Had no problems doing it.
Should have had a backup.


Ray wrote:
> I got a new HP Pavilion dv6000us laptop for Christmas with a free upgrade to
> Vista premium.
>
> The other day the upgrade disc came, and it seemed easy enough to install.
> As urged, I made one of those "All-in-One" recovery disc sets -- just in
> case.
>
> I was no more than three or four steps into the install before things
> started to go haywire. I finally got Vista installed, but all my files were
> lost. And in addition, it allowed me no more than 1040 by 768 screen
> resolution.
>
> So I used the recovery discs to go back to XP. I could only get a clean new
> reinstall -- all my files were lost.
>
> Just a cautionary note. If you want Vista, buy a machine with it already
> installed.
>
>
>