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Installing XP on a Dell 1501 with Vista

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Hawque

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My Dell 1501 can loaded with Vista. In my opinion, Vista is a piece of junk. I have a new XP Pro package that I would like in install instead. Any suggestions?
 
Keep in mind that XP is a dead end whereas you can upgrade directly from Vista to Win 7. Just a thought.
 
On my desktop (Dell), I had to turn off the raid array in order to change the OS. Is there a similar problem on the laptop?
 
Hawque said:
On my desktop (Dell), I had to turn off the raid array in order to change the OS. Is there a similar problem on the laptop?
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Depends. I have seen a few Dell laptops that needed an sata driver on a floppy to install WinXP. However, you can just go into the bios and set ide mode instead of AHCI.

However, and I may be wrong, I seem to recall loading an XP onto that model without needing an sata driver.
 
have you used it with Vista? I have XP at work, Vista on my home desktop and W7 on my HTPC. Didn't use Vista when it came out but now I find XP painful to use. Right now I'd say:
W7>vista>XP
 
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