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« on: Saturday, April 12, 2008, 10:21:50 » |
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I bought my PC a couple of years back with Windows XP pre-installed on it. Apparantly its on a hidden partition on my hard drive. I installed Vista and want to take it off, how can i access the hidden partition and re-install XP.
Cheers in advance..
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Fred Elliot
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« Reply #1 on: Saturday, April 12, 2008, 10:23:55 » |
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why on earth would anyone want to install vista instead of XP is beyond me Stupid boy Pike !  |
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« Reply #2 on: Saturday, April 12, 2008, 10:26:09 » |
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why on earth would anyone want to install vista instead of XP is beyond me Stupid boy Pike ! I honestly dont know mate  |
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #3 on: Saturday, April 12, 2008, 11:50:39 » |
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So did XP work before you installed Vista?
I think you've overwritten XP anyway, I think you have to do a few other things to be able to have Vista and XP on the pc at the same time and then be able to select which on to boot on startup.
Get your recovery disks that came with the computer, format the hard drive and re-install XP.
If you don't have a disk then you should at least have a sticker on the back of the pc with your XP license key on. Then a helpful chap such as myself can burn you a copy of XP and you can use that license key when you re-install.
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« Reply #4 on: Saturday, April 12, 2008, 12:23:47 » |
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So did XP work before you installed Vista?
I think you've overwritten XP anyway, I think you have to do a few other things to be able to have Vista and XP on the pc at the same time and then be able to select which on to boot on startup.
Get your recovery disks that came with the computer, format the hard drive and re-install XP.
If you don't have a disk then you should at least have a sticker on the back of the pc with your XP license key on. Then a helpful chap such as myself can burn you a copy of XP and you can use that license key when you re-install. This is what is needed, it was Media Center Edition though i think.. |
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« Reply #5 on: Saturday, April 12, 2008, 12:40:30 » |
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Is there a license key on the back of your pc (one for XP)
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« Reply #6 on: Saturday, April 12, 2008, 19:18:31 » |
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ive got loads of snide copies of xp, i can post one to you.
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« Reply #7 on: Saturday, April 12, 2008, 19:30:09 » |
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Is there a license key on the back of your pc (one for XP) Yes |
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« Reply #8 on: Sunday, April 13, 2008, 12:05:23 » |
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If you're going to the Merlin before Vale I'll burn you a copy of XP and you can use the license key you have after you have formatted and installed it  If you like. |
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« Reply #9 on: Monday, April 14, 2008, 18:27:25 » |
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« Reply #10 on: Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 12:16:48 » |
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I dont think i will be in the Merlin before Vale mate. I think i have sourced a copy from somewhere, cheers anyway.
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