Got a Toshiba Satellite L300, want to remove Vista and Install XP

I recently bought a toshiba satellite L100 laptop. It came preinstalled with windows vista which i dont want. How do i install XP on it.?
The lappy has a primary harddisk partition of 134gb and a secondary of 6.4GB.

Any help in this regard will be appreciated.

Hi rak_007 firstly congrats on the Purchase ,so u finally got the L300 ,good one mate and about taking out vista 64 bit and installing XP ,no mate i wouldn’t recommend you that ,let vista be there and I tried installing XP had many issues so left it with Vista 64 bit

and talking about resizing the partitions you can do it with the Recovery disk you got from Toshiba ,just boot from the disk i.e. by hitting C ( not sure ) and then reinstalling the OS ,while you are about to reinstall the OS you will get an option to resize the HDD ,go ahead and give 20GB as C drive ,let the OS install ,later go to disk management format the rest of the space ,I did have some difficulty doing it so I went ahead booted from a regular XP /Vista disk formatted the whole HDD then inserted the Recovery disk and gave the “C” drive size as 20GB and installed the OS and later I went to disk management and formatted the other Drive.


And when are u starting a GO

but i need to have XP/98 on this machine since i need to run tally 7.2 and it does not work on vista. Is it possible for me to run windows 98 along with vista?

No idea about Running 98 i did see your post about Tally 7.2 on Vista ,wait for replies in that post and take a decision,and btb in that post mention that u ave 64 Bit OS and error messages

arrey u can use vmware and run xp/98 on it.No formatting hassles and other issues.

hey can u tell me more about it ?
from where to install etc and any more details

Download VMware Server, free VMware, virtual server - VMware

google is your friend

vmware will in fact be a good option for you. Use it only for tally and vista for normal use

virtualbox.
try it.
good performance

i suppose it is a bit less than 600 MB of download right ?. Also can someone tell me how will i use it. I mean how will the other os be installed and where will it reside ?. I think my vista is home premium but i havent got any CD from toshiba. I called their customer care here in Canada and they said this model does not come with a CD/DVD, instead there is a hidden partition from where i can create a recovery disk.

i have downloaded vmware and installed it. It was a 575 MB download. But i am not able to use it. Infact i dont know how to use it. Can somebody help

EDIT: I think i downloaded the wrong setup. I should have downloaded the workstation. Sorry for bothering. I also found a tutorial on the same.

this should be helpful

Setting Up Windows XP on VMware Server - ExpressionFlow

STOP. You need to download Vmware Sever 2.0. Its the free version. The 575 Mb version is correct mate. You downloaded the correct setup. Pretty simple to configure and use. PM me for any help.

Vmware Workstation is Paid and doesnt really have that many extra features for normal use

1. The OS will be installed on a folder on your HDD that you select
2. There must be some utility installed in the program files to burn recovery discs from the partition given. Do that once and keep them safe

if we keep this virtualisation to the side for some time, plz tell me if it is possible for me to install xp over vista and have a dual boot at start up. As i said before i have another partition of 6 GB on which i can install XP. That would be more than enuf for me. Suggestion invited.

Google for it?

As far as I know, installing Xp over vista is a pain or impossible, please check. The way round is recommended usually

Look, since only for tally, just use vmware. Once setup, its very easy to use. I use it all the time.