Fed up with Vista going xp pro sp2 /help

right now on my sager 2090 i have 2 partitions. One of them is my windows vista 32 bit and one of them is with my games and just important files. So my question is can i use the windows copy that i download open it in while in vista and some wipe the file of vista and leave partition D (important) files and be fine?

 

lol. i'm not sure what you are getting at here. i think the answer is no. i don't think xp will install from vista, but i could be wrong. why don't you try installing xp from a cd? if you have downloaded a *cough* legit version of xp, can't you burn it to a cd and install that way? word.

 

yeah i don't have a cd.. it so happens i need one to do it.. when i tried burning it to dvd half way through burn it failed dont know. But yeah.. its not a leigt copy and i aint gonna go waste my money on one.. I have a xp copy but its built in to my desktop hdd.

yeah vista is annnoying the living the **** out of me .. i plug in a razer deathadder .. blue screen of death YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! yeah i am about to explode!

 

I find it funny how you can't tell that it's drivers related, and not really OS releated

Anyway, we're not discussing unlegit softwares here.

 

well its not driver related that problem isnt huge. But yeah there have been more then just one blue screen of death and im sorry i am not gonna wait for the drivers to get better. Like for instance tf 2 stoped working at 55% = blue screen of death. Installation of coh 15 = blue screen of death. Just sick of it. But yeah its no big deal. Also im not satisfied with performance i am getting for games with vista. Call of duty 4 kinda runs slugish with custom mp config as well. So yeah i think ill go to xp. So my only real question is will xp delete my d drive partition? even if just want to delete c partition and install windows there. I would assume it wouldn't and i should be able to access the files on D partition fine as well right?

~ thanks

 

when you use an xp installation disk, the partitions on the drive will show up. you can install to the c: partition, for instance, and leave the d: alone. that being said, i would ALWAYS back up anything important before a operating system install. oh, and i agree with you on vista. xp runs sweet on my compal, i'm sure it will be good on yours as well.

 

yeah i was pretty sure that option would come but i wasn't sure d drive would stay because d drive configured with vista not xp but they are the same file format so i was pretty sure but thanks for assuring me.
For sure i am really picky when it comes to fps etc. I do pro level gaming for cod 4 . Kinda sad i use laptop but yeah best i got so far getting sponsored by ati/amd soon so hopefully i can get a good desktop.
THANKS AGAIN !