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October 28th, 2007 10:00

Should I upgrade...

I got the Express Upgrade in March, and I tried upgrading to Vista, but the Bluescreen Of Death came up on last bootup, and I had previously asked here and they said, that it got stuck on a file and recommended a clean install, but I never did it. I instead just backed up and recovered using ALT-F10, in hopes the upgrade would work, but I didn't have time to try it, and now I want to upgrade but I don't know if I should, or if I should just do a Clean Install. Thanks, Cywhy Dell Dimension E520 Intel Pentium 4 w/HT 3.00GHZ 1024mb of RAM Nvidia GEforce 7300LE Windows XP Media Center Edition Samsung 160GB Hard Drive in 2 partitions one for XP and the other for Dell restore I think that's it...
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    europa303

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    Posted October 28th, 2007 11:00

    There is no compelling reason to upgrade.  XP will be supported for the foreseeable future.  On the other hand, if you just want to upgrade, a clean install is the recommended way to go. My own opinion is to leave well enough alone if all is working well for you now.
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    Posted October 28th, 2007 16:00

    Hi Cywhy,
    You would be better off having 2GB of RAM to begin with.
    Check if your BIOS is up to date.
    There were issues with IMSM,chipset & BSOD. You could chek out on the Drivers & Down load for your system.
    Above mentioned were the problems on the computers sold in Jan to March 2007 computers. The transition period for XP MCE SP-2 to VISTA [with offers of option for vista upgrades]
    Though 1GB of RAM is oOKied by vista,the general concensus is that 2GB is what make vista worth the upgrade.
    You will be better off with XP MCE SP-2 for the present system of yours,I feel.
     
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