change vista to xp?

my laptop is brand LG R400 have Vista Business installed at time of shipping with no disks whatsoever. pliz help me on how can i roll back to Vista without losing drivers

ditso
January 2009

it is not easilly like you said. i was try this many time (on many ways) and always have same problem. on partition, my keyboard is always stop (hang). i was try to put sata drivers on flopy and install it on f6 on the XP setup try to format vista. It is same problem!! always stop. can anyone help me, please!!!!!!

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Thank you sooooooo much...

ya2k
December 2008

i did this get a disk of XP home or advanced edition (i used advanced) put it in the disk drive boot from disk and then turn it off as soon as you see the windows sign appear then take your hard drive out and replace it with the CD drive and put the hard drive to slave and then put the CD drive where the hard drive was then reboot and voula xp is done.

TomJohnson
November 2008

bad vista so bor

ali
October 2008

Many people feel the same way. Unfortunately the only thing you can do is save all your data and information then reformat the disk and install a fresh copy of XP If you don't have an XP full version you'll have to buy one - ugh! Of course, even when you do this you'll have all the time to reload all your programs and data back into the drive. Real pain! and a lot of time. Wish I had a better answer - if you find one - let me know (shopbruce@gmail.com)

Bruce
June 2008

Set the cmos boot option to boot from a cd, save and exit, restart with the xp cd in the cdrom drive,then boot from cd and delete existing partion, create new and then go for the format option to install xp. The rest is straightforward

There is a "fix" contact me at compdoctor2005@btinternet.com
Chris

Chris F
April 2008

if you get any please sendthem to me somebopet@yahoo.co.uk

aj davitt
March 2008

if you get any please sendthem to me somebopet@yahoo.co.uk

aj davitt
March 2008

Forgot my email:P

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Patrick Sewell
January 2008

This is definitely possible, but you need to be careful before you try anything.

If the computer you are converting from Vista to XP is a new laptop, you will most likely NOT be able to use your wireless, sound, and other devices with Windows XP (I know, this happened to me). Even if your computer is a desktop, you will probably not be able to find all drivers. All computers (laptops and desktops) that are shipped with Windows Vista are new as of January 2007. Windows XP does not support all new drivers.

If you have both the installation disk for Windows XP and Vista, I would recommend that you set up your computer with what is called "dual-boot" where you can start your computer in either XP or Vista. This is the safest way to begin a conversion to Vista. The problem is, new computers with Vista installed do not come with the Vista DVD install disk. However, they do have a recovery “partition” which contains the entire operating system.
If you want to just risk it, and install XP (I hope professional, otherwise not much of an upgrade :S) over Vista (you will lose ALL your data, but not the recovery partition), it’s as easy as (1) inserting your Windows XP install disk, (2)restarting your computer, (3) “press any key to boot from CD,” and (4) select the partition (probably “C”) currently containing your Vista installation.
HOWEVER, if you want to play it safe, I would recommend backing up any personal data and setting up dual-boot (at least until you are sure that XP is compatible with your computer.) I would be glad to assist you with that option, if you would like, otherwise, if you could let me know the brand and model of your computer, I could possibly tell you if it’s XP compatible.
Also, there’s a (somewhat) easy way to make Windows Vista Home Premium or Basic just like XP Professional. Activating the “Administrator” account and using that account only will make your Vista machine faster, safer, and you will no longer have those extremely annoying “UAC (User Account Control)” windows that freeze your computer and ask you to allow or not allow a program to run. This is just another alternative to getting rid of Vista. Here is the best link I could find on how to activate the true “Administrator” account in Vista home: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/enable-the-hidden-administrator-account-on-windows-vista/
Glad to help. Feel free to email me or add another post and let me know if you want help with the dual-boot or other options. Otherwise, it’s as easy as the 1,2,3,4 steps above!

Patrick Sewell
January 2008