first check for availability of XP drivers for your system. If the required drivers are available, create a partition for XP by using disk managment to shrink the Vista partition, then create a new one for XP.
Install XP on the newly created partition and use EasyBCD or similar program to edit the boot loader for dual booting.
Please note that in order to install XP on a SATA drive requires a driver on floppy disk from the motherboard makers. If you have a motherboard cd it may be on it, else you will need to get it from their website.
Another option would be to use a new hdd, an 80gig would be big enough and cheap. If you have a pata connector for your cd/dvd (80 pin) cable, it would be easier to get pata hdd and save the instalation problems, especially if you don't have a floppy drive.
Info on installing XP after Vista,
http://apcmag.com/5023/dual_booting_xp_with_vista
Hi,
Just bought a brand new powerful PC (Quad processor) only problem is Vista won't run half of the programs that I use. XSI, Zeroeditor, AutoCAD... the list goes on. Whether its runtime errors or terrible glitches in the programs, Vista is just not going to work for me.
I NEED to get back to Windows XP, only I don't have a clue what my first step should be.
Should I just go to my local Best Buy tech support and say, put XP back on this desktop? Or Can I do it myself?
Also, if there is only one thing, and only one thing I like about Vista is Aero Glass...
Can I have XP with Aero Glass? And if so how?
Please help, I literally have a great PC that can't run anything because of the OS. ![]()

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