Changing operating systems
Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Rudy Kreubel
(24 messages posted)
This problem involves two machines. The first is a single processor, 2.8Ghz, which
runs XP. It's operating system has become defective and needs to be reinstalled.
The second machine, soon to be delivered, will be a dual processor, 2.8Ghz, which
will be preloaded with Vista, but nothing else. I don't want Vista and would like
to replace it with XP.
I believe that I will firstly need to get hold of boot discs. Where do I get them?
Must I contact the manufacturers of these machines or can I download something from
the Net to create them myself?
In the case of each machine, I will need to remove the old operating system first.
Does that require me to format the hard drives of both? If I do need to format, what
instructions do I key in to do that?
All of my important software is on my XP machine. I will try to load its files temporarily
onto the new machine if have to format the old machine. How would you go about loading
all of your files from one computer to another? Can you please give me a couple of
efficient methods of doing that?
Can you please also give me a checklist of all the things that I will need to ensure
before I begin the drastic process of a formatting procedure? I don't want to find
out after I'd formatted the drive that I had failed to account for some driver or
other program.
I hope you can help me with this. Thank you for your time.
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