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Any Problems Removing Vista?
I'm planning to buy a Dell in the next couple of months, but I don't want Vista. I've only just finished replacing my software from the switch from '98 to XP and I can't afford to do it again. I'm going to buy XP separately and install it on the new PC or laptop.
Will wiping the hard drive and installing XP cause any problems with the new computer? Will I lose anything important?
Thanks.
Celifein wrote:
I'm planning to buy a Dell in the next couple of months, but I don't want Vista. I've only just finished replacing my software from the switch from '98 to XP and I can't afford to do it again. I'm going to buy XP separately and install it on the new PC or laptop.Will wiping the hard drive and installing XP cause any problems with the new computer? Will I lose anything important?Thanks.
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http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/desktops?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd
From Chris
My computer
Dell Dimension 1100
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP 2
512 MB of Ram
Intel Celeron CPU 2.53GHz
Linksys wireless-G WUSB54GS With SpeedBooster
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3
- "have you been able to remove vista and install xp I hate vista and want to get rid of itI have a dellE521 came with vista and I have new XP disc what do I do next???"I'm not getting the new PC 'til mid-June.I used to just wipe the hard drive and reinstall Win (when I was using Win 95). If you've going to do that and you've never done it before I'd recommend you grab someone in your family who's computer savvy (or, failing that, a computer tech) and get them to go through it with you. I'm not comfortable walking you through it, 'cause I don't want to be yelled at if there's a problem.I should point out that this can cause problems if you don't have driver disks for all your hardware or installation disks for all your software. After you've wiped the hard drive, you can't get them back.Having said all that, take a look at your Win XP disc. You should have an instruction book with it that tells you how to install it. It includes an option to install over your current operating system.
- Yes; MANY. I just bought an XPS 410 with Vista Home. I am still trying (after several days) to remove Vista and replace it with an already owned copy of XP Pro. You cannot install an older version over a newer version. I've already had indications of problems IF you are able to sneak past that restriction ... when you overwrite, you are also overwriting the drivers - which appears to be both the DVD driver and the hard drive driver. To me that indicates if I somehow, roughshod, get rid of Vista ... installing XP on a blank hard drive might give me problems. (SATA with RAID). I've seen several suggestions, in doing searches, for this overwrite/install, but none of them seem to work with my machine. I'm even considering dumping the whole hard drive system, and replacing it with a simpler EIDE set-up.
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Posted April 10th, 2007 13:00
Wed. Apr 04, 2007
Tom West, Director—Small Business Marketing
Several customers like Tshooter and Eddy have expressed interest in Dell offering Windows XP on small business systems. In addition to offering Windows Vista, Dell has met this request and is now offering XP Home, XP Professional on Dimension E520, E521, C521, XPS 710, 710 H2C and Inspiron 1501, 640m, 6400, 9400 and XPS M1710. To order a system with XP, click on the green button that labeled, "Customize with Windows XP."
Dell recognizes the needs of small business customers and understands that more time is needed to transition to a new operating system.The plan is to continue offering Windows XP on select Dimension and Inspiron systems until later this summer.
Dell does not have plans to launch Windows XP for home users as the preference and demand is for the “latest and greatest” technology which includes Windows Vista.
Update from Lionel: I forgot to mention to Tom that there was "Don't Eliminate XP Just Yet" post from javaprog07 in IdeaStorm that has garnered quite a few votes.