has anyone removed windows vista from a laptop

Hi guys my laptop came with a horrid virus on it called vista that makes it run mega slow

i want to remove it and put my xp back on but i have appsaloutely no clue what i'm doing or how to do it. So has anyone done this before?

thanks

Yeah, my system ran like poo and I missed xp, but I went the 'last resort' way and backed up my HD and did a clean system restore. worked fine.

i think the last resort way is fine for me , theres hardly anything on there at the moment.

how would i do that then, would i need to put my xp disc and just go from there or do i need to try and get rid of vista first putting the xp disc in

i'd use DOS at boot-up and erase everything, then install XP. Dont forget you need to check to see that all the drivers are working after the install

you would think, the software would get faster and faster as we progress into the future, but that's just not the case with Windows.

Vista does run faster in some respects than XP, but you need bloody good hardware for it do so.

Back to the original posters question, you should be able to use the bootable XP CD to delete the Vista partition then create a new partition, format it, then install XP. That should work in theory, but I've never tried it with a Vista partition.

Hardware gets faster. Software gets bloated.

I can help you.

First, find anything you want to save. and write it to disc.

Let me know if youve completed that step. Or if theres nothin on there, and you want to just "format" the hard drive format means erasing EVERYTHING.

Second, you may need another copy of older windows, to complete fresh install, unless you have the XP disc that doesnt require you to have another disc.

3rd, what kind of computer. Some computers these days have the recovery process partitioned in the hard drive so you NEVER need a XP disc.

Heres a link of starting a backup with vista, see if this helps you.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ls/backup.mspx

Another option is going Linux Ubuntu, absolutely free and I hear its alot like windows these days. But if youre familiar w/ windows, and want to use that, go for it.

The only bad part about a straight XP install, is that it may NOT find all the drivers you need so your computer functions correctly and uses all hardware on board, in that case my friend, I would say you track down a "Recovery Disc" made especially for your make and model laptop. You can buy these recovery disc's on Ebay for the dirt. like 20 bucks.

But check your make and model, you MAY have the Partition Recovery built in to your Computer. So you might not need to buy anything.

Make sure all the drivers your laptop will use with XP are even available.

I've discovered that quite a few manufacturers are not providing drivers for their newer XP machines, which means switching to XP may not even be an option.

i bought a new acer laptop thie feb. with vista on it till a update from microsoft messed up my laptop so i had the hard drive ereased of vista and had xp put back on it it runs so much better and faster