Upgraded to Vista and not impressed.
How do I go back to XP?
Make sure you have current backups of all your important files on seperate media and that you can actually read the backups.
If the computer has a restore utility or came with a restore CD try it.
Otherwise check you have all the drivers you need and reinstall with an XP CD.
"I went over to a friend's house the other day. He was having problems with his computer and he asked me to look at it, and I realized he had Windows Me and it's like, oh no—that's your first problem."-Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell.
Asleep at the wheel
I agree and would like to add, totally wipe your drive clean with a NTFS reformat (not quick).
Last thing you want are some old System32 files from Vista messing up your XP installation.
I miss the days of random nut '03
Click for more activation options, then activate by telephone. Run the keygen.if I call them, aren't they going to get me? (you know, down there)
L33T Member
BT Rep: +5
Zero fill the hard drive with a boot cd (Hirens most likely), then format itOriginally Posted by lightshow
Poster
Is there no way to "roll back" to xp?
XP has been saved on C drive in a folder called Windows Old, why has it done this?
.
AFAIK the upgrade from XP to Vista is really a fresh install, so all the original XP files should still be intact in the "Windows Old" folder.
Theoretically all you need to do is tell the boot loader to use that version instead. You probably need to rename the folder back to Windows too, and you can only do that in repair mode. There may be other issues, but it's not something I've tried to I can't be sure.
Make a partition image (using Ghost or similar) first.
.Political correctness is based on the principle that it's possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
I miss the days of random nut '03
Bookmarks