Welcome to CH.
Many people are here to help you.
we understand that you have a very new laptop because it has Windows 7 on it most likely you just bought it. Does it have the 32-bit or the 64-bit version of Windows 7?
This subject has come up before, in fact many people who had Vista on their laptops wanted to remove it and put XP on it. Many people have done that.
Now before you go any further, please let me share with you some observations and experiences that others have had.
Replacing the operating system on a new laptop presents some serious challenges. In the first place, there is the issue of how much time it's going to take you to do this. And then there is the economic issue. Replacing Windows 7 with Windows XP will cost you some money. You will need to buy a proper copy of Windows XP, unless the manufacturer has offered it to you at a large discount. And your laptop will become devalued if your wish to sell it to somebody else. It is unlikely that a new buyer would want to receive a laptop that does not have the original OS on it.
Likely you have given some thought to this and have decided that Windows XP would be better for you. Now what I'm about to say is not just my own opinion, but also the prevailing thought of many here on this forum. Windows 7 is a good stable operating system. Well, maybe not as stable as Windows XP. But it does remarkably well. Although many have installed Windows XP on laptops, it is not always a happy experience. The big issue is trying to find proper drivers for the laptop since your laptop is now two generations removed from Windows XP it is likely that it has some hardware on it but does not have that perfect drivers for Windows XP. Of course, this depends on what the manufacturer used in creating the new laptop. Some new hardware is not exactly the same as what they used a few years ago. So you might find yourself with a laptop that has perhaps inferior sound or difficulty with network adapters. Or something like that
the best honest answer I could give you would be to buy a used laptop from some vendor that offers the war and the and a reload of Windows XP. You can find them out there rather cheap, not as much performance as with your new
but with Windows XP they old computers were pretty good.
That's my best answer. If you really want to go ahead and do it is quite a few fellows here that will help you out and I've had a little bit of experience trying to do this to, and I have found the side that I would never do that to a laptop. Desktop, fine no problem. But not a laptop.
Please excuse grammar errors, it is hard for me to edit my dictation.EDIT:
Additional Information.
Here is a website that offers reconditioned laptops and notebooks for under $300. With a warranty. This is not an endorsement, only a suggestion.
http://www.usedlaptops.com/
