surfshack66
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aright so ive searched and have read alot on this issue but mine seems to be a little different. i have upgraded my desktop computer to vista, with xp originally on it, and have experienced rather slow performance. personally i like vista but this computer cannot handle the operating system and id rather leave it with xp because it is a bit more reliable, considering i am leaving it for my family and will not be able to tend to it regularly next year if something were to go wrong.
anyway i have partitioned my hard drive as i planned on dual booting xp and vista. my problem arises when i try to boot from my xp disc, i have gone into the bios to change the boot order, however it doesnt seem to boot from the disc, rather says error not able to boot or something like that,
i would prefer a way to completely wipe the computer and do a clean install from the xp disc but have not found a way to do so. or if i can find a solution to install xp with vista still on and then format the drive with vista within xp
any help would be much appreciated
anyway i have partitioned my hard drive as i planned on dual booting xp and vista. my problem arises when i try to boot from my xp disc, i have gone into the bios to change the boot order, however it doesnt seem to boot from the disc, rather says error not able to boot or something like that,
i would prefer a way to completely wipe the computer and do a clean install from the xp disc but have not found a way to do so. or if i can find a solution to install xp with vista still on and then format the drive with vista within xp
any help would be much appreciated