Downgrade to XP on new SZ61WN/C

[MrsGrey]

I'm new here as I just bought my first Viao which i love. But I hate Vista already. I have read that Sony have enabled Vista Business to be downgraded to XP. But I can't find anything here about it. Help anyone? A signpost to any official Sony help would be good, or any other advice.
Thanks. ps Office 2007 is even worse!

[Thalamus.]

Hi MrsGrey,

welcome to Club Vaio..

Does this LINK help..

[MrsGrey]

Yes! Thanks
I am hoping that the Microsoft downgrade is as simple.
I will report back for interest of others maybe...

[MrsGrey]

Well it seems that the whole thing is complex:
I DON't want dual-boot, i.e. I don't want to keep Vista.
I don't have any actual Vista DVD-- not supplied by Sony. I have to make my own recovery disk and that is all it is.
Can anyone tell me what I have to actually DO, to uninstall Vista Business and install XP Prof?
I know I am licensed to do this by Microsoft, and I know Sony can provide the drivers etc. (I have read you need to install those first...)
But what do I do? I don't know about partitioning, or imaging, or virtual HDs.
Thanks!

[Thalamus.]

You're welcome, good luck..