Z61p - I want to downgrade to WinXP from Vista Business

    I ordered Vista on an Z61p.  I want to downgrade.   Can someone tell me the steps... for getting the CDs to do this from Lenovo and then any gotcha's.  Where do I call,  what's the cost?  etc. My machine is out of warranty - h/w..  Thank you.

Hi
I went through this process and stopped having difficulties after setting the computer BIOS option for the hard drive to "compatible mode".  Apparently my XP installation CD was not supporting the SATA type hard drive and even gave me a Windows blue screen error until that setting was modified.
I wasted following the instructions found on the Net to add the XP SATA drivers onto a new copy of the XP installation CD.  Stopped mid-way when reading that changing that BIOS option was enough.
All the XP drivers you need are easily downloadable from the Lenovo web site.
Hope this helps.  Let me know if you have specific questions.  Good luck !
Jean-Francois

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