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Re: Hard drive selection
« Reply #15 on: May 04, 2018, 01:00:58 PM »
If the XP CD is a Windows CD you can certainly use it...if it's branded such as HP/Dell etc you cannot...
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    Re: Hard drive selection
    « Reply #16 on: May 04, 2018, 02:04:35 PM »
    Quote from: patio on May 04, 2018, 01:00:58 PM
    If the XP CD is a Windows CD you can certainly use it...if it's branded such as HP/Dell etc you cannot...
    It is a Windows CD, just looked at it.
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    Re: Hard drive selection
    « Reply #17 on: May 04, 2018, 02:10:45 PM »
    Then you can do a wipe and clean install...

    But i wouldn't waste my time on the current HDD...
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      Re: Hard drive selection
      « Reply #18 on: May 04, 2018, 03:51:25 PM »
      Quote from: patio on May 04, 2018, 02:10:45 PM
      Then you can do a wipe and clean install...

      But i wouldn't waste my time on the current HDD...
      OK, why would I want to do a clean install with XP when I have a recovery disk with Windows 8 that I can put on a new HDD? Won't a recovery disk place the basics on a new HDD?
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      Re: Hard drive selection
      « Reply #19 on: May 04, 2018, 06:31:47 PM »
      Yes...you asked about XP...i answered.
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        Re: Hard drive selection
        « Reply #20 on: May 04, 2018, 08:56:15 PM »
        Quote from: patio on May 04, 2018, 06:31:47 PM
        Yes...you asked about XP...i answered.
        Oh, OK. I hadn't realized that with all of the responses, sorry.
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        Re: Hard drive selection
        « Reply #21 on: May 04, 2018, 09:22:53 PM »
        Quote from: zinger on May 04, 2018, 03:51:25 PM
        OK, why would I want to do a clean install with XP when I have a recovery disk with Windows 8 that I can put on a new HDD? Won't a recovery disk place the basics on a new HDD?

        Recovery discs are manufacturer and model specific; You would need a recovery disc for that specific model.

        Furthermore, at least in my own experience, the preinstalled environment that manufacturers provide is atrocious. They typically bundle a bunch of crapware and trial software that nobody needs. In cases where I've dealt with such a colnfigured system I've always opted to just clean install Windows, even if it was the same version, and I got a much smoother experience.
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          Re: Hard drive selection
          « Reply #22 on: May 04, 2018, 10:04:53 PM »
          I think I know what you mean but that's about my only option besides placing XP on a new HDD. As far as a model goes, what difference would it make using a clean HDD that matches the specs of the one that came out of it vs the one that was in it. Mind you now, I made the recovery disk myself. If it doesn't work right for some reason then I would try and get one from the manufacturer or install XP. Maybe I'm nor using the right wording. This disk I made that has a certain procedure to use backs up the basic essentials. I'm not saying it doesn't put some crap on there you don't need but that can be uninstalled and things that a person does need can be placed on it, Office for example.
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