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formatting the drive will.Of course you should advise them to check the manufacturer's site to make sure there are drivers for the laptop. Anybody who claims Vista is worse then working with XP in 16 color, with no sound and no networking is in denial.
1.Delete partitionsNot a bad idea, but optional - certainly not necessary2.Create a new partition in the raw spaceSee above3.Format your partition (to set up windows on the selected item press enter) Choose the NTFS file system and do not use the quick method.Whether or not to use ntfs vs fat32 or do a quick format is also a user preference. The user can always run chkdsk /r later (or even before installing). I see no reason not to do a quick format
Make sure that there are XP drivers for that machine and that you have a valid license key. Then boot to the XP disk and follow this order:1.Delete partitions2.Create a new partition in the raw space3.Format your partition (to set up windows on the selected item press enter) Choose the NTFS file system and do not use the quick method.[/quoteALLAN and JJ3000 could you explain to someone who may not know what you on about please no.1 optionalno.2 what , where , how , why no.3 ??can you not just stick the disk in and let it run thats all i did to reformat