How do I replace my annoying Windows Vista with XP?

I'm getting rather pissed off with Vista right now and I would like to change it to XP. I've tried setting up my BIOS boot the XP CD first but it's not working. I believe I may have to reformat and clean my hard drive or something. If that's the case, how would I do that...?



And for details, I have a HP Pavilion dv6000 that was Vista-ready when I brought it. I also have the recovery CD in case goes wrong, which I like to ask: assuming all goes wrong, will my recovery take care of the problem (it bring it back to Vista by the way).How do I replace my annoying Windows Vista with XP?
Since your PC is Vista-ready, you have to format your hard-drive on which your Vista is installed ( I guess its c: by default) . Since Vista is an higher version of XP, if you insert a XP bootable disk in your CDROM , it wont all you to format and install XP automatically, since Microsoft versions allows you to upgrade automatically but not downgrade the softwares without uninstalling the higher versions. Hence you have to first format your C: drive and then put XP bootable disk, and follow instructions for installing new XP OS.



Please only format your C: if you have a XP bootable CD or else you will land up formatting the disk and again installing the Vista as a result of non-availability of XP bootable.



And Yes, I agree with you XP is better than Vista atleast now , untill MS released ServicePacks for Vista :)



Enjoy installing XP