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From: David on 30 May 2010 00:41 This question has probably been asked before, but I can't figure out how to search for it. Apologies. If you can point me to a thread I will be happy to go there. I have an old Dell PC,( vintage 2003), with XP Home Edition. It has been updated regularly, so the XP version is current. But the machine is so burdened with junk software that it can barely crawl anymore. I need to wipe the disk and re-install XP. I have the original SP-1 reinstallation disk that was provided by Dell with the purchase. My question: What is the best way to bring the re-install up to the current release version? Thank you very much, in advance.
From: Ǝиçεl on 30 May 2010 02:31 http://www.altavista.com/web/results?itag=ody&q=Prepare+Your+Hardware+for+a+Windows+Reinstall&kgs=1&kls=0 "David" wrote: > This question has probably been asked before, but I can't figure out how to > search for it. Apologies. If you can point me to a thread I will be happy > to go there. > > I have an old Dell PC,( vintage 2003), with XP Home Edition. It has been > updated regularly, so the XP version is current. But the machine is so > burdened with junk software that it can barely crawl anymore. I need to > wipe the disk and re-install XP. > > I have the original SP-1 reinstallation disk that was provided by Dell with > the purchase. > > My question: What is the best way to bring the re-install up to the current > release version? > > Thank you very much, in advance. > . >
From: Bill in Co. on 30 May 2010 02:50 Short answer (JMO) is that after you wipe the disk and install SP1, install the SP3 update. That will bring you a good ways up to date, but if you want more updates, you can go to the MS website for more. David wrote: > This question has probably been asked before, but I can't figure out how > to > search for it. Apologies. If you can point me to a thread I will be > happy > to go there. > > I have an old Dell PC,( vintage 2003), with XP Home Edition. It has been > updated regularly, so the XP version is current. But the machine is so > burdened with junk software that it can barely crawl anymore. I need to > wipe the disk and re-install XP. > > I have the original SP-1 reinstallation disk that was provided by Dell > with > the purchase. > > My question: What is the best way to bring the re-install up to the > current > release version? > > Thank you very much, in advance.
From: HeyBub on 30 May 2010 08:42 David wrote: > This question has probably been asked before, but I can't figure out > how to search for it. Apologies. If you can point me to a thread I > will be happy to go there. > > I have an old Dell PC,( vintage 2003), with XP Home Edition. It has > been updated regularly, so the XP version is current. But the > machine is so burdened with junk software that it can barely crawl > anymore. I need to wipe the disk and re-install XP. No you don't.
From: Jose on 30 May 2010 09:09
On May 30, 12:41 am, David <inva...(a)socrates.edu> wrote: > This question has probably been asked before, but I can't figure out how to > search for it. Apologies. If you can point me to a thread I will be happy > to go there. > > I have an old Dell PC,( vintage 2003), with XP Home Edition. It has been > updated regularly, so the XP version is current. But the machine is so > burdened with junk software that it can barely crawl anymore. I need to > wipe the disk and re-install XP. > > I have the original SP-1 reinstallation disk that was provided by Dell with > the purchase. > > My question: What is the best way to bring the re-install up to the current > release version? > > Thank you very much, in advance. Why don't you just fix up what you have? Guesstimate the time it takes you to create a new XP slipstreamed CD (and hope it works) or use your SP1 CD (is it a Dell CD or a genuine Microsoft CD?), backup all your personal data, reformat your drive, reinstall XP and all your various chipset/motherboard drivers you acquired since you first got your system, get back on the Internet to update your Service Pack(s) and then download and install all the Critical Updates from MS, locate, reinstall and configure all your application software from scratch and then update all them and finally restore any personal data you backed up before you started. Then spend a day or two or three adjusting and tweaking to get things back to normal. Guesstimate about 1 hour to analyze and optimize current your system performance and configuration (depending on what is going on). Which is more appealing? I have never reinstalled XP on this old machine in 6+ years and it still runs great in spite of my continual abuse and burdening. |