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iwant to instal winxp in my laptop with os64bit and remove windows vista from my laptop computer how can do it.

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A few practical points to add that fill gaps in the answers from , and .

First, confirm whether you really want XP on the physical machine. Windows XP is no longer supported by Microsoft, so it will be insecure unless isolated or heavily restricted (Windows XP lifecycle). If you only need XP for one or two old apps, running XP in a virtual machine (VirtualBox or VMware Player) keeps the host OS up to date and avoids driver problems (VirtualBox).

If you proceed with a native install, check these often-missed items before wiping Vista:

  • Verify driver availability for your exact laptop model (chipset, LAN/Wi‑Fi, video, touchpad). If the vendor does not list XP drivers for that model, native XP may not work well.
  • Protect the factory restore: use the OEM recovery tool to make recovery media or image the disk so you can return to Vista later if needed.
  • SATA mode: many newer machines default to AHCI. Stock XP setup won’t see the disk with AHCI unless you supply drivers. Two practical options: change SATA to IDE/Compatibility in BIOS before installing, or integrate the SATA driver into the XP install media (slipstream/F6 methods or tools that build a custom installer).
  • Bring network drivers on a USB stick. After formatting you may have no network until the NIC driver is installed.

If you want both OSes, remember installing XP after Vista overwrites the Vista bootloader. Either repair the Vista bootloader with the Vista DVD or restore a proper dual-boot with a tool such as EasyBCD (EasyBCD). Also note ’s point: most laptops have a single HDD, so use a separate partition rather than expecting two drives.

Summary: verify drivers and recovery media first, handle SATA mode or slipstream drivers, and consider virtualization as the safer alternative.

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Member Avatar for Bob_180_Bob

Hi,
As Microsoft class Vista as a later version of windows, you can not install XP as an upgrade and therefore, you must do it as a fresh install. Insert your Cd for XP and boot to it. When you get to the window about where do you want to install, select the Vista installation and select format option.
Note:- You will lose all of your programs and data and you have to reinstall. make sure that you back up all the data you want to keep and ensure that you have all the drivers for your PC ready before you install Windows.

Before you start it would be a good time to make a slipstreamed Cd of your XP operating system with your PC's drivers, XP serial number, and a lot of updates including SP3 already on your CD. It will save a lot of time when you do install or repair Windows XP.

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one more thing if you want to install both of two windows then you can install it two diffrent drvie.

Member Avatar for Bob_180_Bob

"one more thing if you want to install both of two windows then you can install it two diffrent drvie."

one more thing if you want to install both of two windows then you can install it on two different PC's.

Or maybe, as you said, you want to remove Vista and use XP, maybe you don't want to keep Vista, Maybe you only want XP, then you will not need two different drives or PC's. I might be wrong but that is what you said.

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bob you are right. but I try to said a tips.

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one more thing if you want to install both of two windows then you can install it two diffrent drvie.

its a laptop ,and i haven't seen one yet with 2 harddrives ,

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