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    How to revert back to XP from Vista?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by psmo290, Mar 18, 2007.

  1. psmo290

    psmo290 Notebook Consultant

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    I just recently upgraded my XP MCE to vista, and I'm just wondering how to change back to xp from vista.

    I have the recovery discs for xp.
     
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    IanMalcolm Newbie

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    is it that bad?
     
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    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    I don't think you have any choice but to reinstall a fresh XP (or use the recovery CD's)
    Backup the stuff you want to keep.Then run the recovery - depending on it's behavior it might wipe everything or just wipe the first partition(i don't know exactly how the recovery CD's work for hp - on some computers it wipes everything up).
    You can read the manual or search the web to find out your options and the way it works.
     
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    psmo290 Notebook Consultant

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    no, i'm just wondering if I could do it. I'm actually pretty happy with vista so far. I get about the same battery life when i put the power plan to power saver and with aero turned on.

    the only problem I have is possibly the ram overheating, so I'm upgrading that to 2gb
     
    psmo290, Mar 18, 2007
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