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10-Jan-2008, 08:56 PM #1
Another Vista Removal Question
Hey I know this has been asked a hundred time in a hundred different ways. But sadly i'm not super tech savvy. I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop with vista pre-installed. All i want too do is get this off my computer and replace it with windows xp. I'm not too woried about which version of xp ( probably home since i can afford it ) i just want the resource hog to disapear. Please I know my question is probably overly vague but can anyone help me or ask me for more specifics in a way that i can understand and reply too?
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10-Jan-2008, 11:43 PM #2
Contact Dell and see if they have a XP that can be install on this piece of hardware.

Otherwise, I would suggest that you learn to use Vista and find out that it is NOT a hog as some think.
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11-Jan-2008, 12:07 AM #3
Go to Dell's support website. Put in your service tag and see if they have drivers for all your hardware for Windows XP. If not you may be SOL!
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11-Jan-2008, 07:48 AM #4
Yeah it is available and there are drivers. I have downloaded them and put them on a cd just in case. So i know now that it can be put on my computer. I would like to know now how to get vista off. And I know that you guys are pros when it comes to this stuff and i maybe wrong about Vista being a huge resource hog but all i know is that i want it gone. Please help.
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11-Jan-2008, 07:53 AM #5
Right, make sure that in the bios for the boot sequence its set to boot from CD/DVD first, place the windows XP cd in your cd/dvd driver and restart your machine, you should get a black screen saying "Press any key to boot from cd.." as it says.. press any key. Then simply follow the instructions from there.
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11-Jan-2008, 08:11 AM #6
Please understand i'm new at this. Where do i go to change the boot sequence?
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11-Jan-2008, 08:56 AM #7
Also. I know you guys are pros but there is more that i have too do than just that isn't there. Because i have heard of people having to wipe their hard drives and having to do so in a certain manner to completely get rid of all traces of vista so xp can be placed on their computers.
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11-Jan-2008, 09:48 AM #8
You should create recovery discs for vista first if you haven't done so already.
I believe you also need to change in the BIOS the hard drive type from sata to auto-detect.
When you start your computer, watch the screen to say "Press F_ key to enter set-up"
F2 maybe?
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11-Jan-2008, 05:30 PM #9
right ok, the following links will help you please read them and ask questions where you are stuck/confused:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316941
http://www.theeldergeek.com/clean_in...windows_xp.htm
http://www.petri.co.il/install_windows_xp_pro.htm
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12-Jan-2008, 07:26 AM #10
Nice. Problem Solved and running on xp again. THanks guys
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12-Jan-2008, 07:28 AM #11
I'm supposed to mark this as solved or anything? I'm not sure how if i'm supposed too.
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12-Jan-2008, 08:04 AM #12
yeh just add solved in the topic
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