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HP DV6648SE - Replace Vista with XP - Has anyone done it yet?

Discussion in 'Mobile Computing' started by islandboy, Oct 15, 2007.

  1. islandboy Newcomer, in training

    I recently purchased a HP DV6648SE laptop from Bestbuy.

    I was wondering if anyone has successfully removed Vista and installed XP Pro and have everything working fine.

    I tried but it is not recognizing the hard drive at the start of the XP installation process.

    If anyone knows a fix for that then I can continue on trying to get Windows XP Pro installed successfully.
    islandboy, Oct 15, 2007
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  2. Po`Girl Newcomer, in training Posts: 668

    Hi,

    A number of people have done that !

    Are you sure you want to remove Vista completely ?

    Think about cloning the Vista partition first - HERE (preliminary boot hack).

    or maybe dual booting could be an option - HERE (you may need a Vista DVD)

    If your determined to replace Vista,you`ll need an DOS boot disk and XP CD - HERE

    That`s assuming you don`t have a Vista DVD,of course
    Po`Girl, Oct 15, 2007
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