How to restore computer to XP

So we had a Dell XPS 400 getting a new hard drive and I decided I wanted to upgrade to Vista. I made the mistake of thinking that the CD in the Anytime upgrade was the complete thing. Now, the trial has expired and I can't understand how to restore it back to XP. I run the computer in safe mode, there is no internet, and it does not accept CD or usb devices. I tried to restore the normal system when you start the computer, but he asks the administrator password. I type in and it says it is invalid. I even opened the secret admin in Vista and still nothing. I NEED HELP!

Hello

Here are the options:

1 reinstall XP

Call dell and ask them to send the XP Recovery disk to put it back to factory settings

or ask them if you have a recovery partition it to do

2. read this rollback and see if it applies:

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/933168

for additional support, contact Dell

http://support.Dell.com/

or dell support forums

http://en.community.Dell.com/support-forums/default.aspx

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