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Having Problems Trying To Uninstall Vista

#1 carinsharon

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Posted 04 July 2008 - 02:02 PM

I am wanting to remove vista from my computer and put XP Pro on it but Vista will not uninstall. I have tried putting in the XP Pro cd to remove the partitions but that doesn't work either. Will Partition Magic remove Vista from my computer?

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#2 snooker

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Posted 04 July 2008 - 06:00 PM

Hi , What order is your bios screen set at ?

#3 carinsharon

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Posted 04 July 2008 - 07:52 PM

I have it set to boot to CD ROM, is that what you mean what order is the bios set at? I am really wanting to know if Partition Magic will remove Vista before I spend the money getting it.

CarinSharon

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#4 snooker

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Posted 05 July 2008 - 03:56 AM

Your xp pro disk should be able to remove Vista if you delete the partition , afterewards you just recreated again and install xp . Though I am not sure about PM . And you can try the 6 floppy from MS to . Also there others you can try but here another one you can try below call boot disk .

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

http://www.bootdisk.com/

This post has been edited by snooker: 05 July 2008 - 09:16 AM

#5 garmanma

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Posted 05 July 2008 - 03:29 PM

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I am really wanting to know if Partition Magic will remove Vista before I spend the money getting it.

I wouldn't buy it for that purpose

Mark

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