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    Get Vista Off My dv6000

    Discussion in 'HP' started by HPwned, Jul 19, 2008.

  1. HPwned

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    Installed Vista about a year ago via HP's upgrade. Now, a year later, I'm finially fed up enough with Vista to need to go back to XP (never should have upgraded, loved XP:MCE). There used to be a guide on these forums but I was unable to find one via search. Any advice is appreciated (I still have HP XP Restore Discs)
     
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    Bog Losing it...

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    1) Back up data
    2) Format and install XP with restore discs
    3) Uninstall bloatware, install programs
    4) Optimize, defrag, cleanup
    5) Restore data to it a partition dedicated to data ( < OS > < Data >)
     
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    so wait I dont need to use the XP restore DVD's until I've reinstalled Windows XP?
     
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    Restore DVDs are Windows installation discs with manufacturer drivers included. It will revert your computer back to the way it was when you first took it out of the box.
     
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