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Vista upgrade/XP pro sp3
Name: coolzilla Date: November 16, 2008 at 07:39:31 Pacific OS: xp pro sp3 CPU/Ram: 2.0/400fsb/1gig Product: IBM T42 2375pu
Comment:
HI I am wanting to upgrade my T42 to Vista Ultimate. Has anyone tried this want to know what to expect. Is it best to do a clean install or a upgrade on xp pro?I have a t42 with a 2.0/cpu 400mhz fsb and 1 gig of ram
Name: kx5m2g Date: November 16, 2008 at 09:37:39 Pacific
Reply:
I would definitely do a clean install of Vista Ultimate and not an upgrade of XP PRO. You will need to load drivers for the T42-I would make sure you can find those first. Also, you could try a dual boot using a program like Vista Boot Pro. You would have to partition your hard drive first, if it's not already partitioned.
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Response Number 2
Name: KevinS. Date: November 16, 2008 at 14:31:49 Pacific
Name: coolzilla Date: November 16, 2008 at 15:33:57 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks I ran the test and it said that my 40gig hard drive was to small and that my ATI 7500 would not work on some things. I don't mind changing the hard drive but the video card is not possible its a laptop! Well I guess I will just stay with my XP PRO Black looks like the best thing to do. Vista looks cool sounds cool but also looks like a lot of trouble.....
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