windows vista

[granpa71]

I bought a new computer(Dell 530) and it came with windows vista which I absolutely hate after only 2 weeks. Can I install Windows xp in place of vista and what problems, if any, might I cause. Thank you

[patio]

Travel to Dell's site and enter your Service tag #  and see if XP drivers are available for all devices...
If so you should be good to go...

[lostcoast]

You can add win xp if you shrink the hard drive partition and then add xp to the new partition. That way you have both systems called a dual boot. At start up you can choose which to go with for that session.

Vista takes time to get used to and I'm sure after a while you will find its not as bad as it seems at 1st.

If you have a xp CD then you can just do a clean install if you have to erase Vista, here are the instructions for that:

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html


If you want to do as I proposed then go here:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/resize-a-partition-for-free-in-windows-vista/

and then install xp to the new drive space (partition)

[patio]

Without Drivers this is a moot point....he should check that first.

[lostcoast]

Without Drivers this is a moot point....he should check that first.

why don't you check it for him?  (just kidding)

I will put my money on that it goes either way.

Go ahead and check it 1st though grandpa71 at this link:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen

If you can't find the service tag number you can identify it here:

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?c=us&dl=false&l=en&s=gen&docid=5822643C9ECEAB8BE040AE0AB7E13FF8&doclang=en&cs=

[granpa71]

Thanks for your advice. I think I will just do a partition. Thanks alot.s