I am Tosk > wrote in
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> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On 4/02/2010 1:45 PM, pavane wrote:
>> > > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> > |
>> > | I see you're a bit of a computer/Windows guru...... just a quick
>> > | question if I may.
>> > |
>> > | We have a laptop with (Blech!!) Vista on it. Can I overwrite it
>> > | with XP and not lose any of the work/files etc that I have on
>> > | there already?
>> >
>> > Why of course you can, Petey. Do it on all of your drives. We
>> > will all be quite grateful.
>> >
>> > pavane
>> >
>> >
>> I don't think I'd believe this idiot pavane.
I'm with you. It's a bitter and twisted female stalker who's all bent
out of shape because I knocked back it's advances.
>> You can usually upgrade,
>> ie to Windows 7 without data loss but it is rare that you can
>> downgrade. In any case, the golden rule is to back up ALL your data
>> BEFORE any attempt, upgrade or downgrade. That way you have a
>> fallback. Anyway, a fresh install of Windows XP is the safest way to
>> go.
Yeah........... I'll grab another external HD and shove everything on
that and start from scratch.
>>
>> Krypsis
>
> He could just dual boot it into his Vista.
>
Not going to happen. Vista is a dog of a program, and it's going
completely.