Windows Xp from Vista

Hi, I bought a new laptop from Dell today, one problem though, it came with Windows Vista, I want Windows Xp.

How do I uninstall windows so I can put Xp onto it?

Thanks

go find a copy of windows xp and put it in the CD drive.

I dont know much about laptops, but im pretty sure that you can set the boot device priority to the CD drive.

do that, and put the windows xp disk in the drive

windows can moan about installing over newer versions of windows
Kujectez

You don't actually install "over" Vista. That would be a horrible thing to do and most likely would not work.

You blow away the partiton that Vista is installed on, reformat, and then install on the new blank partition. You don't install "over" anything.

So is there anything "wrong" about what I'm going to do? And is this going to cause problems with the laptop?AzA17

what? why would you do that, i would love to get my hands on Vista! andrewkozis

[QUOTE="AzA17"]So is there anything "wrong" about what I'm going to do? And is this going to cause problems with the laptop?TheLiberal

[QUOTE="andrewkozis"]what? why would you do that, i would love to get my hands on Vista! keymaster7

I don't like it to be honest, I've had Windows 95/98/ME/XP. This Vista just seems different and takes a lot of getting used to, I want to stay in my home territory of things I know about.

Plus, I've heard the framerate on Vista is more than a half slower than on XP meaning gaming isn't going to be as good.

[QUOTE="keymaster7"][QUOTE="andrewkozis"]what? why would you do that, i would love to get my hands on Vista! TheLiberal

[QUOTE="TheLiberal"]
Here's why: having vista now is tantamount to paying to be a beta tester. Also, there are many compatibility issues with the 64 bit version, which is really the only one worth getting, since there's really no benefit to the 32 bit. The only thing you get now is a "pretty" interface. Might as well wait until they get at least a few of the security flaws fixed, too.
Gimli64