Need help on downgrading from Vista to XP

[Noverism]

Hi Guys!
I want to downgrade from Vista to XP but for some unknown reason i can't... I Tried multiple CD for setup, tried running setup with F6 and loading drivers but nothing seems to help... Everytime i get a BSOD and Vista and Windows 7 work perfectly fine...! Any help? i have an AMD Processor and Sata hard drive...!

[Solomon]

Hi there!
What options do you have in the BIOS for your Sata Drive? Most AMD Motherboards do not need Sata drivers and/or need bios update to detect sata hard drive...! What do you get there?

[Noverism]

Hi...!
Yeah i have upgraded my Bios already and my disk it detected in the BIOS as Third Master Drive... What do i do next?? Please help... Vista doesn't support many of the softwares i want to use and even i don't want to update it as it crashed my system previously and i had to install Vista all over again...! I can't afford to do that... I will wait for the Retail Version of Windows 7, but not Vista anymore...!

[jesse]

Hey...!
Just follow the instructions below:

• Do a full backup of your current, Vista system. If something happens, you can always revert to the backup.
• Boot your computer off the Windows XP disc. Just pop the CD into the CD-ROM and reboot. If, for some reason, your computer boots without looking for the CD drive, you need to go into your system BIOS and change the boot order so that it checks for the CD drive during the boot process.
• When the computer asks to press the space bar to boot from the CD, do so.
• When Windows XP Setup starts up, press “R” to enter the recovery.
• If it asks you to choose a Windows installation, press a number and hit Enter. The likely number will be 1.
• If you get asked for an Administrator password, enter when asked. If you do not know it, you will need to abort and go back into Windows Vista to get your password.
• At the command prompt, we’re going to use the “fixboot” command. We’ll use the following commands in sequence to prep for XP:
  

  fixboot
  fixmbr
  cd \
  ren windows winvista
  exit

• When done, reboot the machine again using your Windows XP CD. This time, you can proceed normally with a normal XP setup.

When setup is complete, what you’re going to have is a separate installation of Windows XP. You’re still going to need to re-install your applications and manually move all your data. You will see Vista’s documents on the hard drive. Just move them over to the location you want them to be.