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Hi all. I have bought a HP 2133 netbook for the wife . She can not get along with Linux os which was preinstalled.
How difficult would it be to uninstall Linux and install windows XP which I have been told would be best.
would I uninstall Linux before installing ...
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2nd Feb 2009, 01:37
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Hi all. I have bought a HP 2133 netbook for the wife . She can not get along with Linux os which was preinstalled.
How difficult would it be to uninstall Linux and install windows XP which I have been told would be best. would I uninstall Linux before installing XP or install XP and then uninstall Linux. Would I need to check anything else, any advice would be gladly received thanks in advance. K. |
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2nd Feb 2009, 01:45
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Welcome back.
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The biggest obstacle is drivers, goto the makers website and make sure they offer all the XP drivers for download prior to doing anything. My System: Hybr!d
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2nd Feb 2009, 02:42
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Hiya, It would seem that all drivers are on the HP website for XP.
I am not sure were to start, should I load xp on and remove linux after using the newly installed xp? |
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2nd Feb 2009, 02:44
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If you remove the partitions during install XP will then format the drive and it will be clean.
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2nd Feb 2009, 08:07
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17th Feb 2009, 01:50
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thanks guys, all is now well and one happy wife.
thanks for all your help. K |
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17th Feb 2009, 16:39
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Glad you got it sorted.
They really are better with XP.
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