Installing Xp on a system with Windows vista

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anthony827

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#12060 26-Feb-2007 11:13

I just got a xps 410 from dell with vista , problem is i am having alot of program issues using vista. I have a windows xp sp1 cd . I set my pc to load from cd i hit enter on reboot , it starts loading drivers then at the end it says starting windows xp then i get a blue screen of death , i tried the disc on a older system and it starts the xp install , do i need a newer windows xp disc? right now i have windows xp home edition sp1

nathan

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#61953 26-Feb-2007 11:25

make sure you have the latest BIOS installed

anthony827

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#61954 26-Feb-2007 11:30

updated the bios, tried again still same blue screen after it says starting windows, i tried windows vista oem and it installs but i hate vista lol

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#61993 26-Feb-2007 13:48

burn a copy of the disc, and try again - the drive might be having issues with minor scratches on the media...

kwaan

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#62016 26-Feb-2007 18:13

tonyhughes: burn a copy of the disc, and try again - the drive might be having issues with minor scratches on the media...

yep that is true.....funnily sometimes when i am recovering pc for some customers the original disc dosent seems to work and the copied disc works fine.....