Remove vista operating system

Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot] and 6 guests. Technology, Support, and News Forum. Select the drive you have Windows Vista installed on, right click it and select Format.

A quick format is all you need. Should you get an error message stating that the drive is in use, open My Computer from your Windows XP desktop, right-click the drive containing the Windows Vista installation you wish to remove and format it from there.

Go to the Run dialogue box on your Windows XP or other "legacy" operating system start menu and type "msconfig" without the quotes. This will open the System Configuration Utility. It is a hanger. Can you share your certificate of authenticity with someone else. Like if i use it to replace vista, can i give it ot my sister to replace vista on her computer?

Windows Explorer keeps shutting down and restarting. It is impossible to do any windows functions because of this problem. This includes shutting off the computer and worse, reinstalling Windows. It seems that the hard drive must be removed, reformatted and then Windows reinstalled.

I blame this on Vista Service pack 1. I would like to replace Vista with XP. Thanks for the tips above. Any other help would be appreciated. It uses lots of memory with way too many features for my purpose that I never use. I prefer the good old XP program which is easy to navigate. Very useful…a million thanks!! My computer is running more quickly and doing what it is supposed to do. Internet is faster too. The only problem I had was with the drivers for my Acer Aspire.

But I found a lovely tech. The desktop alone with the sidebar disabled takes up more than 1gb ram. I am sick and tired of vista already and m thinking on the lines of my trusted xp-pro sp2 or the new windows 7 beta. I am not sure about the compatibility with the NS series. I was advised not to go in for vista by a couple of friends but any expert opinion would be greatly appreciated.

Good luck. I followed your steps using the boot from CD. Chuck: Hi. Please check the bottom of the original article to see if that information will help you resolve the blue screen error. I also found that Windows 98 limits my capabilities to use software and sometimes hardware. Any thoughts are appreciated as to whether I should upgrade or just purchase another computer? The laptop is faster compared to the Vista. Please get me a solution to get the key board worked same as that of Vista Basic.

Veriface is working; but the face scanning screen is seen on left side of the screen. What to do to get the face scanning screen same as on Vista Basic on the top-center. Followed your instructions and replaced vista w xp. Any suggestions as to where I go from here? Chuck Eglinton: According to the support forum at the Compaq website, your computer has an Nvidia Chipset motherboard. You can read the thread and find the drivers at this link. Good luck! Replaced Vista on an HP dvcl model, by using Ubuntu 9.

Then I used XP to wipe Ubuntu. Then I used Ubuntu to install to half the disk for a dual operating system. Okay, all is good except the graphics. Anyone know of a driver that will work with XP on this type of machine? I have gone through the procedure, except when I get to the blue screen and press f8 to accept, the installation procedure tells me that there is no disk drive at all. I have a feeling that the version that I have of XP does not contain the driver, and I am having difficulty locating the driver from Toshiba computer or Fujitsu the hard drive.

Tried to put XP on but I am having difficulty. Chuck: One of the updates in the original article may resolve this error message. Please review the last few paragraphs of the original article. You can uninstall Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system and install Windows XP if you prefer the older operating system or experience compatibility issues with Vista.

Removing Windows Vista will completely wipe the contents of your computer, so you should back up your important files and programs before uninstalling the operating system.

Use an external hard drive to store your back up files during the process. You then can copy them back to your computer after you finishing installing Windows XP. Plug the external hard drive into your Windows Vista computer.

Copy any files, folders and programs from your computer to the external hard drive. You also can use back-up software to automate the back-up process.

Unplug the drive when you are finished. Restart the computer.