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From: SC Tom on 12 Mar 2010 11:19 "z3r0" <reply(a)newsgro.up> wrote in message news:ep1Th%23ewKHA.3896(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >I bought a notebook and came with Vista OS. I want to install > XP instead since I'm unsatisfied with Vista OS performance. > > My HP came with no CD, (preinstalled OS). Is there a legal way > to switch (downgrade) to XP? In that case, how do I get the XP > installation > disc? > > HP don't want to provide support to do that, since they say hardwarde is > made > for vista, bla bla. > > Along with what everyone else has suggested, I would look on the HP site and see if there are XP drivers for your model notebook. If there are, download them and expand them to a CD. Then purchase an XP install (whichever flavor you want), format the HDD, and install it. Then load all your drivers from the CD you made, starting with the chipset drivers. Then connect to the internet and do all the XP security updates. If HP has no XP drivers listed for your model, you are MTL SOL. In that case, you'd be better off upgrading to Win7. Even if no drivers are listed for 7, you can probably get away with using the installed Vista drivers, or if any are missing, install the Vista driver in compatibility mode. I upgraded my Gateway to Win7 from Vista and the only driver I needed to reinstall was the ATI video driver (Gateway has no Win7 drivers for my model and doesn't look like they're going to be developing any). I'm happier with Win7 than I was with Vista, but just as happy as I am with XP that's still on my desktop. -- SC Tom
From: Paul Randall on 12 Mar 2010 15:14
"z3r0" <reply(a)newsgro.up> wrote in message news:ep1Th%23ewKHA.3896(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >I bought a notebook and came with Vista OS. I want to install > XP instead since I'm unsatisfied with Vista OS performance. > > My HP came with no CD, (preinstalled OS). Is there a legal way > to switch (downgrade) to XP? In that case, how do I get the XP > installation > disc? > > HP don't want to provide support to do that, since they say hardwarde is > made > for vista, bla bla. In addition to what the others have said, if HP doesn't have WXP drivers, I believe there are free software packages that will give you a detailed list of all the hardware in the notebook, which may lead you to the device manufacturer's website that may have WXP device drivers you need. -Paul Randall |