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I NEED HELP!

Started by Floyd_Dizzle , Jul 02 2006 11:05 AM

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Floyd_Dizzle

Posted 02 July 2006 - 11:05 AM

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My copy of vista worked perfect for the first two weeks but then my programs wouldn't install anymore such as jre and adobe among others so now i want my xp back but... I made two huge mistakes though... I didn't create a separate partition for vista and i do not have an xp disk... Can somebody help me please...

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gerryf

Posted 02 July 2006 - 11:43 AM

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i am sorry to inform you that a "successful" upgrade cannot be uninstall.

During an upgrade, a c:\windows.old folder is created, but this only works if the upgrade fails...once windows vista successfully loads, there is no mechanism for getting back to XP.

The upgrade option wasn't even there for most beta builds and only recently was added, but it is rife with errors.

I am sorry, but there is nothing we can do--if you want XP back, you will need to buy a disk and reinstall