Perhaps you could answer one more question for me - If I need to replace some major hardware, I've been told the Dell cds that reformat + reinstall will not work b/c of the new h-ware.
Depends on what hardware you are talking about. If you replace the motherboard, then no the Dell cd will not work, but if you are talking about CD drives, Hard Drives, then yes the CD will work.
As long as you do not change the Mobo, you insert the Dell XP cd into the drive and reboot the computer, hit F12 at the Dell logo screen and choose CDrom as the boot device.
You can use the Dell XP Cd to install on any PC, but it will ask for a valid and legal XP Key if it is not a Dell..
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Posted January 7th, 2007 18:00