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Please Note that if you choose to Install Windows yourself, you will be responsible for the installation of the system and any Drivers that may be needed. We offer an Installation Service at £20+Vat at the time of Purchase.

We try to help with a Drivers disk but due to the number of different systems that we refurbish, we cannot supply every driver for every PC and Laptop. If you are missing a Driver please go to the Manufacturers Website and their Drivers Support pages.

Free download of our Installation Guide for Windows in pdf format. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. This Guide is also you will find on our Drivers Disk.

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Pre-installation check-list
Before you begin the installation process, use this check-list to make sure that you are prepared:

• You have the Windows XP CD.
• You have the product key available. The product key is located on your PC or Laptop case and is required to install and activate Windows XP.
• Your computer hardware is set up. At a minimum, you should connect your keyboard, mouse, monitor, and CD drive. If available, you should connect your computer to a wired network.
• You have Windows XP drivers available (Disk 2, contains most drivers you will need but due to size we cannot guarantee that all hardware will be covered). Drivers are software that Windows XP uses to communicate with your computer’s hardware. Most new computers include a CD containing drivers. If you do not have drivers available, Windows XP may already include drivers for your hardware. If not, you should be able to download them from your hardware manufacturer’s Web site after you set up Windows XP.
• If you are reinstalling Windows XP on an existing computer, you need a backup copy of your files and settings.
• The installation process will delete all of your files. You can use the File and Settings Transfer Wizard to store your files and settings on removable media and then restore them after installation is complete.

We specialise in the Sale of Refurbished Hardware and will support this equipment, we are not able to provide Software Support. We will help by sending you to the Manufacturers Sites where ever possible.

YooTube Video to assist. Note: not produced by us.

I have a Vista Licence but I want XP on my PC or Laptop, can I DOWNGRADE?

Microsoft Corp.'s decision to delay the end of Windows XP sales means users have just that much longer to jilt Vista and return to the older -- and some say more mature -- operating system. But even with XP's reprieve, some PCs still come with Vista. Even if you wanted to take advantage of the wider window of XP opportunity, you might not know where to start.

[Note: Corporations that acquire Microsoft operating system software through volume license agreements such as Select License, or who have signed up for Software Assurance, can downgrade any Windows software at any time.]

For the rest of us, just what does it take to turn back the clock? Read on for more about the trip to Windows yesteryear.

What is a downgrade? To Microsoft, "downgrade" describes the licensing rights it grants to older operating systems. Downgrade doesn't mean the process for rolling back Windows from Vista to XP, since there isn't such a procedure, not in the generally accepted use of "upgrade." In an older-to-newer move, developers usually make it possible to retain all the digital detritus on the drive, from already-installed applications and Word documents to iTunes tracks and family photos, while updating the system files. Not so in a downgrade.

Specifically, these downgrade rights lets owners of some versions of Vista replace it with Windows XP without having to pay for another license. In effect, the license for Vista is transferred to XP. Think of it as a swap, Vista for XP, not as an extra license. By Microsoft's end-user licensing agreement (EULA), you can't have both the Vista and its downgraded XP installed at the same time on the same or different machines. You have to pick: It's one or the other.

To the vast bulk of users, though, "downgrade" is a synonym for reverting to an older version. In that case, it simply means dumping Vista and returning to XP.

So, what downgrades does Microsoft allow? Owners of the OEM editions of Vista Business and Vista Ultimate can downgrade to Windows XP Professional, including Tablet PC Edition and x64 Edition. Only the OEM editions qualify for a downgrade, so if you purchased a new PC with either Business or Ultimate preinstalled, you're in like Flynn.

Those who aren't: All users of Vista Home Basic and Vista Home Premium, and anyone who upgraded to Vista using a retail edition of any of the operating system's SKUs. You are, as they say, SOL.

How do I downgrade? Install a copy of Windows XP Professional with the product key that came with the copy, and then when you hit the activation screen -- which is near the end of the installation process -- select the activate by phone option rather than the online method. You'll likely end up talking with a live rep; tell him that you're downgrading from Vista to XP, and give him the Vista product key. The rep is supposed to walk you through the rest.

 How to Downgrade - YooTube Video Part 1

How to Downgrade - YooTube Video Part 2