MSeng
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Re: Dell Inspiron w/ Vista - Install XP Pro
Use the Dell Support page to retrieve any drivers specific to your hardware that are available for Windows XP. Download and either burn them to a CD or put them on some sort of removable media before you get started.
FWIW, will Dell honor your warranty if you change the original OS? You may want to check into that first.
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Mele20
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| said by MSeng  :FWIW, will Dell honor your warranty if you change the original OS? You may want to check into that first. I think if the OP had bought Vista Business or Ultimate because that gives him OEM downgrade rights to XP Pro that Dell, in that case, would have to honor the warranty. But the wisest thing is just not tell Dell that you changed the OS. I had a Dell XPS tech (USA based and supposedly creme of the crop) tell me that because I bought a second hard drive that because I bought it here at Wal-Mart instead of from Dell (SAME drive exactly) that I had voided my warranty. That was BS. I also had a another XPS tech tell me that because mine came with RAID disabled that if I enabled it that would void my warranty. What a bunch of BS! Plus, supposedly because I enabled NCQ in the BIOS when it came disabled that also voided my warranty. Silly idiots. So, with Dell these days lying is the safest thing to do.
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