- Place the Windows XP disc in the optical drive.
- Turn off the computer.
- Wait 10 seconds after computer is off then turn the computer on.
- When you see the prompt below press the spacebar on the keyboard:
- After pressing the spacebar, wait as the program loads files.
- Once the setup files have completed loading, press the Enter key to setup up Windows XP as prompted.
- When Prompted, Press the F8 key to accept the licensing agreement.
- This will take you to the following screen. There may be more than one partition listed on your screen:
- With the largest partition highlighted, press the D key on the keyboard to delete the partition.
- Press Enter as prompted, then press L as prompted to finalize the deletion of the partition.
- This should take you back to the previous screen, where what was a partition is now “Unpartitioned space” as shown below:
- Press Enter with the unpartitioned space highlighted.
- On the next page, select “Format the partition using the NTFS file system” without the “Quick”.
- The drive will then format, then copy Windows files.
- Once setup is complete, the computer will reboot. It will then complete the installation by asking personalization questions such as time, date, and user account settings.
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Friday, January 14, 2011
How to Downgrade from Windows 7 to Windows XP
This How-To Guide will walk you through the downgrade process from Windows 7 to Windows XP. Note that all files and programs on the computer will be lost.
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