Guest David Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 I ahve Vista Home Premium on my Dell 530. I am disenchanted with Vista. (DUUHHH) My wife has XP Pro on her Dell laptop. I got a Windows XP Pro cd from Dell and am thinking of reformatting my Vista drive with XP. The cd I got from Dell says not to use on a new computer. Do they (Dell) really know more than you folks? Can I really use this cd to reformat my PC and get rid of Vista? I would, of course, have to reinstall all my drivers. Would that be a problem seeing that they have been working on a Vista machine? As always, any help and information is greatly appreciated.
Guest LVTravel Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Re: Xp over Vista The XP Pro CD you have from Dell, is it the same one that is installed on your wife's computer. If so and you attempt to install it on your Dell you will violate the EULA for the product. Sure the CD said "not to use on" and that it did not say "for use on a new computer"? If it said the later it is an OEM version and can only be installed and used on the first computer it is ever installed on according to the EULA. Make sure that Dell has all the drivers for XP as they are in all probability different than the drivers for Vista. If this is a retail purchased XP Pro and it's activation key has not been used on any other computer actively being used and you can fill all the proper drivers for XP for your system boot with the XP Pro CD, delete any partitions and install XP Pro using the XP drivers you have already downloaded and put on a CD. (Make sure you have all the recovery information, disks, etc to be able to return your system to Vista if you ever need to.) "David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DF570452-380D-4699-8806-AD701EF1EAD4@microsoft.com... >I ahve Vista Home Premium on my Dell 530. I am disenchanted with Vista. > (DUUHHH) My wife has XP Pro on her Dell laptop. I got a Windows XP Pro > cd > from Dell and am thinking of reformatting my Vista drive with XP. The cd > I > got from Dell says not to use on a new computer. Do they (Dell) really > know > more than you folks? Can I really use this cd to reformat my PC and get > rid > of Vista? I would, of course, have to reinstall all my drivers. Would > that > be a problem seeing that they have been working on a Vista machine? > As always, any help and information is greatly appreciated.
Guest sgopus Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 RE: Xp over Vista you want to go to XP from vista, good for you, now (if you can) purchase a new copy of XP and be legit, don't try to use a copy from someone else's computer. You could invalidate their install. "David" wrote: > I ahve Vista Home Premium on my Dell 530. I am disenchanted with Vista. > (DUUHHH) My wife has XP Pro on her Dell laptop. I got a Windows XP Pro cd > from Dell and am thinking of reformatting my Vista drive with XP. The cd I > got from Dell says not to use on a new computer. Do they (Dell) really know > more than you folks? Can I really use this cd to reformat my PC and get rid > of Vista? I would, of course, have to reinstall all my drivers. Would that > be a problem seeing that they have been working on a Vista machine? > As always, any help and information is greatly appreciated.
Guest John Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Re: Xp over Vista Call Dell and ask for downgrade (to XP) setup CD. "David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DF570452-380D-4699-8806-AD701EF1EAD4@microsoft.com... >I ahve Vista Home Premium on my Dell 530. I am disenchanted with Vista. > (DUUHHH) My wife has XP Pro on her Dell laptop. I got a Windows XP Pro > cd > from Dell and am thinking of reformatting my Vista drive with XP. The cd > I > got from Dell says not to use on a new computer. Do they (Dell) really > know > more than you folks? Can I really use this cd to reformat my PC and get > rid > of Vista? I would, of course, have to reinstall all my drivers. Would > that > be a problem seeing that they have been working on a Vista machine? > As always, any help and information is greatly appreciated.
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Re: Xp over Vista "David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DF570452-380D-4699-8806-AD701EF1EAD4@microsoft.com... >I ahve Vista Home Premium on my Dell 530. I am disenchanted with Vista. > (DUUHHH) My wife has XP Pro on her Dell laptop. I got a Windows XP Pro > cd > from Dell and am thinking of reformatting my Vista drive with XP. The cd > I > got from Dell says not to use on a new computer. Do they (Dell) really > know > more than you folks? Dell and MS work together. The license on the Dell install is for a specific Dell system. The origin of that XP CD is not clear. Did you get it specifically for this system? If so, that would be a valid license. If it's from your wife's system, the license is not valid on your system. > Can I really use this cd to reformat my PC and get rid > of Vista? Regardless of the CD, you will have to wipe the drive to install XP. I would suggest removing and recreating the partition to be sure you are on clean ground. > I would, of course, have to reinstall all my drivers. Would that > be a problem seeing that they have been working on a Vista machine? Vista drivers are not XP drivers. You will have to get the XP drivers, the Vista ones will not install or work. If Dell does not offer XP drivers, *do not change the OS* as you will only disable components of your system. Check *first*. HTH -pk > As always, any help and information is greatly appreciated.
Guest - Bobb - Posted July 23, 2008 Posted July 23, 2008 Re: Xp over Vista - Dell specific Re: Xp over Vista - Dell specific "David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DF570452-380D-4699-8806-AD701EF1EAD4@microsoft.com... >I ahve Vista Home Premium on my Dell 530. I am disenchanted with Vista. > (DUUHHH) My wife has XP Pro on her Dell laptop. I got a Windows XP Pro > cd > from Dell and am thinking of reformatting my Vista drive with XP. Is this "your wife's CD " ? Or did you order CD specifically for YOUR PC ? http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=555&l=en&oc=MLB1277&s=biz Strange cost more $$ to downgrade to xp ? Genuine Windows Vista ® Business Downgrade, XP Pro Installed, English [add $60] Genuine Windows Vista ® Ultimate Downgrade, XP Pro Installed, English [add $115] > The cd I got from Dell says not to use on a new computer. > Do they (Dell) really know more than you folks? > Can I really use this cd to reformat my PC and get rid > of Vista? I would, of course, have to reinstall all my drivers. Would > that > be a problem seeing that they have been working on a Vista machine? > As always, any help and information is greatly appreciated. If you ordered CD- what is part number? As for "not on new PC", might it contain ONLY program to "restore what's on your current hard drive ?" ( QuickRestore CD ) , in which case " the cd by itself" is not enough to "get windows working", or might be licensing issue. Without knowing the p/n - can't tell. Have to call Dell - they don't publish a lot of tech info . YOU can connect and have it scan PC - then proceed. I've tried to help out on relatives PC's - no can do without buyer name, s/n etc. Good luck. http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/product_support/product_support_central?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&SystemID=LAT_D530 http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/pfydResults.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=biz&cs=555&mfgpid=194220&chassisid=8268
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