Change OS from Vista to XP?

Hey all,

I have been fed up with Vista due to how slow its been running on my laptop, really becoming irritating to say the least. It's not a particulalry powerful laptop. It has 1 GB of RAM and a decent processor, maybe just not powerful enough to run Vista smoothly enough.



Should I purchase XP, an OS that I think is much more hassle free and easy to run on my laptop? Not sure what I should do especialy since there is an even more newer OS with Windows 4 coming out soon.



Any advice/comments would be greatly appreciated.Change OS from Vista to XP?
Use this:

http://www.blackviper.com/

That will tell you how to run Vista on 1GB of RAM. Follow it exactly to the letter.

DO NOT resort to a lesser OS. XP is dying a slow death. Either follow the link, or add more RAM if you can.

It's Windows ';7'; by the way also. You can wait for that if you want, but it is going to need some RAM too. It also uses the Aero effects just like Vista. It runs on the same kernel as Vista too.



EDIT: For all people who say Vista needs at least 1GB of RAM to run....YOU ARE WRONG. Vista needs 512MB of RAM to run, 1GB to run effectively. Stop spouting out false information.Change OS from Vista to XP?
Vista is a newer version to XP

First you will need to remove Vista by formating your computer and then install Windows XP.

You should now Command Prompt for that.

First start the computer and press F8 before Vista starts booting and open Command Prompt and then through that enter the command for deleting the C Drive where the main WINDOWS VISTA folder is. After deleting. Insert the Bootable Windows XP CD which you have and continue installing the Windows XP



Format Hard disk and Install Windows Operating System

Steps

?1.

The first step is to enter your computers BIOS. To do this when your computer is booting up it may ask you if you wish to enter setup or bios. The most common key to enter your setup/bios is DEL or F1. It may differ depending on what sort of motherboard you have just make sure you look out for the alert to find the appropriate key. If you cant seem to catch the key or if the screen flashes on too quick try pressing the Pause Break key and this will pause the boot up screen for you.

2.

The next step is to change the boot up options for your computer. Depending on your motherboard it will be in a different location but it should be quite easy to find with a little searching. When you find it simply change the boot up priority on your computer so that the number 1 priority is to boot from CD or DVD ROM Drive.

3.

Once you have setup your boot up priority and saved and exited your BIOS, its time to put your Windows CD into your CD/DVD rom drive and wait for it to do its thing and boot up. You may be presented with an option “If you wish to boot from the CD press any key” where you should press a key for the windows cd booting process begins.

4.

Once the windows CD has booted up select from the Menu install Windows. From this point you can choose where about you want to install your operating system files. When starting from scratch the easiest thing to do is to delete all the partitions and start from the beginning. Once you have created the partition sizes you would like (e.g. a 80GB hard drive into two 40GB partitions.) you can select on which partition to install windows. Its always recommended to install windows onto a partition incase one of the partitions fails the other one can be used to retrieve backup data.

5.

Now select the type of format FAT 32 or NTFS (NTFS recommended) and once you’ve pressed enter Windows will pretty much take over the rest. You will have to answer a few prompts along the way (admin name, passwords, network settings etc) but that’s about it. The installation of windows usually takes no longer than an 120 minutes , the time taken will depend on how much memory you have, hard drive space and cpu speed.



Goodluck I hope I helped. Let me know if I left something out :)
why not buy another gig of ram and that will solve your problem and make you computer that bit faster..
windows 7 is coming out, actually. The problem you are having with vista is that it will use nearly 1gb of ram all on its own. if you upgrade the ram you could keep vista. I don't know how much ram windows 7 will use. A friend uses the beta and likes it but he has 8gb of RAM.
Step 1

Back up your files onto CD-ROMs or a flash drive. Have original copies of all the software you use as well, as it will need to be reinstalled after the new operating system is in place. In addition, any drivers for devices you have attached to the system will need to be backed up.

Step 2

Insert the CD-ROM for the new operating system into the computer while it is turned off. Boot up to the CD. This may require you to enter into the system's CMOS and set up the CD-ROM drive as a bootable device.

Step 3

Format the hard drive using the utility provided on your new operating system's CD-ROM. Most installation procedures will do this for you or walk you through the event. This will wipe out all information currently on your computer system, so it is imperative that you completed Step 1 beforehand.

Step 4

Follow the installation instructions on your new operating system's CD-ROM. Advanced options may be available, but are only recommended for computer users with experience in installation of operating systems.

Step 5

Reboot and reinstall old software and files from back-up copies, including software and drivers for devices you have attached to the computer. After all software and drivers are installed, reboot again. New drivers may have to be obtained from device manufacturers if the drivers you have currently do not work with your new operating system.





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No you should not purchase XP.



I feel you have other issues that are not related to Vista. Vista is the latest OS and you should stay with that.