Old XP partition

When I bought my Dell laptop that he had installed Win 7, but was also available XP.  The system now has 10 to win, but I don't remember how to get to the XP system in order to use some older applications working now on 10 to win.  I have not used the XP part in so long, I don't remember how to get there.

JCDEVEN,

You can use the original disk to format and reinstall the operating system. You can click on the link below for more information about reinstalling Windows.

Windows support

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