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I want XP back!
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:22 am
by a mammoth
OK I installed Vista on the same hd as my XP installation was, it put everything in windows.old folder that was windows before, but does anyone know how to get XP back without having to get a clean installtion?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:34 am
by dos mes
You have to reformat your harddrive I'm pretty sure.
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:21 pm
by a mammoth
Are you sure, I really don't want to loose my programs.
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:55 pm
by JK-47
a mammoth wrote:Are you sure, I really don't want to loose my programs.
Burn them on CD's then, or put them on your iPod if you have one.
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:11 pm
by a mammoth
Meh, it seems easyer just to keep Vista. I haven't really encountered any bugs yet, besides on time my keyboard was locked, thats it. I'll just keep vista until MS makes make get off, But I havea feeling that that will come at a very bad moment.
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:03 pm
by metkillerjoe
Nope.
If you know how you don't reformat. You would keep the file system you have in place and just reinstall windows.
I feel your pain; I just couldn't stand Vista anymore. Took me a whole day to reinstall Windows. None of my stuff was deleted though.
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:13 pm
by JK-47
Whats wrong with Vista? I don't have it, im just wondering why its so unbarable?
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:16 pm
by a mammoth
I'm fine with it, I'm just scared that the evaulation copy will expire then I'm stuck with no computer.
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 2:45 am
by Cosmos
Cant you copy the folder to another computer? And then uninstall and then copy again?
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:22 pm
by metkillerjoe
Cosmos wrote:Cant you copy the folder to another computer? And then uninstall and then copy again?
Doesn't have to be that complicated. As I said, I did fine just installing windows without formatting the drive.
And regarding multi's question: The reason Vista is terrible is because of three reasons:
1. It is still a work in progress OS.
2. It crashes as much as ME and 98 put together.
3. The blue screen of death has returned.
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:27 pm
by gh0570fchurch
metkillerjoe wrote:The blue screen of death has returned.
Uh-oh.
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:08 pm
by dos mes
Hmm, I've never had a problem with my Vista. Except for lack of compatibility with programs at this point. But, that should all clear up in good time.
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:29 pm
by metkillerjoe
gh0570fchurch wrote:metkillerjoe wrote:The blue screen of death has returned.
Uh-oh.
Yep. It is has that next gen feel where even if you have no experience with computers it explains in a neat little paragraph what was wrong.
Unlike the old blue screen where you can't find the problem easily.
Oh did I mention that it shuts your computer down automatically in 5 seconds after the screen appears? Very convienient...
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:59 pm
by a mammoth
I havn't had it crash on me yet... and I also got the blue screen of death in XP once or twice. So far its been pretty good to me, besides AIM failing to start fo a few sessions.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:39 pm
by angry man
a mammoth wrote:I havn't had it crash on me yet... and I also got the blue screen of death in XP once or twice. So far its been pretty good to me, besides AIM failing to start fo a few sessions.
What the hell did you do to get the BSOD to appear in XP?? lol mutsa really funked somethig up
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:20 pm
by Patrickssj6
Dont do crap if you dont know what you are doing.
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:16 pm
by a mammoth
Angry Man wrote:a mammoth wrote:I havn't had it crash on me yet... and I also got the blue screen of death in XP once or twice. So far its been pretty good to me, besides AIM failing to start fo a few sessions.
What the hell did you do to get the BSOD to appear in XP?? lol mutsa really funked somethig up
I was playing Jet Force Gemini on Project 64, and wanted to cheat to get no heat, so I had some hex values locked, well it turns out these were actually connected to my player I think. So when I died, I got the BSOD. It was kinda funny. But I restarted and everything was fine.
Patrickssj6 wrote:Dont do crap if you dont know what you are doing.
Thanks for the help!
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:26 pm
by Patrickssj6
If you would have taken my advice in the first place it would have been the biggest help you can get.
So in this case,glad to help
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:03 am
by Cosmos
I had it on my old NT operating system but I have never encountered it on XP.
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:55 pm
by a mammoth
You see guys, its not that I'm afraid of reinstalling windows or anything, as I have done it before, but its that I can't find my XP CD.
My dad took it when I stupidly bought a computer from dell so I wouldn't loose it, well now he denies that he took it and I can't find it.