DUAL BOOT BETWEEN VISTA AND XP HOME

[blade1]

Hi,
I recently bough Dell computer it has vista loaded and i dont want vista..i m trying to install xp home. when i m inserting xp home cd and trying to install its not gaving me install option into cd its disabled.(by vista)

i m trying to boot by that xp home cd computer not booting with that its directly got me into vista. and i didnt received any bootdisk so any suggest how i can create bootdisk  ? OR how i can install a xphome into my computer ?

Thanks.

[Dusty]

There is no guarantee that drivers are available for your hardware under XP.  Have you confirmed that XP drivers are available

You could opt to dual boot Vista/XP then revert to Vista if XP proves problematical.  Here are are one of many step-by-step instruction sites on the WWW.

Good luck.