I know that the hard drive will be reformatted, Vista uninstalled, XP installed, %26amp; drivers downloaded from Acer檚 support website. I know it takes about 2.5 hours. But could anyone please tell me more about the process? The complications?
Will other pre-installed programs be removed along with the Vista, such as NTI CD-Maker for my internal DVD burner? If, say, that is removed, will I be able to burn discs afterword?
Thanks!
Laptop details: AMD Turion鈩?64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-50 (2x256KB L2 cache, 1.6GHz); 1GB (512/512) DDR SDRAM; 120GB hard drive; integrated Super-Multi drive (DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD-RAM); 5-in-1 card reader; 15.4'; WXGA (1280 x 800) TFT display; integrated ATI庐 Mobility鈩?Radeon庐 Xpress 1100 graphics; 802.11b/g WLAN, 10/100 LAN, V.92 modemHow is Vista replaced w/ XP in a new laptop? Complications?
Just boot from the XP CD in the bios, it will guide you through the process and format the hard drive. Yes, all data will be deleted, including Vista
And yes, you will be able to burn disks still. XP already comes with the software needed to burn music and Data CDs, but you will need additional software if you want to burn disk images (iso, etc)
The only reason you'd have complications would be if there weren't any XP drivers for your laptop. So make sure that there is XP drivers before doing anything.
And it will probably take less than 2.5 hours on that thing
It only takes like 45 minutes on my 12 year old computerHow is Vista replaced w/ XP in a new laptop? Complications?
Much thanks to both of you!
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As the other person said - the drivers are very important - at least make sure you have internet access before ditching your working OS.
I installed XP on my desktop that had Vista - it was a huge pain cause it wouldn't even start to install... I had to get a driver so that the OS would work with the stinkin hard drive!
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