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Upgrade to XP?
Hi,
I am currently running Windows ME (don't laugh) and have been having a lot of problems with system crashes, especially when I exit a poker site. If I upgrade to XP, will I have to reinstall everything that I currently have on the system? What is the best way to accomplish this? Is XP worth the price of the upgrade? Thanks in advance. -Jay |
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Re: Upgrade to XP?
haha! (sorry!)
I wouldn't upgrade, I'd clean install. reinstall everything? yes. best way? buy a geek dinner. worth it? oh god yes assuming your computer can handle it. I ran it on a P3-500 w/360MB of memory just fine. |
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Re: Upgrade to XP?
I agree with Smoore, definitely worth it.
Do you by chance have an external harddrive? if you have another computer in the house hooked up to a network, i would transfer everything to that computer temp. and transfer back when you finish installing XP. also, i bought the PEM version of XP, essentially the same thing as retail except they dont have all the manuals, etc... still brand new and cheaper. |
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Re: Upgrade to XP?
Good idea about the external hard drive. Everyone should own one of these. I use mine for hauling large amounts of files around to friends houses for sharing. I have never used it to back up someone's important files, but it'd work great for that. I see an 80GB on newegg right now for $50 after MIR.
edit: typo in the above post... PEM = OEM. DO NOT BUY IT FROM EBAY if you don't know what you're doing. |
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Re: Upgrade to XP?
oops, thanks for the correction. yeap, OEM.
I purchased mine from Newegg a couple years ago for $140. sweet price at that time. |
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