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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / General Topics / May 2008I Want My XP Back!
A friend of mine asked me if he can upgrade from XP to Vista. I advised him to run the Vista upgrade advisor which he did and got an OK. He proceeded to upgrade. After a few days, I got a call from him. In a disgruntled voice he explained to me how the system slowed down, he ran into various problems, locking up, etc. and at the end of the conversation he made this plea - "I WANT MY XP BACK!" Can I run restore doing the following: 1) Use system restore or 2) Reinstall XP from his original CD What do I do? --benedictum - "the good word" Have him run the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard" from the XP setup CD. Save to some external place, format the system, and install XP and all apps, then restore the settings with the wizard.  SignatureWas this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm#RateAPostAsAnswer Mark L. Ferguson . > A friend of mine asked me if he can upgrade from XP to Vista. I advised > him to run the Vista upgrade advisor which he did and got an OK. He [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > --benedictum - "the good word" I Guess That You Did Not Read All Of My Warnings About Windows Vista (Even With Service Pack One), The OS Needs 2 Be Recalled, Just FYI. > A friend of mine asked me if he can upgrade from XP to Vista. I advised him > to run the Vista upgrade advisor which he did and got an OK. He proceeded to [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > --benedictum - "the good word" >I Guess That You Did Not Read All Of My Warnings About Windows Vista (Even > With Service Pack One), The OS Needs 2 Be Recalled, Just FYI. You must be on a different planet. First you think people are going to read your warnings? Wrong. Not on your life. Just FYI. Do you really think that someone would take you seriously when you capitalize the first letter of each word and put Just FYI after every sentence or paragraph? Just FYI Don't think so. Just FYI. By the way, if you were making hundreds of millions of dollars putting out Vista, would you recall it? NO WAY ON EARTH would you do that. Just FYI >> A friend of mine asked me if he can upgrade from XP to Vista. I advised >> him [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> >> --benedictum - "the good word" The Vista upgrade is one way only. You need to back up data files and documents then reformat and reinstall XP and all the programs and data files. Compared to that Vista may not be that bad. Vista is slower across the board, but you can get used to that. Lock-ups may be video driver related and these have improved but are not as mature as XP counterparts. There are a few older multimedia/video programs that just will not run on Vista. In my experience Vista motherboard drivers for older chipsets, like the AMD 939 socket, just suck and they are not going to be revised. The worst thing about Vista is that the user gains nothing in the switch from XP and Microsoft has no answer for that. > The Vista upgrade is one way only. > You need to back up data files and documents then reformat and reinstall > XP and all the programs and data files. > Compared to that Vista may not be that bad. > Vista is slower across the board, but you can get used to that. Not on my system running Vista Ultimate. It is just as fast and performs just as well as the three XP machines I have. In addition, my boot time averages 60-70 seconds and complete shutdown occurs in appx. 10 seconds. > Lock-ups may be video driver related and these have improved but are not > as mature as XP counterparts. Sorry. I've never had a lockup, video driver related or otherwise. Vista suffers from no more problems than XP did one year after its release. > There are a few older multimedia/video programs that just will not run on > Vista. Yes, and the same applies to some that would not run on XP. Old is old and new is new. The newer video programs work just fine on Vista. > In my experience Vista motherboard drivers for older chipsets, like the > AMD 939 socket, just suck and they are not going to be revised. Vista is designed to run on newer hardware, not the hardware of yesteryear. > The worst thing about Vista is that the user gains nothing in the switch > from XP and Microsoft has no answer for that. Aside from better security, better performance when configured properly, better use of memory and the ability to take advantage of advanced hardware. Vista is superior to XP in many ways and I wouldn't think of going back to XP. My opinion is based upon personal experience, as is yours. I haven't had the problems you've experienced and you shouldn't assume that others have experienced your problems. Many people have problems with Vista, which can be overcome. Many have not had problems. It seems, based upon the content of your post, that you are trying to run a new, advanced OS on old, outdated hardware. C.B. SignatureIt is the responsibility and duty of everyone to help the underprivileged and unfortunate among us. >> The Vista upgrade is one way only. >> You need to back up data files and documents then reformat and reinstall [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > C.B. I run it on new, speedy hardware with all the RAM it can support, 250GB SATA x2. I use properly configured DDR (4x1GB) and a 512MB PCIe video card. I still don't like it, and XP runs faster on the same hardware (dual boot). You may like the Escape but I prefer to drive an Acadia. Does that make either of us 'wrong'? > I run it on new, speedy hardware with all the RAM it can support, 250GB > SATA x2. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > You may like the Escape but I prefer to drive an Acadia. > Does that make either of us 'wrong'? He is touting the Microsoft line, you are not supposed to have a choice without double dipping. > Not on my system running Vista Ultimate. It is just as fast and > performs just as well as the three XP machines I have. In addition, my [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> There are a few older multimedia/video programs that just will not run on >> Vista. Who shut's down? Back in 2001 I was in the habbit of sleeping my Mac. Now I can finally do the same with my PCs, XP used to complain if I had too much open and tried to sleep/hibernate. As for those unable to get on with Vista, let them upgade at their own pace. The transition from OS9 to OSX too a while too. <snip> > "I WANT MY XP BACK!" > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > What do I do? If the Windows.old folder on your friends computer is still in place, you can attempt to roll back, before resorting to an XP reinstallation: How to restore a computer to a previous Windows installation after you install Windows Vista: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168 Charlie42 > What do I do? Stop giving advice that takes you out of your depth. SignatureChris Game "Never memorize something that you can look up." -- Albert Einstein > A friend of mine asked me if he can upgrade from XP to Vista. I advised him > to run the Vista upgrade advisor which he did and got an OK. He proceeded to [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > --benedictum - "the good word" If he upgraded to Vista from WinXP, and retained the Windows.Old folder: How to go back to Windows XP after you have upgraded a Windows XP-based computer to Windows Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933170/en-us How to restore a computer to a previous Windows installation after you install Windows Vista http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933168/en-us Otherwise: After backing up any data you wish to transfer to the new OS installation, simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.) HOW TO Install Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941 http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm SignatureBruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot I want my, I want my, I want my XP back! >A friend of mine asked me if he can upgrade from XP to Vista. I advised him >to run the Vista upgrade advisor which he did and got an OK. He proceeded [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > --benedictum - "the good word" |
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