HOW TO DOWNGRADE FROM WINDOWS VISTA TO WINDOWS XP

HOW TO DOWNGRADE FROM WINDOWS VISTA TO WINDOWS XP

Since the advent of Windows Vista, one will agree with me that the ICT-compliant community has faced some challenges. However, these challenges, can be attributed the unfamiliarity that ensues from the initial interaction with newly developed softwares and programs. At other times, the problems may be above that attributable to unfamiliarity. The challenges of Windows Vista experienced include excessive consumption of system memory, software incompatibility, as well as the seeming impracticality of downgrading the Operating System from Vista to Windows XP.

Well, if you have a laptop or desktop that had Windows Vista installed on it and you probably want to downgrade it to Windows XP, it is very possible to do so. Or, if you bought a new hard drive and could not install windows XP on it as it keeps telling you that “no hard drive” was found, this article is for you. Just follow the simple steps below:

First, power your computer and enter the BIOS setup. For most motherboards the key to press to enter the BIOS is F1 or F2 or F10 or DELETE. Press the key relevant to your system to enter the BIOS setup. In the BIOS setup utility, locate “SATA native support” under System Configuration, and then disable it. Press F10 to save and exit the BIOS setup.

Next, insert windows XP CD in the CD-ROM drive. Restart the computer and set it to boot from cd rom drive. For some computer F12, esc, F10 will take you to the boot menu, select the CD-ROM drive and hit the Enter key for the windows xp installation process to start. Follow the accompanying instructions and install windows XP.

Goodluck