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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: drook on July 22, 2008, 05:20:58 AM

Title: problem installing xp on a laptop having vista
Post by: drook on July 22, 2008, 05:20:58 AM
Hi,

I bought an HP laptop having vista ultimate . Now i require Xp on the machine.
So i tried installing with a bootable xp cd....

i get a blue screen saying the no drives found ...and the setup aborts..

can someone help me...

Title: Re: problem installing xp on a laptop having vista
Post by: patio on July 22, 2008, 07:08:59 AM
Vista will not normally allow XP to be installed...post ALOT more info about the machine and someone will be along shortly...
Title: Re: problem installing xp on a laptop having vista
Post by: hmar on July 22, 2008, 09:35:39 AM
You can install XP in VirtualPC from Microsoft. It is a free download, and runs XP inside of Vista. You may need to increase your ram to get decent performace.