Hi,

How are you trying to install it? Certainly not from within Vista are you?
You will need to boot the system with the XP CD and either install to a
volume other than the one containing Vista or format the installation volume
before proceeding. Sometimes it's just as easy to remove the install volume
and recreate it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]

"JC" <JC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> after having vista for a while i realized i should re install xp untill i
> can
> buy the full version of vista but when i tried to install xp it said it
> didnt
> recognize my computer as a windows computer, i really could use some help[/color]