Laptop

[Fay]

If I get a laptop with Windows 7 or Vista on, can I just run an XP disc to change it?

[mickw]

More clever people will probably answer - But

It must be a full XP disk, not an upgrade.

When you get into the realms of W7, there may be bits of the laptop that won't work under XP - But

You can install XP fairly easily as well as W7 (that means you can choose what operating system to use when the PC starts) - Hard drives and USB should work fine, which is probably all you're worried about.

Have you taken your new wireless router out of the box yet ?  Just curious 

[Fay]

it came out of the box three months ago & is still sitting on the floor...........

[mickw]

 

[PhilB]

it came out of the box three months ago & is still sitting on the floor...........

Glad I'm not the only one who likes to take their time when planning things....

[Mac]

na.

Windows doesn't let you downgrade.
Just get hold of a boot disk and then format the C drive:
Then when you install the xp disk it will install it.

Or you could try repartitioning the C drive and try installing the xp disk into the spare partition.

Either way i would make a note of all your devices.
So that you can get the drivers for them of the internet.

Mac.

[Carole]

Or you could try repartitioning the C drive and try installing the xp disk into the spare partition.

Mac, isn't that what you tried to do on my VISTA and it wouldn't work?

Carole