Going Back to XP

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I have Vista Ultimate on my HP Pavillion 9000. It was a 64 bit "clean"
install. I am getting a lot of my software (Dragon Naturally SPeaking, etc)
telling me they will not work on 64 bit systems. Can I roll back to the 32
bit version? If I do a clean install of the 32 bit version will I loose all
my files and data and currently installed programs?
 
J.Vista said:
I have Vista Ultimate on my HP Pavillion 9000. It was a 64 bit "clean"
install. I am getting a lot of my software (Dragon Naturally SPeaking, etc)
telling me they will not work on 64 bit systems. Can I roll back to the 32
bit version? If I do a clean install of the 32 bit version will I loose all
my files and data and currently installed programs?
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Yes, and Yes.
 
You would need to do a clean install, as there is no "down grading". You
would need to backup all your files and data, and then reinstall your
programs from scratch. You'd be starting all over again with a clean
install.
 
J.Vista said:
I have Vista Ultimate on my HP Pavillion 9000. It was a 64 bit "clean"
install. I am getting a lot of my software (Dragon Naturally SPeaking, etc)
telling me they will not work on 64 bit systems. Can I roll back to the 32
bit version?
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No, there's no "rollback" possible. And waht, precisely, do you wish
to rollback to? The post's subject line mentions WinXP, but the body of
the post implies that you wish to have the 32-bit version of Vista.

If I do a clean install of the 32 bit version will I loose all
my files and data and currently installed programs?
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The only way to go from a 64-bit OS to a 32-bit OS (and vice versa) is
to format and start with a clean hard drive, regardless if you go with
Vista or WinXP.


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