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    Installing XP over Vista without CD-ROM

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by alosito, Oct 20, 2007.

  1. alosito

    alosito Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just bought Thinkpad 61X, and it came with Vista that I hate. I do have an installation CD with XP, and I want to get rid of Vista and install XP. Unfortunately, I don't have a converter so the trick with removing the hard drive won't work. I don't have a problem with reformating the hard drive, but my main problem is that the laptop doesn't have a CD-ROM so I am not sure how I can use the installation CD to install XP. I only have an external USB hard drive. I tried to copy the content of the CD to the external hard drifve and have the laptop boot from the external hard drive, but I get a black screen during the start up, and it looks like the laptop just gets stuck.

    Could somebody please suggest how I can install XP over Vista without having a CD-ROM?
     
    alosito, Oct 20, 2007
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Get a USB cd-rom drive.
     
    adinu, Oct 20, 2007
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