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    Installing XP, new HDD?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by brianluce, Apr 9, 2007.

  1. brianluce

    brianluce Notebook Consultant

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    I've had an impossible time trying to dump Vista and get XP going on my 1505. Suppose I were to buy an new hard drive, would that effectively give me a fresh slate with no issues with bloatware and Vista?
     
    brianluce, Apr 9, 2007
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    do you not know how to reformat it?
     
    wannabeapilot, Apr 9, 2007
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    I tried. couldn't get it to boot from CD. Vista seems to have a deathgrip on my poor laptop.
     
    brianluce, Apr 9, 2007
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    Yes. You'll just need to install the drivers and media direct if you want to keep it.

    Before that, did you try going into the Bios and changing the boot order: make optical drive first?
     
    thetick97, Apr 9, 2007
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    Buying a new hard drive is not needed. You should be able to format your current one and install XP on it.
    I do not have Vista so I don't know for sure how to format it. But I know people do it and it is of course possible.
     
    Thibault, Apr 9, 2007
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    All you have to do is reformat the harddrive then reinstall XP
     
    mtor, Apr 9, 2007
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