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Old 23-08-06, 13:34
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Originally Posted by Wheeler
I agree that the best option is a fresh installation on a clean HDD. It's a good opportunity to stick in a much bigger HDD, they're a great deal cheaper than they used to be and digital photography doesn't half eat up disc space.

My only real issues on moving to XP were that the drivers for my laser printer weren't verified (it still works although I get an annoying message every time I boot up) and my slide/negative scanner hasn't had XP drivers issued and won't work unless I use VueScan instead (I haven't used the scanner in a couple of years though).

If your PC was originally spec'd for Win98 you may find that it struggles with XP. This may be an opportunity to review your hardware as well.
Thank you for the info. I do have two 200 Gb HDDs and 500 Mb ram. I don't think there is room for more ram on my MB. I have thought of a completely new computer but what with other things not sure I can afford it just yet.

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