How do i go back to XP

fullinfusion · Jan 4, 2009

I have a ol HD that has vista 64 home Premium on it and want to re-formate it to install XP ....im a o/c'r that wants to see the difference in having xp as the main os.... can someone give me info on how to go about installing xp on a hd that already has vista on it?
thanks

jaxxxon · Jan 4, 2009

stick disc in, reboot, set bios to start with CD 1st, reboot, format drive, install over vista

freaksavior · Jan 4, 2009

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=25216&highlight=format

sneekypeet · Jan 4, 2009

Who makes the HDD?
You can go to their site or just download UBCD and do a low level format that writes the drive back to all zeros, then throw in the XP disc let it format and write the OS.

fullinfusion · Jan 4, 2009

its a Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160 Gbytes hd

freaksavior · Jan 4, 2009

fullinfusion said:
its a Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160 Gbytes hd

if all you want to do is wipe it and put xp back on it then find out what chipset you have, download the mobo drivers, find what video card and network card is in there, download the drivers and format it using my guide

mrhuggles · Jan 4, 2009

dude dont low level format it whatever you do, just make sure everythign you wanna keep is backed up, put in the xp disc, reboot reformat with xp install then full install

myself, i like to use a 20-40gb boot partition and then the rest of the drive for other stuff, funny story the first 40gb of my drive gets about 100mb/sec and the rest of it slows down slightly every 20gb or so, so that actually makes a good ammount of difference performance wise to keep the page file and main stuff within that barrier

but seriously.... do not low level format simply to reinstall the os omg youll kill it

sneekypeet · Jan 4, 2009

Id like you to show some proof, as I had issues with the Vista leaving things behind causing XP not to load on the HDD. A low level format is done with every OS I write except for when the HDD is brand new, and it does nothing ill to my drives.

mrhuggles · Jan 5, 2009

it wont kill it, its just superstision, but... what do you use?

LOL ok sorry, i was confused since im so old....
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD&locale=en-GB#what

that kind of cleared things up for me!

fullinfusion · Jan 5, 2009

dam all did was what SP said.... i dont know if i like XP as much as vista but if it gives me way higher clocks im game :toast:

Thanks for the advice PPL

fullinfusion · Jan 5, 2009

xp seems so...... Well (alien) to me compared to Vista!

Polarman · Jan 5, 2009

I prefer using the Zero-fill utility from HDD manufacturer. Nothing remains after this process.

fullinfusion · Jan 5, 2009

well all the drivers and SP's have installed... i was using CCC8.10 since vista and my clocks liked it..... with XP what driver would Y'all recommend for my 3870x2 ATI gpu using XP?

mrhuggles · Jan 5, 2009

i am useing 8.11 i was useing 8.12 but i had an issue where 3d mode would nolonger start when i started games after a few different games

im on a 2900xt thats about the same thing

fullinfusion · Jan 5, 2009

im installing 8.10 ccc since it provided me with flawless clocks.... hell im up to 3.4Ghz without changing a thing in the bios using xp...Whoot!!! i'll let ya guys know the difference using xp over vista for my clocks!!!! :toast:

Katanai · Jan 5, 2009

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