AdamL Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Hi. I'm trying to install XP over Vista, which came with this laptop of my friends. I've tried to boot into the cd but I never get the message to do this. I have changed the boot order, and it still doesn't work. It loads right into Vista. Any solutions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xplizid Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 usually hitting f12 is the key that allows you to choose to boot up cd usb ect, do this when you would to enter your bios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I have changed the boot order, and it still doesn't work. Do you mean the BIOS boot order? Try also hitting esc, that is how some computers allow you to choose the boot device. Make sure that the XP CD is not corrupted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamL Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 Yeah I meant the BIOS boot order. I've tried hitting esc also but I didn't get anywhere. I'll keep trying though. Thanks EDIT: Ha, I think I got it working! What I did was went into Repair Recovery for Vista. Loaded the command prompt and it allowed me to go to the I386 folder on the disk and load WINNT32.EXE. EDIT Nevermind. After it restarted and continues with the XP setup process it comes up with an error and I have to restart. It just keeps happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxfan66 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 You'd be better off copying the data to CD/DVD or USB drive, wiping, and starting again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 ESC, F1, F2, F11 etc is the key. Keep trying till you get a boot menu. Even try F8. You CAN get the cd to book, then go into the XP setup, when it shows the Partitions/hard drives DELETE the main one, recreate it and that will whipe Vista completely off. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boinkytwo Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 dude, format vista first then install xp. start from a clean partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxsci(macuser) Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 if worst comes to worst and you cant get it installed using the installer.... open command prompt and write "format c" without the quotes and it will format your drive and its all downhill from there (backup your data first just in case ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Why nobody suggests using a partitioning tool? For instance GParted is very nice, free and legal: http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=04166 It has plenty of features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProMacUser Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Damn. Use Partition Magic. It's a great app to help you doing this """". Also, try calling the support center of the manufacturer, they will help you. Otherwise, don't format your Vista partition before reading the waranty paper. Just for being sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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