windows 10 downgrade to XP

[shaun88]

I have a small netbook (Packard Bell ZE7) it came with windows 7, then I had windows 8.1 then windows 10, because its only an intel atom with 1GB ram its quite slow, I want to try and put windows XP on (via USB) but when I try from desktop the option to install XP is greyed out, I read online that you cant install XP when an operating system is already installed so I wiped the HDD clean and booted up to read my XP USB first, to install it, when I start the installation it keeps saying C drive is corrupt, but its not as it still lets me install windows 10 etc

all I want is XP on it! please advise

 

[USAFRet]

1. There is no 'downgrade' from 10 (or 8.1) to XP. You'd have to do a full reinstall.
2. Why XP? Win 7 is probably better at memory management for that. And XP is long past getting any new security updates.

 

[zsedan]

Forget xp.

 

[TigerTechnician]

I have a small netbook (Packard Bell ZE7) it came with windows 7, then I had windows 8.1 then windows 10, because its only an intel atom with 1GB ram its quite slow, I want to try and put windows XP on (via USB) but when I try from desktop the option to install XP is greyed out, I read online that you cant install XP when an operating system is already installed so I wiped the HDD clean and booted up to read my XP USB first, to install it, when I start the installation it keeps saying C drive is corrupt, but its not as it still lets me install windows 10 etc

all I want is XP on it! please advise

XP is what I'm using right now even though it is outdated it still has a lot of breathing room for the common user and in a lot of ways the interface is better than the newer ones.

Check out my walkthrough. It may or may not be possible on a laptop if you using a Haswell / Broadwell unless your BIOS has an option to select IDE compatibility under SATA. Hopefully yours has this option which will at least allow you to install XP via USB optical drive without an AHCI driver.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2176250/windows-modern-mobo.html#16593941