windows xp/ windows vista problem

[Bernie_ancelotti]

well i have a problem with one of my computers it had windows xp on it before and , my father decided he should put vista on it the problem is., when we put windows vista on it the pc we decided that we wanted to take it off so we went throught the steps and we tried to take it back off so we could install windows xp again (i know we shouldnt have in the first place ) but now the computer wont even boot up to the desktop so we can install the xp disk, now we tried and tried but we cannot figure out how or what we did . any help is good help ; feel free to give some suggestions

[Kitsune]

That shouldn't be an issue, because you don't need to go to the desktop to install XP. Enable booting from your CD drive, then follow the prompts after you turn on your computer.

[Bernie_ancelotti]

That shouldn't be an issue, because you don't need to go to the desktop to install XP. Enable booting from your CD drive, then follow the prompts after you turn on your computer.

but the problem is that i cant even get on to the desktop and when you put the cd in it dosent even do anything

[Kitsune]

When you start up you're computer, usually it says somewhere on the corner of your screen for you to press a key (usually delete) to enter the setup menu. Press that key, then in the setup menu, you need to look around for something with regard to booting, then set it to boot from the CD drive first.

[Witchking]

http://www.hiren.info/pages/bios-boot-cdrom

[Bernie_ancelotti]

When you start up you're computer, usually it says somewhere on the corner of your screen for you to press a key (usually delete) to enter the setup menu. Press that key, then in the setup menu, you need to look around for something with regard to booting, then set it to boot from the CD drive first.

ok yeah yeah thats what we did but now some one thinks that we partintioned the hard drive do you know about any problems that might have?

[Kessu]

Partitions doesn't not make any difference installing Windows..
Just put the CD-drive to first boot device, put the cd in, install.. You don't need to goto windows to install.. Just press some button when it says "Press any button to boot from CD" and it will start installing

[Bernie_ancelotti]

Partitions doesn't not make any difference installing Windows..
Just put the CD-drive to first boot device, put the cd in, install.. You don't need to goto windows to install.. Just press some button when it says "Press any button to boot from CD" and it will start installing

yes i know that but what im saying is that you have to chose a "harddrive part" and theres 2 we dont know if we installed it on both parts im just confused
=P

[Kessu]

Install it to smaller one.. Usually there is one smaller and one bigger..
If you don't know if you've installed it on BOTH partitions, here's how you can check if you have.
Boot up, if it asks which Windows will start, then you have installed it on both partitions, if it does not ask it, then you have installed it right

[Austin]

So, you had Vista on it and then you removed it and installed XP?

Or you had vista on it and install XP next to it?

Installing XP when Vista is already installed will give problems in the boot version.

[Bernie_ancelotti]

So, you had Vista on it and then you removed it and installed XP?

Or you had vista on it and install XP next to it?

Installing XP when Vista is already installed will give problems in the boot version.

xp to vista then vista to xp =P weird