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Installing a new OS

RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
edited October 2010 in Technical Stuff and Help
How easy is this? I am running a decrepit OS (Win 2000) and will be purchasing a new laptop soon. I want to wipe out the desktop and install the Win 7 OS from the laptop. Pretty easy to do this? Or should I have a comp store do it?
Also, I have a second hard drive and Win 98 on that, but forget how to access it, how do I do that? Maybe I want to switch Win 2000 to the 2nd hard drive and put Win 7 on the main drive....arrrghhhh!
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  • HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
    You may not be able to do this (install Win 7 from the laptop's disc on the old computer).

    When OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) make those discs they customize the software to include drivers specific to the laptop/desktop configuration that you're purchasing. Your old computer may also not have the right hardware specs to run Win 7. RAM, processor speed, graphics card, sound card, etc...

    It would be wise to check up on that stuff prior to wasting your time on a bad install.

    Alternatives:
    You should look on Craigslist for someone who is selling an old OS disc that they aren't using any more. Or try Linux if you're so inclined. There are a lot of absolutely free solutions to getting an old computer working like new-ish again.
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  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    win 7 will probably have issues running on such an old computer
    check it first before trying
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/d ... 97c146af15
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  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    Your best bet is to buy a laptop with Windows 7 on it and run an upgrade to XP on your desktop. If you have a desktop with 2K on it there is no shot that you will be able to put 7 on it.
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    uuuhhh thanks everybody...I think I will go talk to the nerd herd that built my computer for me.....
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
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