I don’t think you can uninstall Vista if you upgraded from XP.
Read : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx .
Quote “once you install Windows Vista Beta 2 (or RC1) you cannot roll back to the previous operating system installation—you will either have to acquire and install the final released edition of Windows Vista or reinstall a previous edition of Windows.”
NEVER upgrade windows with a BETA version nor use a BETA as the primary OS. Even when Vista final release comes out, it is always better to do a clean installation than an upgrade.
The same thing happened to me. I guess I should have done some research before installing. I installed Vista as an upgrade on top of XP, and it didn't run so well. So when I tried to restore back to XP with the operating system disc that came with my XPS 400, it didn't work. I ended up having to format my entire hard drive just to re-install a clean copy of XP. :(
That totally bites. I guess when the final release is here, I should format my hard drive again and install Vista as a clean copy?
It is always better to do a clean installation even with the final release of Vista. It will be faster and cleaner therefore less issues. I have seen few cases where people who upgraded from 98 to XP doing a clean installation after few weeks due to performance and other issues. Based on my past experience I wouldn’t recommend upgrading between major releases of Windows.
Thanks everyone, I did lose my restore by Symantec. Next time I will Do the research before I load vista. I see where a lots of drivers that I need for my dell is not available as of yet. Next time it would be a clean install instead a upgrade. It is a great system. Can't wait for the final.
If you boot your pc with the CD of windows xp in it. Is that a way to uninstal it (Normaly it trows everything of your computer)? I already did when i bought my second hard disk and wanted to clean my computer.
I did a clean install on a Inspiron B130. In typical fashion I loaded first and worried about the consequences later.
I've played around with it and now want to go back to XP, but the Vista install wiped out my Dell PC Restore by Symantec utility, so now I ave no way to get back to XP.
How much is this going to cost me? $100 to buy XP or is there a way to get a restore disc from Dell for a nominal fee?
-Edit- Pardon the newbie question. after a little other poking around here I found out that this question gets asked a lot and apparently the answer is as simple as contact Dell and ask...
Message Edited by Brian the Red on 06-15-200609:11 AM
Call Dell tech support, and request a OS cd. Most of the time, they will send you one within two days time. Other times they might not and you have to call another support personnel who will.........
Does anyone know how to re-enable the Symantec Restore Partition? I know that the partition still exists on the HardDrive, there must be another way to boot from it as opposed to using the Ctrl/F11 key...
To everyone that has installed vista beta 2 or had any other problems with trying to get your comp back using system restore ctrl + F11 then get this tool, it will restore your comp back to the way it was when you bought it so no more problems, why the heck dell couldn't realease a tool that could do that is beyond me, tuns of people have restored there comps back to the way it was when they bought them by using this tool, so all the vista beta 2 problems are now a thing of the past, have fun guys and thanks very much to the creator of the program,he's saved my bakon and tuns more people the guy is brilliant, thank you.
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Read : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx .
Quote “once you install Windows Vista Beta 2 (or RC1) you cannot roll back to the previous operating system installation—you will either have to acquire and install the final released edition of Windows Vista or reinstall a previous edition of Windows.”
NEVER upgrade windows with a BETA version nor use a BETA as the primary OS. Even when Vista final release comes out, it is always better to do a clean installation than an upgrade.
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The same thing happened to me. I guess I should have done some research before installing. I installed Vista as an upgrade on top of XP, and it didn't run so well. So when I tried to restore back to XP with the operating system disc that came with my XPS 400, it didn't work. I ended up having to format my entire hard drive just to re-install a clean copy of XP. :(
That totally bites. I guess when the final release is here, I should format my hard drive again and install Vista as a clean copy?
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I've played around with it and now want to go back to XP, but the Vista install wiped out my Dell PC Restore by Symantec utility, so now I ave no way to get back to XP.
How much is this going to cost me? $100 to buy XP or is there a way to get a restore disc from Dell for a nominal fee?
-Edit- Pardon the newbie question. after a little other poking around here I found out that this question gets asked a lot and apparently the answer is as simple as contact Dell and ask...
Message Edited by Brian the Red on 06-15-200609:11 AM
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