Raffaz said:Im not sure to be honest, i doubt it would be free tho
It is a full working version of XP Pro SP2david76008 said:SO there is like an academic version? Whats that thou?
Correct, it costs around $100 here so would be approx $US75.00. Any major store should have it.Raffaz said:Its a student release, dont know where ya would get hold of it tho
Yeah, right, loldavid76008 said:What is the difference? Free?
Correct, you can not restore to XP from Vista, you will have to format and reinstall, that is the only way.Raffaz said:I think ya on about system restore, but that wont change ya OS back
Raffaz said:It would only make a new partition if he set it up that way. And if he had done it that way, it would have left XP intact, and created a dual boot system
hascet said:Ya but he didn't say anything about his system dual booting and when you install an operating system I'm farily certain that by default it creates a new partition, unless you specifiy otherwise.
DILLIGAF said:During Vista install you are given two choices: Normal and Custom.
The normal option will install over top of the previous OS using that partition.
The custom option allows you to select the partition/drive to which you wish to install giving a dual boot scenario.
As the OP has not once mentioned dual boot I would say it is safe to bet he went with the normal install option, thus rendering his prior XP install useless.
He has no option other than to format if he wishes to reinstall XP.