[ladiitech]

im tryin to uninstall vista back to my xp os.
i tried to do it with the xp os installation cd but once i get to the part which says something about hit the "R" key but it wont work.
its like if im not hittin the "R" key.
can someone please help me?!
TY
LadiiTech

[Elvandil]

If you are using a USB keyboard, try a PS/2 one. Are you sure that XP supports your machine and have you found XP drivers for your hardware?

[ladiitech]

yes im sure.
what happen was my system had xp b4 but i upgrade it to the vista n now i dont like the performance. Also my system dont support a ps/2 only usb....

[RootbeaR]

Try using a 3rd party app to reformat or delete the drive. Format to FAT32. XP will reformat again to NTFS.

If that doesn't work, install Linux to it and then overwrite Linux by installing XP over that.

If this is your only PC, get a LiveCD version of Linux and ensure it works first. Then you will still have access to net and help.

Gnome Partition Editor
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/index.php

MEPIS 8, a Linux distro, works pretty good on my PC that came pre-installed with XPSP2.
http://www.mepis.org/

Download
http://www.mepis.org/mirrors

[Frank4d]

Originally Posted by ladiitech

yes im sure.
what happen was my system had xp b4 but i upgrade it to the vista n now i dont like the performance. Also my system dont support a ps/2 only usb....

If you had XP and upgraded to Vista without creating a dual boot installation, pressing "R" to repair your XP installation won't do any good (XP was replaced by Vista so there is nothing to repair). You need to do a full install of XP.

[ladiitech]

Originally Posted by Frank4d

If you had XP and upgraded to Vista without creating a dual boot installation, pressing "R" to repair your XP installation won't do any good (XP was replaced by Vista so there is nothing to repair). You need to do a full install of XP.

yep ur right. i no longer have xp os just the vista.
how will i do a full installation of xp?