I am replacing about 80% of my hardware including the HD so a new install of XP is obviously in order. The machine I am coming from is a Dell and the disk I have for XP is a Dell labeled disk (not Microsoft's stock iridescent disk). The mini manual that was packed with the disk says that the OS may be customized by the manufacturer so the desktop and Start menu may look different than in the manual.
Any idea if this will be a problem given all the new hardware (HD, mobo, opticals) or should it be ok...is it basically just graphical with things like "Dell Support" quick link buttons added? Needless to say it would really suck to gut everything to find out the hard way that I also need ot get a new OS. As always, any guidance will be greatly appreciated.
Any idea if this will be a problem given all the new hardware (HD, mobo, opticals) or should it be ok...is it basically just graphical with things like "Dell Support" quick link buttons added? Needless to say it would really suck to gut everything to find out the hard way that I also need ot get a new OS. As always, any guidance will be greatly appreciated.