I have an Inspiron , Celeron , meg. Also would like to add additional meg to increase memory to Everything works fine on the machine. I would like to keep it that way. Is it required to upgrade the bios when upgrading OS? Current bios is A10 version. Would I experience any problems by this OS upgrade?
Thanks for any info. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies 3. Denny Denham 7 Thorium. In that case you will have to visit the manufacturers' sites to download XP-compatible drivers.
You can download the drivers for the network card and burn to cd in case xp does not load the drivers almost certainly will do You an download the sound card drivers once you have the new sstem up and network drivers installed. You can hover over Product Support at the top of this page, select downloads and navigate to your model to download drivers and BIOS if needed. I would disconnect the second drive for the installation.
Browse Community. Windows General. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by rickmktg Unsolved. I want to upgrade to XP from 98 SE. I have a disk from a freind that is asking me to upgrade or clean install. I know its better to clean install but I have 2 hard drives one gig and 0ne original 13 g. Will this work.
All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies What I would do is swap the drives and make the 80 gig your primary drive slave the old one to the new one , partition the ne drive with a 25 gig partition for the OS and programs and the rest for data.
If this doesn't work, visit the hardware maker's site and see if there is an updated XP-compatible driver. There, you will find further help about solving hardware and system device problems. Run Windows Update to make sure your system is up-to-date.
Starting October 25, , there will be many, many updates for Windows XP on this site, so you should visit Windows Update right away. You may need to reboot after certain updates, and some updates will require you to install them individually.
Keep installing and rebooting until you've got them all. Defrag your system drive. During an upgrade, your system drive is going to become heavily fragmented. To defragment this drive, open My Computer, right-click the drive typically C: and choose Properties. Navigate to the Tools tab and select Defragment Now. Customize the system further. At this point, you might want to configure the wallpaper, screensaver, and other features, especially if these features weren't carried over from your previous Windows version for some reason.
Windows XP configuration occurs in a number of places, but some hot-spots include: Display Properties - Right-click an empty area of the background and choose Properties. I would backup all of my data and wipe the Drive. Nothing quite like a fresh start. You won't be bringing along the garbage from the old install.
Follow the instructions on the screen to select and format a partition where you want to install Windows XP. At this stage you can select to delete the Primary Partition and recreate it. Then continue with the install. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete Windows XP Setup. However, neither has been available in stores for nearly 2 years.
You'll have to shop around for a used one, so there's no telling how much they'll soak you for it. Just be sure to get the COA Certificate of Authenticity along with any CD you buy, or you'll be out the money for something you won't be able to use.
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Please remember to be considerate of other members. All submitted content is subject to our Terms Of Use. Share Flag. All Answers. Collapse -. Here you go. What cd is needed to install?? How much does it cost? Well, since XP is no longer available commercially
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