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pcombo wrote: »

I do have a genuine copy .

Got it from a microsoft site which the college gave us access to.

I too have the disc, but how do you suggest that the OP does the same without spending the same as she would buying Windows 7?

The problem is not insurmountable, but using XP 64bit as your main OS is not advisable.

SteveJH200

TakeThis wrote: »

There are even cheaper options That one under £170. But only a 250GB Hard drive.

Yes, I saw that too but took into account of the OP's comment about storage.

XP 32 bit will still perform very well on this machine and the other one I mentioned. OP needs to bear in mind that XP will only be supported for another 2 years.

One other thing worth mentioning is that the BIOS may need tweaking to enable XP to be installed. I've recently installed XP Pro on a Dell that I'm selling and initially it wouldn't load and Blue Screened. After some research I discovered that the machine was not meant to have XP loaded and there were no drivers available. However, I changed the RAID setting and lo and behold XP loaded okay. Managed to sort all the drivers except the on board sound driver so installed a cheap sound card and now it's great.

It's worth mentioning as some new motherboards may need similar tweaks when installing XP.

TakeThis

SteveJH200 wrote: »

Yes, I saw that too but took into account of the OP's comment about storage.

XP 32 bit will still perform very well on this machine and the other one I mentioned. OP needs to bear in mind that XP will only be supported for another 2 years.

One other thing worth mentioning is that the BIOS may need tweaking to enable XP to be installed. I've recently installed XP Pro on a Dell that I'm selling and initially it wouldn't load and Blue Screened. After some research I discovered that the machine was not meant to have XP loaded and there were no drivers available. However, I changed the RAID setting and lo and behold XP loaded okay. Managed to sort all the drivers except the on board sound driver so installed a cheap sound card and now it's great.

It's worth mentioning as some new motherboards may need similar tweaks when installing XP.

Had already checked the Motherboard of your recommendation.

ASUS P8H61-MX. Supports XP.

peacellily

brill load of infor coming through so much to think about !!!

ok maybe sticking with xp is a bit pointless, I was thinking that if I stick with it I would retain outlook express which as an email client I prefer!

seems like very have moved those machines out of the sale howevef they are still in my wish list i needed.

I am confused gona need to sleep on this

cheers you guys your great !!!

peacellily

looking at this one as an example :

http://www.very.co.uk/zoostorm-e5700-intel-pentium-dual-core-base-unit/952483352.prd?browseToken=%2fb%2f4877%2fs%2fbestsellers%2c0&trail=4739-4872-4877:

the specs of this are what price elswhere please.

I could possibly pay cash if the price was right

muckipupz

one of the posters said that link 2 is the best. dunno why as it has only 500 not 1t like the other link. i need an upgrade soon this is a can of worms for me i havent a clue.
made good reading

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What is wrong with the one you have?

If it's slow, avg may be part of the problem

peacellily

constantly running out of space, photoshop takes an age to load, as well as other eseential programmes I use.

It not so much the speed the problem its the space, my virus programme is avast

the pc tune up is avg tune up 11, before I installed that it was 10 times worse !

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lack of space can be resolved by buying a new internal or external usb hard disk, both far cheaper than a new machine, and/or clearing out any dead wood with ccleaner and windirstat, and using all partitions if your hard disk is split into 2. how big is the hard disk, and how much is free, and what is using all the space up?

speed - post a hijackthis log, and commit charge, instructions here

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2436849

muckipupz

wouldnt that be a bit like buying a new engine for a banger. the poster has a small hard drive if i have followed and understood correctly