6210 Win XP Pro install

Hi,

I ordered 6210 with Win XP Home because I already had Pro at home. Let's say I want to do a clean intall of Win XP once my 6210 arrives, will I have trouble finding some device drivers which are not supported by Win XP Pro? Please give me some pointers here as detailed as you can especially if you have done similar.

Thanks

 

No, Fujitsu has a CD with all the drivers on it. I recommend copying it to your hard drive should you need it in the future.

I wouldn't do a clean install though. Fujitsu doesn't include much garbage. I'd just do the upgrade to Pro if you actually need it.

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actually, there is one device that nobody seem to get the drivers for it. people say it's related to the card reader, but don't worry, your card reader will works just fine.

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I would never suggest an upgrade. You need to format and consider repartition. Once you have a "perfect install" with only the drivers and basic stuff installed ghost the image to one of the other partitions and then back up the image file. This way you can quickly restore the system in the future to start fresh again.

If you install and remove software frequently or pick up junk for the internet you'll find it is best to do a reinstall every 6-12 months. The ghost image will make this painless. Just remember to move you data files (or keep you your data files) to one of the other partitions before you restore the ghost image.

 

what would you recommend to "ghost the image"? how exactly does this work?

 

Before Windows XP,I would bascially against upgrade at all. Simply because, upgrading mean asking for trouble, like drivers and application incompatibility and the most serious issue is f**k-up registry, which cause the system to be inoperatable even in safe mode. it's more painfull, because, now you can't go to windows and backup stuff, and you will end up the same road which is to format and install windows from scratch. With WinXP, the upgrading path is easier, and people are more successful than any other previous windows. Still I don't recommend upgrading either, unless you have to. Especially on a new system, there is absolutely no reason to do upgrade install.
<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Packrat

 

ghost or ghosting is not exactly the tech term, it's more like a tech slang.
What he mean is to do a mirroring image(a backup copy) of your partition. for example you could have a copy of your entire C: drive on a single file, or a set of files. incase your operating system become inoperatable for any reason and cannot be fix w/ ease, you could use that single image file, and restore the whole C: drive to exactly the way it was to the time you have created that backup, w/ the fact that all files created after that date will be deleted. One of the most popular partition imaging software is called ghost. Symantec brought the software a while ago. it's basically one of the best. so will hear people refering mirroring a partition as "ghost it" or similar. but there are some alternative like PowerQuest Partition Image, which is very resputable also, but if you like to spend 0 money, then savepart is a way to go. savepart is a freeware, it come into two pieces, savepart and restpart. as you can guess, savepart stand for save partition, and restpart stand for restore partition. the good side is it's free and works on any type of partition, because it record as raw file. the downside is it offer you no warrant as any other freeware. and also the result filesize is bigger due to no compression algorithm is used.
Hopefully, with all this explanation, you will be confused more[ ]

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by soccerjoe5

 

ghost is a software product.
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/

their are lots of other utilities that do the same thing. I imagine some are free. They often are included with new hard drives to assist in the upgrade. Fujitsu has a image file on the D partition and a utility to retore it. I'm not sure if the included utility will allow you to create a image.

What I do with my hard drives is create a 10-15 gig C partition and make the E partition the same size. Whatever is left over is the D partition where I keep data such as movies and music files. THis way I can ghost the C partition to the E partition and have a perfect backup. It is good to do this before you make major changes like installing new software you are unsure of.