How do you remove Windows Vista and revert to XP
Harry Pfeifer
and installed Windows Vista Home Premium as a clean install with the
intention of using it to replace my very old and tired Windows XP computer.
After installing Vista I was very disappointed to find that many of the
features which I used frequently in XP were missing from Vista, and it
appeared that there were no alternatives to these features. I dislike the
very large screen fonts which limit the information displayed on the screen,
and take us back about 20 years to the days of MSDOS. I also like to show
all my programs as icons on the desktop but Vista's the enormous icons make
this virtually impossible.
There are many other features which I liked in XP which are missing in
Vista, and I have decided that that I would be better off by reverting to
XP, but SURPRISE, SURPRISE, Vista's Help and Support states that once
installed, it cannot be removed. Because it was a clean install, there is no
previous operating system available on the new computer, which I can revert
to
If I try to install XP over the top of VISTA, when the startup screen
appears, it has the "Install Windows XP" option blanked out as unavailable.
I have contacted Microsoft for assistance but they have informed me that
the version of Vista which I have cannot be removed.
Can anybody suggest a workable solution which will allow me to uninstall
Vista so that I can revert to XP?
Regards
Harry Pfeifer
Rod Speed
> Several days ago I assembled a new computer from parts which I had bought, and installed Windows Vista Home Premium as
> a clean install with the intention of using it to replace my very old and tired Windows XP computer.
> After installing Vista I was very disappointed to find that many of
> the features which I used frequently in XP were missing from Vista,
> and it appeared that there were no alternatives to these features.
You've got that wrong. What exactly do you claim is missing ?
> I dislike the very large screen fonts which limit the information displayed on the screen,
You can use whatever fonts you prefer.
> and take us back about 20 years to the days of MSDOS.
> I also like to show all my programs as icons on the desktop
The taskbar is much more useful, essentially because
you dont have to clear the desktop to see the icons.
> but Vista's the enormous icons make this virtually impossible.
Nope, you can have any size you want too.
> There are many other features which I liked in XP which are missing in Vista,
There arent any.
> and I have decided that that I would be better off by reverting to XP, but SURPRISE, SURPRISE, Vista's Help and
> Support states that once installed, it cannot be removed.
It doesnt say that. Of course if can be removed by formatting the hard drive.
> Because it was a clean install, there is no previous operating system available on the new computer, which I can
> revert to
Correct.
> If I try to install XP over the top of VISTA, when the startup screen appears, it has the "Install Windows XP"
> option blanked out as unavailable.
Just boot the XP CD, tell it to format the drive, then install XP.
> I have contacted Microsoft for assistance but they have informed me that the version of Vista which I have cannot be
> removed.
You must have asked the wrong question. Of course
it can be removed by formatting the hard drive.
> Can anybody suggest a workable solution which will allow me to uninstall Vista so that I can revert to XP?
Format the hard drive any way you like and do a clean install of XP.
steam3801
<hpfe...@dcsi.net.au> wrote:
>If I try to install XP over the top of VISTA,
You don't install it "over the top of" - i.e. I assume you mean
starting the XP disk from within Vista.
Either
- clean install (boot from XP disk, re-format, install\
or
- d/load a boot facility, like GParted, wipe Vista from the HDD, then
boot from XP disk
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