# Downgrade from Vista -\> XP with out reformating

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**Created:** [December 27, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/downgrade-from-vista-xp-with-out-reformating/40855 "2007-12-27T11:11:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/downgrade-from-vista-xp-with-out-reformating/40855/4 "2007-12-27T11:28:14Z")

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you can shrink the vista partition and install XP onto a new partition.

here is a tutorial: [click](http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/install-windows-xp-on-your-pre-installed-windows-vista-computer/)

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