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June 15th, 2008 21:00

VISTA TO XP

Hi, Could someone please explain how to rid my XPS M1730 of Vista and install XP PRO.

I have an XP disc, so no probs there. I have had no end of problems with Vista, as often it comes up as

"Windows explorer has stopped working"

XPS M1730, 4GB RAM,2x160gb hard drives etc.

Thanks in advance.

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TheRealFireblad
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Posted June 16th, 2008 10:00
It should be as simple as booting from the XP CD, formatting the hard drive, then installing XP?
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Posted June 16th, 2008 12:00
Yeah, Firebird is correct.. just boot from XP cd.. and make sure you have the drivers for raid if you are installing XP onto raided drives... XP does noes not have them on the disk... ( install the Raid Drivers by hitting F6 when it says to do so ) if you dont have raid, than you are good to go ;)

( You can also slip stream the raided drivers, SP's, and other drivers by using a program called nLite.. It is a great program with a nice interface that does all teh work for you when slipstreaming... I make slipstreamed discs for all my laptops/computers )

Good luck and let us know :)
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Posted June 17th, 2008 10:00
If you do this Dell will only support the hardware and you will have to find all your own drivers.
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yackem
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Posted June 25th, 2008 15:00
Thanks a million for your input. Cheers from downunder!