Installing a new drive and XP

Question

I've decided that the original C drive should probably be replaced with an 80G HD I have since the XP upgrade from Dell really messed things up. My understanding is that once I put the new drive in and make the CD rom bootable with the XP disk in, the new C drive will be formatted and XP installed. Correct? I realize I will lose all data on that drive but plan to back it up with an external prior to installation.

funtoupgrade · Answer

Correct! If you are using the upgrade disk it will ask you for proof of a previous version and at that point you just stick in old CD, wait a little bit until the program moves to next screen, then put the upgrade CD back in and continue.

jseise · Answer

Thanks!  When I got the upgrade from Dell, they sent me the Upgrade disk and the one 'for use in a new computer' (or something like that).  Someone said I should use the second disk since some of the drivers may not be on the upgrade disk.  What do you think?

funtoupgrade · Answer

My personal opinion is that it makes no difference, but it will be one less step to use the non-upgrade version.

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Installing a new drive and XP

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