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If you have PATA (normal IDE) hard disk, simply go to BIOS CMOS to disable SATA or Native SATA mode if you don’t want to install Windows XP on SATA hard drive. If the system has SATA (Serial ATA) hard drive, locate the driver for SATA controller and put it in USB flash drive, diskette or CD first.(How-to Guide: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad recovery CD) If your OEM doesn’t provide you with recovery CD/DVD discs and Windows setup media discs (it’s because they’re stored in the hard disk in hidden location), you may want to burn a copy of recovery CD to CD/DVD first before you proceed, just in case the hidden partition is lost and you want to recover your computer to original state.Ensure that also you have CD or DVD setup media for the software applications that you want to install and use after wiping off your system from Vista.You can also create a second partition with disk management utilities such as Acronis Director or Partition Magic, and then move the data files to the new partition. Backup to USB flash disk, external portable hard disk or CD/DVD every data files and any other things such as documents, downloads, pictures, movies, programs and etc that you need and want to keep.

The Windows Vista serial number won’t works with XP.

You will also need a XP product key even if you legally can downgrade from Windows Vista Ultimate or Business edition.

You can also use Volume Licensing (VL) CD, retail (FPP) disc, or system builder hologram CD provided by Microsoft. Copy the drivers files to a USB flash driver or external hard drive or burn them to CD/DVD.

Download all drivers for your system for Windows XP from the manufacturer’s website.

Once completed, you can choose to boot up either Windows XP or Windows Vista, and has the best of both world. Simply boot up any Windows XP setup media and install Windows XP into different partition or hard drive than the Windows Vista installation. It’s by far the easier and best method to run Windows XP instead of Windows Vista if you have another partition or hard disk. But if you decide to downgrade from Windows Vista to install Windows XP, there is also a simple guideline that you can observe to ensure that the migration goes smoothly. There’re actually few options available instead of completely uninstall Windows Vista as listed below. Windows XP will treat Windows Vista as ‘superior’ operating system and refuse to install over it.

You can’t simply insert the Windows XP installation CD media into the CD-ROM drive and hope to ‘upgrade’ and replace the Windows Vista with Windows XP usual install routine because Vista won’t allow it to be overwritten.

There is no direct path to downgrade from Windows Vista to Windows XP. Windows Vista sucks? Or simply don’t like Windows Vista? If you’re thinking to downgrade your Windows Vista system to run on Windows XP, it’s not as easy as you think.