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upgrade os - hard drive too?

#1 User is offline   oliverf 

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Posted 31 March 2003 - 06:16 PM

Hi all,
Thanks for your last responses. I have to upgrade from NT to XP. I''m wondering if you think it is a better idea to simply get a new hardrive and do a new install of XP prof. , rather than upgrade. Will this be less problematic? And what about the BIOS on my Dell Optiplex - does that need upgrading too? I'm not too worried about all my apps and data.
Thanks in advance.
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#2 User is offline   Mr.Guvernment 

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Posted 31 March 2003 - 10:46 PM

it is ALWAYS less problematic to do a fresh install instead of upgrading which will essentially leave you with 2 O/S on your system.


But, and upgrade maybe needed if you do not have all of your software on cd for installation.

if you could, and are not sure - grab a second HD - put XP on it and see if all your hardware software works, if so, make the permanent switch over!
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