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22nd November 2012, 05:33 | #1 |
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Currently running Windows 764 bit, want to install windows xp again.
Is it as easy as just downloading an OS of XP and installing it or is it a lot more complex? I have Windows 7 but only have 2gb RAM so want to use xp again and get rid of W7. Cheers.
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22nd November 2012, 05:51 | #2 |
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I'm not even going to ask you why you want to do this considering the fact that Windows XP is more than a decade old and Microsoft is going to end all support for it on April 8, 2014.
RAM is dirt cheap and it is one of the easiest components that you can upgrade. Perhaps this article may be of use to you. Code:
http://webtrickz.com/how-to-install-windows-xp-over-windows-7-in-a-dual-boot/
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22nd November 2012, 05:54 | #3 |
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My motherboard can only take 2gb so its ideal for me to just have xp instead of W7 taking 1gb of my ram.
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okay, fair enough.
If I were you, I would still try to speed up Windows 7 by disabling 1) Search indexing 2) Aero Theme 3) Visual Effects 4) Sidebar 5) Aero Peek 6) Aero Snap just to name a few. Windows 7 has a feature called Readyboost where you can use a USB flash drive or a SDHC memory card to provide a performance boost. You could try that too. Good luck.
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But to answer your question ... It depends on just how much of your environment you're hoping to save. For starters, 64-bit Windows is going to create an entire partition on your disk (usually just 100MB or so system area) that's entirely unnecessary in an XP setup. Depending upon the size of your disk, you may want that back. On top of that, I certainly would not recommend re-installing XP on top of the same partition where your Windows 7 currently resides. I've never actually tried that, but can think of a number of potential problems (like all of the Windows 7 protected mount points that emulate the actual system areas where 32-bit XP actually stores system files, for one). It's generally not a good idea to upgrade different versions of Windows on top of each other anyway. If you go from an older version to a newer version, it's supposed to work, but a clean install is always preferable if you can manage it. This doesn't mean that you have to lose everything you have. You can certainly backup your data files (photos, documents, movies, saved games, etc.) to some external drive first. But I would highly recommend wiping the disk clean and starting your XP installation from scratch at all costs. Another idea would be to install a 2nd hard drive and load XP there ... but if you're going to spend any cash, the best thing would be to upgrade your motherboard so that you can install more RAM and keep Windows 7. If you're careful about the embedded hard drive controllers (they should be as close to identical as possible) then it is very possible to upgrade the motherboard while leaving the OS installation intact. |
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yeah use 32bit version of W7 it needs only 1GB RAM and is as good as the 64bit version as most of the SW is not 64bit anyway
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yes it is that easy and yes 2gb of ram is plenty to run win xp. because xp is and older os when you install it will need to delete the win 7 os during the install of xp, so i would recommend saving all your files etc before installing xp. also i would download the xp drivers for your computer e.g networking, graphics etc before installing xp because xp does not have as many drivers built in it as win 7, this will make the install of xp easier and quicker... |
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24th November 2012, 10:53 | #9 |
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Best of luck with the SaTa Drivers, thats a pain right at the start unless you use nLite and slipstream, no SaTa drivers no worky at all.
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29th November 2012, 04:09 | #10 |
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Be sure you delete the partition information, create a new partition and format. If XP won't allow you to do it, use the drive manufacturers disk tools. Aside from that, there is no difference to installing any OS.
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