Vista to XP

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Do I have any downgrade ability if I bought a new laptop with vista and need
to have XP on it for work purposes. I have Vista home premium and need to
get XP on the computer. Or..... if anyone wants to trade a new HP laptop
with dual-core for any other laptop with XP on it, I would be open to offers.
 
"bretman" <bretman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Do I have any downgrade ability if I bought a new laptop with vista and
> need
> to have XP on it for work purposes. I have Vista home premium and need to
> get XP on the computer. Or..... if anyone wants to trade a new HP laptop
> with dual-core for any other laptop with XP on it, I would be open to
> offers.

Sorry, the only way to do this is to format the drive and install XP. The
same applies for a downgrade from XP Pro to Home, by the way.

Before doing this, it would be a really good idea to be sure that there are
actually XP drivers for the laptop's hardware. It's very likely that there
are, but afterwards is the wrong time to find out that there aren't.

HTH
-pk
 
Vista home premium does not qualify, see document at link.
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...4d-4a6d-aed9-f2c1f8f23e14/downgrade_chart.doc

bretman wrote:

> Do I have any downgrade ability if I bought a new laptop with vista and need
> to have XP on it for work purposes. I have Vista home premium and need to
> get XP on the computer. Or..... if anyone wants to trade a new HP laptop
> with dual-core for any other laptop with XP on it, I would be open to offers.
 
bretman <bretman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Do I have any downgrade ability if I bought a new laptop with vista and need
>to have XP on it for work purposes. I have Vista home premium and need to
>get XP on the computer. Or..... if anyone wants to trade a new HP laptop
>with dual-core for any other laptop with XP on it, I would be open to offers.

Your cheapest option would probably be to purchase an OEM version of
Windows XP and a new hard drive for your laptop. Swapping the hard
drives should be a 5 minute job at best. Then you can install
Windows XP on the new hard drive and keep the old drive with Vista on
it for future use. Or you could swap the drives back and forth, using
Vista at home and XP at work.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
"Ron Martell" wrote:

> bretman <bretman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Do I have any downgrade ability if I bought a new laptop with vista and need
> >to have XP on it for work purposes. I have Vista home premium and need to
> >get XP on the computer. Or..... if anyone wants to trade a new HP laptop
> >with dual-core for any other laptop with XP on it, I would be open to offers.
>
> Your cheapest option would probably be to purchase an OEM version of
> Windows XP and a new hard drive for your laptop. Swapping the hard
> drives should be a 5 minute job at best. Then you can install
> Windows XP on the new hard drive and keep the old drive with Vista on
> it for future use. Or you could swap the drives back and forth, using
> Vista at home and XP at work.
>
> Good luck
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> --
> Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008)
> On-Line Help Computer Service
> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>
> "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
> has never been in bed with a mosquito."
>





Thank you RON, I have beating my head against the wall try to dual boot,
boot off a USB drive, and run XP virtually. Non worked. After talking with
20+ people about the problem, non of them had a solution nearly as perfect as
yours. Your right, new hard drive is the way to go. Thanks again
 
Trying to run XP on a USB drive and trying to run it virtually are 2
different things, the first will not work, the second, using an app like
Virtual PC, should work. But I'd also go with Ron's suggestion.

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"bretman" <bretman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Ron Martell" wrote:
>
>> bretman <bretman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Do I have any downgrade ability if I bought a new laptop with vista and
>> >need
>> >to have XP on it for work purposes. I have Vista home premium and need
>> >to
>> >get XP on the computer. Or..... if anyone wants to trade a new HP
>> >laptop
>> >with dual-core for any other laptop with XP on it, I would be open to
>> >offers.
>>
>> Your cheapest option would probably be to purchase an OEM version of
>> Windows XP and a new hard drive for your laptop. Swapping the hard
>> drives should be a 5 minute job at best. Then you can install
>> Windows XP on the new hard drive and keep the old drive with Vista on
>> it for future use. Or you could swap the drives back and forth, using
>> Vista at home and XP at work.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
>> --
>> Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008)
>> On-Line Help Computer Service
>> http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
>>
>> "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
>> has never been in bed with a mosquito."
>>
>
>
>
>
>
> Thank you RON, I have beating my head against the wall try to dual boot,
> boot off a USB drive, and run XP virtually. Non worked. After talking
> with
> 20+ people about the problem, non of them had a solution nearly as perfect
> as
> yours. Your right, new hard drive is the way to go. Thanks again
 
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