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June 18th, 2005 22:00
How do I get rid of Win XP??
We've had some BAD experiences with Win XP. It may be that Dell just sent us a lemon of a computer, but we've had nothing but trouble since we got this "new toy" for Christmas. Even *after* they replaced the hard drive.
We want out. We don't want to "fix" it. Please just tell me how in heck to get XP off the computer and start over with a *stable* system like Win2K. Don't tell me how good XP is or how bad 2K is. Just tell me how to get rid of XP.
I want to know the most efficient, effective way of reformatting a hard drive with the XP OS *factory installed* on it.
Everything is backed up and ready to go. I have the information I need to get the hardware drivers for 2K. All I need at this point are instructions for wiping the slate clean to start over with a different OS.
We want out. We don't want to "fix" it. Please just tell me how in heck to get XP off the computer and start over with a *stable* system like Win2K. Don't tell me how good XP is or how bad 2K is. Just tell me how to get rid of XP.
I want to know the most efficient, effective way of reformatting a hard drive with the XP OS *factory installed* on it.
Everything is backed up and ready to go. I have the information I need to get the hardware drivers for 2K. All I need at this point are instructions for wiping the slate clean to start over with a different OS.
I've tried booting to XP, then loading the 2K setup disc. No luck. 2K is an older OS and XP disables the setup files.
I've tried going into BIOS and setting it to boot from CD so I could bypass XP and set up 2K. No luck. At that point I'm told 2K Setup can't find my HD and the setup is aborted. I went back in to BIOS and forced it to recognize the HD, but when I changed back to booting from CD it still couldn't locate the HD.
If there's any way at all to just reformat the HD and wipe the slate completely clean, I think that's the way I'd like to go.
Can any of you please help me out here?
Can any of you please help me out here?
lil
