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When I installed Windows Vista I did not upgrade my windows XP to Visa. I loaded a fresh version of Vista on my Dell E510 Pent 4. When I did this did I remove XP and it is lost forever? If not, how do I find XP on my system and uninstall Vista?
Thanks for any assistance. -- Lenore

It is next to impossible to bring XP back after you have installed Vista to the same partition.
However, someone has come up with a way that sometimes works ... but this procedure is a nasty hack and doesn't work all the time. And it's very difficult.
If you want to try, here's a link:
http://neosmart.net/forums/index.php?gettopic=38&p=1
- JB

Google for DSRfix. Run it from a floppy and it will restore the ability to press CTRL+F11 and restore to the Dell factory install.
Tom "Jimmy Brush" wrote in message

It is next to impossible to bring XP back after you have installed Vista to the same partition.
However, someone has come up with a way that sometimes works ... but this procedure is a nasty hack and doesn't work all the time. And it's very difficult.
If you want to try, here's a link:
http://neosmart.net/forums/index.php?gettopic=38&p=1
- JB

I had a similar problem, this is how I solved it: I had installed Vista64 onto a disk with 4 logical drives - C = XP Pro (Pri partition), D=(No OS, ext part), E=Vista64 ext part, and F=(No OS, ext part)
When I found out that XP would not re-format the vista drive E, I moved everything from F to another computer (over net), then I deleted the E and F logical drives, -- that procedure allowed XP Pro to reformat both E and F (back to normal).
You can use the XP Pro Install CD to 'repair the boot process' - if needed (I didn't yet).
Hope that Helps...
BenHereB4
"Lenore" wrote:

When I installed Windows Vista I did not upgrade my windows XP to Visa. I loaded a fresh version of Vista on my Dell E510 Pent 4. When I did this did I remove XP and it is lost forever? If not, how do I find XP on my system and uninstall Vista?
Thanks for any assistance. -- Lenore

On 6/30/06 8:51 AM, in article 77F0EDDC-14CE-4701-95B6-269EFAE13404@microsoft.com, "Lenore" wrote:

When I installed Windows Vista I did not upgrade my windows XP to Visa. I loaded a fresh version of Vista on my Dell E510 Pent 4. When I did this did I remove XP and it is lost forever? If not, how do I find XP on my system and uninstall Vista?
Thanks for any assistance.

Let me ask a question... Why in God's Name did you even install Vista when you didn't know how to reinstall XP?
Microsoft prominently advises people NOT to install Vista on their working computers without backing up their data and programs. Working with betas ALWAYS leaves the possibility of losing your programs and data. That's the nature of betas. If you didn't know this, you NEVER should have installed Vista.
That said, just put your XP install disk in the drive, and reboot your computer. Strike a key when the Installer asks you to, then go through the installation process.
General principles for installing XP: 1) BACK UP YOUR DATA FIRST!!! 2) Insert Installer disk. Reboot with Installer disk in drive. Press <ENTER> when Installer tells you to press a key to boot from CD (or dvd). 3) Delete all Os partitions you don't want. 3a) PARTITION HD with at least ONE 10GB+ PRIMARY partition, preferrably NTFS. 4) FORMAT the partition you just created. 5) Start the installation. 6) Finish the installation. 7) Install all necessary drivers for your devices, including: Motherboard, Video, Sound, network devices, mice, keyboard, printers, etc. 8) Install all your programs. 9) Install your backed up data. 10) Pray that all is well.
Hope this helps.
Donald L McDaniel Please reply to original thread. =============================================

This is really about not understanding the meaning or concept of a "clean install". Some people just go for that because it seems, well, not messy or dirty. Still others don't realize that's it's better to know than to guess. Or even if they do know it's better to know they don't know how to find out so they can know and therefore they guess. (I do believe that last sentence is a legitimate sentence).
This contributes nothing to this post but I couldn't resist playing around with the words.

"Donald McDaniel" wrote in message

On 6/30/06 8:51 AM, in article 77F0EDDC-14CE-4701-95B6-269EFAE13404@microsoft.com, "Lenore" Lenore@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
When I installed Windows Vista I did not upgrade my windows XP to Visa. I loaded a fresh version of Vista on my Dell E510 Pent 4. When I did this did I remove XP and it is lost forever? If not, how do I find XP on my system and uninstall Vista?
Thanks for any assistance.
Let me ask a question... Why in God's Name did you even install Vista when you didn't know how to reinstall XP?
Microsoft prominently advises people NOT to install Vista on their working computers without backing up their data and programs. Working with betas ALWAYS leaves the possibility of losing your programs and data. That's the nature of betas. If you didn't know this, you NEVER should have installed Vista.
That said, just put your XP install disk in the drive, and reboot your computer. Strike a key when the Installer asks you to, then go through the installation process.
General principles for installing XP: 1) BACK UP YOUR DATA FIRST!!! 2) Insert Installer disk. Reboot with Installer disk in drive. Press ENTER> when Installer tells you to press a key to boot from CD (or dvd). 3) Delete all Os partitions you don't want. 3a) PARTITION HD with at least ONE 10GB+ PRIMARY partition, preferrably NTFS. 4) FORMAT the partition you just created. 5) Start the installation. 6) Finish the installation. 7) Install all necessary drivers for your devices, including: Motherboard, Video, Sound, network devices, mice, keyboard, printers, etc. 8) Install all your programs. 9) Install your backed up data. 10) Pray that all is well.
Hope this helps.
Donald L McDaniel Please reply to original thread. =============================================

I know...
-- Mark
Keeping the fun in dysfunctional!
"Alan Simpson" wrote in message

This is really about not understanding the meaning or concept of a "clean install". Some people just go for that because it seems, well, not messy or dirty. Still others don't realize that's it's better to know than to guess. Or even if they do know it's better to know they don't know how to find out so they can know and therefore they guess. (I do believe that last sentence is a legitimate sentence).
This contributes nothing to this post but I couldn't resist playing around with the words.