How to install XP on my dell studio 1555( with Vista as default OS)?

Question

hy can anyone tell me how should i install XP alongside vista on my dell studio 1555 laptop . is it like having 2 OS on my system and whn i start the laptop it should ask for the option which OS i want to start

currently my laptop has vista on drive c even i want to install XP on that how to do that and if i install xp alongside vista does i requre XP drivers for my laptop

Answer 1

If you install XP on the existing hard drive (reformat it then install XP) it will work, but the Dell Recovery Partition will be corrupted and you won't be able to use that if you ever want to go back to Vista, or restore the PC to the original factory condition for sale. Basically be 100% sure you want and need to "downgrade" to XP before you do it.



The programs that won't run in Vista, have you tried running them in a compatibility mode? ALL the programs I had running in XP except MusicMatchJukebox worked when I upgraded my XP machine to Vista. In fact some of the old games were originally written back in the Win98 and Win ME days and they worked OK using the compatibility mode. Also, have you checked the program's vendors to see if they have program updates that allow them to run in Vista?

Answer 2

Yes it's possible but it really is a downgrade to XP. You will encounter several problems if you try, that sound thing has already been mentioned, as well as drivers which could cause problems. I'd stick with Vista, it isn't bad, and a whole lot better than XP. People only complain because of very specific things, such as some very (very) high-end games may not work on Vista. But for photoshop, downloading, it's great. It will take a couple of weeks to get used to it, as it's a whole lot different from XP, but stick with it and you'll soon be unable to turn back to XP.

Answer 3

first of all u can't install XP in vista's Drive(like c drive) because vista have different file system n XP have other file system.



if u have inbuilt Vista OS in ur Laptop then ur entire hard disk is formated into vista file system.



so if u want install XP OS in other drive of ur Laptop then u want to formate that drive into XP file System formate.

Answer 4

Why do you want both of them?



Almost exactly the same.

Answer 5

Can't do it you need multiple hard drives