Q: My Toshiba Satellite A205-S7458 came preinstalled with Windows Vista Home Premium x64. I have an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.5Ghz 2GB RAM 250GB 5,400 RPM HDD. I was wondering if I put Windows XP PRO SP3 32bit on my system, will it go/be more faster? By fast I mean a big steroid injection coupled with Red Bull? If so could you please explain why this is. I already have the drivers that I need for everything on both OS's. I also have a Vista recovery disc so in the future I can go back when Vista becomes more stable and resource friendly. Thank you.
A: WITH THE PRE-INSTALLED VISTA,YOU SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 1GB OF PRE-INSTALLED RAM THAT CAME WITH THE PC WHICH IS PLENTY OF RAM TO RUN XP PRO SP-3.MY HP CAME WITH VISTA BASIC WITH 1GB OF RAM PRE-INSTALLED.I QUICKLY UPGRADED TO 2GB OF RAM.VISTA RAN BETTER AFTER THE UPGRADE WHICH RAN GOOD BEFORE WITH THE 1 GIG THAT CAME WITH IT.I NEVER HAD ISSUES WITH VISTA ON THAT PC AT ALL.IVE SINCE INSTALLED XP PRO SP-3 ON THIS SAME COMPUTER AND MAN...IT FLYS!.SO GO FOR IT.YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERENCE.JUST REMEMBER TO CREATE YOUR SET OF VISTA RECOVERY DISKS FROM THE RECOVERY PARTITION BEFORE YOU INSTALL XP JUST IN CASE THINGS DONT WORK OUT QUITE RIGHT.ONCE YOU HAVE CREATED YOUR RECOVERY DISKS,INSTALL XP PRO.FROM THE XP INSTALL DISK,DELETE"ALL"PARTITIONS TO GET A "RAW"OR "NEW"EMPTY HARD DISK WITH NO PARTITIONS.THE SIZE OF THE HARDDRIVE SHOULD BE VERY CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL SIZE OF YOUR HARDDISK INSTALLED MAYBE A COUPLE OF GIGS LESS.THAT WILL BE FINE.INSTALL XP ON THAT EMPTY RAW PARTITION.YOU WILL NEED TO GET ON THE WEB AND PROBABLY DOWNLOAD DRIVERS LIKE FOR THE SOUND CARD AND GRAPHICS ADAPTER ETC AFTER THE NEW INSTALL.IF YOU ARE USING DSL ETHERNET OR WIRELESS,YOU WILL NEED TO RE-INSTALL THE SOFTWARE FOR THE WIRELESS ADAPTER.YOU MAY NOT NEED TO INSTALL ANY FOR THE WIRED ETHERNET ADAPTER.YOU WILL PROBABLY BE FINE THERE.JUST OPEN UP THE DEVICE MANAGER AND LOOK FOR THE YELLOW"?"MARKS.THERE YOU WILL FIND WHAT DRIVERS AND CONTROLLERS YOU WILL NEED TO INSTALL.ALL CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB THRU THE WEB SEARCH OPTION IN THE PROPERTIES FOR THE HARDWARE YOU ARE UPDATING.THEY ARE ALL FREE SO DONT GET CONNED BY SOME MONEYMAKER OUT THERE AT A DRIVER CLUB WEBSITE OR THE LIKE.IVE NSTALLED XP OVER VISTA ON THE SAME PC MANY TIMES AND HAVE PUT VISTA BACK OVER XP ON THE SAME MACHINE VISA VERSA SO I SPEAK TRUTH MY FRIEND.GOOD LUCK.