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I have a eMachine ET 1641-02w and it was already loaded w/Vista when I received it.?

The computer was doing a system restore and there was an interference with the electrical supply. Now it turns on and that is about it. It will not do any type of command that it should do to do a recovery from hard disk. Vista program will not even come on. THERE IS NO RECOVERY DISK. How can I get the vista off and get XP Pro on the hard drive instead.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    If you have the xp install cd, you should be able to just do a regular install of it.

    In the process, the install will format (wipe) the hard drive for you. But you will have to select which partition (section) of the hard drive to install it in. Most likely there is only 1 partition, so it won't be a problem. But if there is more than 1, just choose the largest one.

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