upgrade os - hard drive too?
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.
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.
Oliver
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.
Oliver
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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!
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!
