how to downgrade ez

7/31/2019 How to Downgrade EZ

1/8

Install Windows XP on Your Pre-Installed Windows Vista Computer

ThequestionIam askedm ostoftenisHow doIinstalladual-bootw ithW indow sXPonm ynew W indow sVistacom puter?Theansw eristhatitsnotthatdifficult,itsjustverytim econsum ing,andyouneedtoow nacopyofW indow sXP.

Notethatyoushouldnotattem ptthisifyouarentreadytotroubleshootanyproblem sthatm ightoccur.

Thefirstissuew eencounteristhatcom putersw ithpre-installedoperatingsystem stakeupthe

entiredrive.LuckilyM icrosoftincludedtheShrinkvolum efeatureinVista,sow ecaneasilyshrinktheVistapartitiondow ntom akeroom forXP.

OpentheCom puterM anagem entpanel,w hichyoucanfindunderAdm inistrativetoolsorbyright-clickingtheCom puteritem inthestartm enuandchoosingM anage.FindtheDiskM anagem entitem inthelistandselectthat.

Now w ellshrinkourvolum edow nbyright-clickingonthem ainharddriveandchoosingShrinkVolum e.

Page 1 of 8Install Windows XP on Your Pre-Installed Windows Vista Computer - the How-To Geek

2/1/2010http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/install-windows-xp-on-your-pre-installed-windo ...


2/8

Now youcanchoosethesizethatyouw anttoshrink,w hichreallym eansyouarechoosingthesizethatyouw antyourXPpartitiontobe.W hateveryoudo,dontjustusethedefault.Ichoseroughly10gbbyentering10000intotheam ount.

Thenextstepm ightbeconfusing,becausew eneedtochangethecd-rom drivethatsinvariablytakingupD:atthem om ent,becausew ew anttouseD:fortheW indow sXPpartition,butitsalreadytakenbythecd-rom drive.IfyouskipthisstepthanXPw illinstallontotheE:drive,w hichisnttheendofthew orld,butitsnotquiteastidy.

Right-clickonthecd-rom driveinthelistandchooseChangeDriveLetterandPathsfrom them enu.




3/8

Now w ellchangetheCDdrivetouseE:byselectingthatinthedrop-dow n.

Now w ecancreateanew partitionforXPtoliveonandm akesurethatthedriveletterissetthew ayw ew ant.Ifyoudonotcreateapartitionnow theXPinstallw illdosoautom atically,butitseasierandcleanertodoitthisw ay.

Right-clickontheUnallocatedfreespaceareaandthenselectNew Sim pleVolum efrom the

m enu.




4/8

Follow throughthew izardandselectw hateveroptionsyoudlike,m akingsuretouseD:asthedriveletter.

Now youw illneedtocloseoutofdiskm anagem entandrebootyourcom puter.Thisisbecausew ecantdothenextstepuntilw ereboot.(youcantry,butitw ontw ork)

Sow evecom ebackfrom rebooting openupCom puterfrom thestartm enuandthenright-clickontheD:driveandselectproperties.Giveyourpartitionam eaningfulnam elikeXP.Itw ouldbew isetonam etheC:drivetoVistaatthispointasw ell.

Now youllw anttopopyourXPcdintothedriveandbootoffit.Youm ayhavetoconfigureyourBIOStoenablebootingofftheCDdrive,orifyourcom putersayssom ethinglikeHitEscforbootm enuyoum ightw anttousethat.

Onceyoucom etothescreenw hereyoucanchoosethepartitiontoinstallon,thenchooseeithertheunpartitionedspaceorthenew partitionyoucreated.W hateveryoudo,donttryandinstallontoyourVistapartition!Seehow m uchcleaneritisnow thatw evelabeledeachpartitiondistinctly?




5/8


6/8

Atthispoint,theW indow sVistabootloaderisinstalledandyoullonlybeabletobootintoVista,

butw ellfixthat.Insteadofm anuallydoingthew ork,w elljustclicktheDiagnosticsm enuitem andthenchooseRunDiagnosticsfrom them enu.




7/8

Thisw illscanyourcom puterandthenautom aticallyfillintheXPversion..clickontheManageOSEntriestabandthenclickinthetextboxforRenam eOSEntry,andnam eitsom ethingusefullikeW indow sXPorTheW indow sThatW orks

ClicktheApplyUpdatesbuttonandthenrebootyourcom puteryoushouldseeyourshinynew bootm anagerw ithbothoperatingsystem sinthelist!




8/8

This article was originally written on 08/4/07

Tagged with: System Administration, Vista

Ifyougetanerrorsayingunabletofindntldrw hentryingtobootXP,youllneedtodothefollow ing:

Findthehiddenfilesntldrandntdetect.com intherootofyourVistadriveandcopythem totherootofyourXPdrive.

Ifyoucantfindthefilesthere,youcanfindthem inthe\i386\folderonyourXPinstallcd

Theresm oreinform ationonthisforum thread,thankstonrv1013

Thisisacriticalpieceofinform ation:W indow sXPw illbeinstalledontheD:drive,eveninW indow sXP soyoullneedtokeepthatinm indw hentw eakingyoursystem .

Youcanshareinform ationbetweenthedrives,butIw ouldntrecom m endm essingwiththeotheroperatingsystem spartitiontoom uch itm ightgetangryandbiteyou.Orscrew upyourfiles.W hatIdorecom m endisthatyoustorem ostofyourfilesonathirddrivesharedbetw eentheoperatingsystem s youcouldcallthatpartitionData.

Im goingtow riteanum beroffollow uparticlesdealingw ithalloftheissuesw ithdual-bootsystem s,sosubscribetothefeedforupdates.

Ifyouhaveissuesw ithyourdual-bootsystem ,Idrecom m endcreatinganew topicinourVistaforum ,andw elltryandhelpyou.

Ifyouhaveissuesw ithusingtheshrinkvolum efeature,checkthisarticleforsom etips.


how to downgrade ez

Documents