can anyone pls tell me how to load win xp on a hp pavillion system dat has vista as its default OS.

i guess the laptop has a SATA hard drive.

can any one pls advice

Yello,
Try the link below for step by step guide.

http://apcmag.com/5023/dual_booting_xp_with_vista

Thanks.

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@Poster
windows XP has an enemy on ur laptop its SATA hehe
yea tht's the bad boy tht makes winxp not recognize u have a hard disk.
so installing winxp will be piece of cake if u disable SATA, but then again, HP in their "wisdom" have removed the option to disable SATA from the bios in most of their recent bios upgrades. i pray u have the option to disable SATA in ur bios, if u don't u're pretty screwed.
but there's always a way around screw ups.
if u dont have the option to disable SATA u do one of two things. its either u slipstream ur winXP installation disc with the intel SATA drivers or u downgrade ur bios.
i prefer slipstreamin, it ain't too simple though but its a working option for me. nothing as bad as downgrading ur flash and ending up with a BSOD. i use nlite for slipstreaming. just google "slipstreaming windows XP CD" u should have good results to learn how to do it.