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complete reinstall of os
Name: pabone00 Date: October 29, 2004 at 17:01:43 Pacific OS: windows xp home CPU/Ram: p4 1.5 / 768mb
Comment:
i have a compaq 5320us that came with xp home preloaded. i bought a new hard drive and imaged the old one everything is fine but now i would like to put in xp pro.my question is , can i wipe BOTH hard drives and install the actual xp pro disc or will there be problems because it was a preloaded pc.ive heard things about preloaded os and motherboards "rely" on each other. thanks
Name: Titan Date: October 29, 2004 at 17:14:20 Pacific
Reply:
I'm sure it should be fine. I had a computer that had windows 98 preloaded and i had to replace the old drive and the new drive with windows xp installed from a disc, worked fine.
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Response Number 2
Name: pabone00 Date: October 29, 2004 at 17:18:41 Pacific
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