[TechAssist] Re: Computer question,XP and ME

  • From: Al Gutz <alg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 23:06:50 -0500

Use XP Pro with latest service pac.

Other usable OS from microsoft were win95 Rev F, win98SE, Winnt4,
win2000.
Shortly after ME hit the market I did a lot of jobs removing ME and
reinstalling SE.

Al G

"Ron Miller d.b.a. Country TV" wrote:
> 
> This is a laptop- no way to hook up more than one hard drive, the drive
> slides into a hole.
>  What OS do you recommend if not XP?
> 
> Country TV
> Ron Miller
> Inez, TX. 77968
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Al Gutz" <alg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 10:22 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Computer question,XP and ME
> 
> > You can put the drive in an other machine as drive D: then back the
> > files to CD and install them on the new unit.
> > Also possible if the version of XP that came with new uint is one that
> > will install as an upgrade, put the HD in the new unit and install XP
> > over the existing ME, XP will read both Fat32 and NTFS.
> >
> > If the old drive boots in the new unit in the safe mode also possible to
> > then go into system and remove all the installed hardware then reinstall
> > ME. Between ME and XP home its a toss which is the worst peice of junk.
> >
> > Al G
> > Al's TV-Electronics
> > Pembroke Ont.
> > Canada
> > "Ron Miller d.b.a. Country TV" wrote:
> > >
> > >  A friend of mine has a Compaq laptop that has a bad mother board all of
> his
> > > business info is on it.
> > >  He purchased a new Compaq laptop with Windows XP on it.
> > >  He swapped the hard drives and the XP unit comes up in safe mode.I know
> > > that ME is FAT32 and XP is NTFS.
> > >  Is there a way to use the old ( ME ) hard drive so he can back-up his
> data?
> > >  He is going to bring the new one and the old one in later today,thanks.
> > > Country TV
> > > Ron Miller
> > > Inez, TX. 77968
> > >
> >
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