HOW DO I CHANGE VISTA IN WINDOWS XP

Im trying to remove vista and install windows xp, but it doesn't seem to WORK. I did a backup with all my business and idk this is nothing passed. Subsequently, I made a CD for windows xp and nothing works at all! so I don't know what to do, I want to get rid of vista for GOOD! can anyone tell the steps of how its done

What PC model do you have?

What version of XP you have 32-bit or 64-bit?

The main steps are quite simple. You download the necessary drivers for the hardware of your PC before decommissioning (things like graphics and sound chipset). Then make sure that your PC is set to boot from your CD drive by changing the boot priority in the BIOS. Then you put the XP CD in the drive and reboot the PC. XP will start to install and then come to a screen that talk you about your disk partitions. You'll probably two listed, one with Vista and one listed as "recovery". Make sure before that you wipe your recovery partition that you created recovery disks in case you ever want to go back to Vista. Without the recovery disks, you will not be able to go back.

If you want to dual boot XP and Vista, you must create a new partition and leave the previous Vista partition. But if you want just XP out there, you need to remove the other partitions, then select install XP as a new partition. When XP is installed, you might encounter a problem of "Drive not detected" or something similar. This does not reach every installation of XP, but if this is the case, you will need to change the configuration of your hard drive in your BIOS SATA to IDE. And then run the installation... which is the easiest way... There is another way, but it's technically harder because you have to create your own install XP with SATA drivers disc.

If you tell us your model of PC, we can help you find the XP drivers for the hardware.

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