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From: Rudy on 19 Jan 2010 08:54 Hi All I have a computer running Win 2000Pro. I want to upgrade to XP Pro. I'm not sure weather to do a clean install or upgrade. My data is safe as it is on a second HDD so thats not a problem. Am I correct in assuming a clean install will format the C drive? Rudy
From: Grinder on 19 Jan 2010 12:29 On 1/19/2010 7:54 AM, Rudy wrote: > Hi All > > I have a computer running Win 2000Pro. I want to upgrade to XP Pro. I'm not > sure weather to do a clean install or upgrade. My data is safe as it is on a > second HDD so thats not a problem. Am I correct in assuming a clean install > will format the C drive? You can choose what to do with the partition during a "clean" install: 1) Format 2) Quick Format 3) Leave Files in Place As long as you have your files backed up, I would recommend option #1.
From: Stefan Patric on 19 Jan 2010 14:28 On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:54:31 -0500, Rudy wrote: > I have a computer running Win 2000Pro. I want to upgrade to XP Pro. I'm > not sure weather to do a clean install or upgrade. My data is safe as it > is on a second HDD so thats not a problem. Am I correct in assuming a > clean install will format the C drive? A clean install is my preference always with a full, not quick, format of the primary system drive. Of course, you're going to have to re-install all your apps, but that can be a good thing: You'll end up with a clean, pristine system. Also, before you install XP check the hardware minimums for your computer just to make sure. I always take what MS recommends and double the amount of RAM and CPU speed to get a "usable" system. Those "minimums" are just for installing and running the OS. Stef
From: philo on 19 Jan 2010 15:52 Stefan Patric wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:54:31 -0500, Rudy wrote: > >> I have a computer running Win 2000Pro. I want to upgrade to XP Pro. I'm >> not sure weather to do a clean install or upgrade. My data is safe as it >> is on a second HDD so thats not a problem. Am I correct in assuming a >> clean install will format the C drive? > > A clean install is my preference always with a full, not quick, format of > the primary system drive. Of course, you're going to have to re-install > all your apps, but that can be a good thing: You'll end up with a clean, > pristine system. > > Also, before you install XP check the hardware minimums for your computer > just to make sure. I always take what MS recommends and double the > amount of RAM and CPU speed to get a "usable" system. Those "minimums" > are just for installing and running the OS. > > > Stef I agree I am a refurbisher and come across this stuff all the time. A clean install is the best method to assure success. For XP the machine should really have 512megs of RAM or more and I'd say 256 would be the absolute bare minimum. (I'm also assuming the machine is at least a p-III or equiv)
From: Rudy on 19 Jan 2010 17:58
"Rudy" <rudykube(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:A_idnQenBIKpJ8jWnZ2dnUVZ_oSdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > Hi All > > I have a computer running Win 2000Pro. I want to upgrade to XP Pro. I'm > not sure weather to do a clean install or upgrade. My data is safe as it > is on a second HDD so thats not a problem. Am I correct in assuming a > clean install will format the C drive? > > Rudy > > >Sorry, I should not have been so general. The machine is an >athlonXP3200/400 with two megs of DDR400 ram. Asus Mobo and a QuadroFX >workstation card.I am going to go with the clean install as recomended. >Thanks Rudy |