I hate windows vista!!!! - Asian Central

kvietgrl · #1 (**permalink**) 06-01-2008

i want xp back...help

FreedomRice · #2 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008

people who have vista are mostly in no luck, vista has not been out too long ago... and there is alot of work making XP problems compatible with Vista, vista is just like XP just rearranged things, change in the look... so if your gonna buy a desktop or latop I would recommend you get XP, simple and easy to use... if you really want an awsome computer; get a MAC. they are ass kicking computers and almost completey virus free

SonictheHedgehog · #3 (**permalink**) 06-04-2008

May I ask why you hate Windows Vista? o.o

Its rare to find a brand new desktop or laptop with Windows XP (from what I've been told, you can request a desktop with no Operating System and get a XP CD or just shop a used XP Desktop on Ebay).

I would recommend getting the free Linux (I recommend Ubuntu distribution because its user-friendly and the internet becomes extremely fast). Since you already have the desktop or laptop that has Windows Vista on it, you can download Linux, burn the image onto a 700 Mb CD, and run it.

What's great about Linux is that you can run Linux without actually installing the thing and losing all your files from Windows Vista. All you have to do is, once you're done burning .iso image onto the CD, just reboot your PC, set your PC to boot from the CD, and there you go.

http://www.ubuntu.com/products/WhatI...desktopedition

Instructions on how to burn the CD image:
https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/switchi...lling-get.html

Haha but I'm sure you just want the XP back right? :-)

nadiafx · #4 (**permalink**) 06-05-2008

Get a Mac! They're amazing! :P

And you can install windows xp on them if you want.

But if you really want xp back, you're going to have to do a system wipe

chuchux6 · #5 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008

You could uninstall Windows Vista and install Windows XP if you have an XP disc lying around.

kvietgrl · #6 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008

thanks guys! i dont have the disk around...and i need my comp reformatted...which i dont know how to do.

chuchux6 · #7 (**permalink**) 06-08-2008

Since you want to install Windows XP, you're going to need an install disk for that. If XP was the default on your computer, and you bought it from like Dell or HP or whatever, they should have some sort of "recovery" disk which is basically a clean install of Windows XP and whatever junk the company put with it. You'll basically insert the CD in, restart the computer and when it's still in the BIOS (black screen) your computer should say if you want to boot from disc and enter any key, do that and it will give you an option to format and install.