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I have Windows Vista RC2 installed on my new Gateway laptop and I'm trying to install Windows XP on it. However, when I insert the CD and open the setup it says that I cannot install an older version of Windows over Windows Vista. When I boot from the Windows XP install disc, it says that It cannot locate my hard drive. My hard drive is a Western Digital WD1200BEVS. I don't know what to do. Have any ideas?
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You have to Boot from the XP CD and you have to clean install XP to replace Vista using that method.
If it is a new Gateway I don't know what it is doing with Vista on it.
Vista has been unsupported since 2017.
Check at Gateway to see if they support and supply XP drivers for your exact Model Number.
Cheers.
