First of all, go to your laptop's Manufecturer's website, and see if there
are XP drivers available for your model laptop.

If not, forget the XP install.

If there are, set your BIOS to boot from CD/DVD drive, insert XP disk, reboot.

After reboot, load XP files, delete existing Vista partition(including
Recovery Partition, if there is one!), formatt your Hard drive, install XP.

Everything you need is on the XP disk; you don't need 3rd party software.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"drumz" wrote:

> I'm planning on formatting the HD on my laptop to install XP on it - not
> happy with Vista. Someone said that Vista still leaves a footprint. Is this
> true? And if so, will a third party formatter wipe it clean?
> Thanks,