upgrade os - hard drive too?

[oliverf 0]

Hi all,

Thanks for your last responses. I have to upgrade from NT to XP. I''m wondering if you think it is a better idea to simply get a new hardrive and do a new install of XP prof. , rather than upgrade. Will this be less problematic? And what about the BIOS on my Dell Optiplex - does that need upgrading too? I'm not too worried about all my apps and data.

Thanks in advance.

Oliver

[Mr.Guvernment 0]

it is ALWAYS less problematic to do a fresh install instead of upgrading which will essentially leave you with 2 O/S on your system.

 

 

But, and upgrade maybe needed if you do not have all of your software on cd for installation.

 

if you could, and are not sure - grab a second HD - put XP on it and see if all your hardware software works, if so, make the permanent switch over!