gbhall
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We have a Dell Dimension 2400 of Feb 2005 which was originally supplied at XP pro SP1 level by Dell, and was updated by an external consultancy to SP2. They also added a whole pile of special software, some clearly not compatible.
The upshot is it has never worked properly, and even after my best efforts it still behaves oddly at times. I have lost patience with it and am replacing it with a new PC.
My question is what to do with the old PC? Clearly I want to reformat and reinstall XP pro, but I am reluctant to do a reinstall from the built-in DELL hidden partition as that is SP1. How can I install from a more up-to-date copy of XP pro? I have neither an XP pro CD nor a more recent Dimension 2400 to start from, and I also recognise that Dell copies of XP are tied in some way to the hardware.
Any suggestions please?
The upshot is it has never worked properly, and even after my best efforts it still behaves oddly at times. I have lost patience with it and am replacing it with a new PC.
My question is what to do with the old PC? Clearly I want to reformat and reinstall XP pro, but I am reluctant to do a reinstall from the built-in DELL hidden partition as that is SP1. How can I install from a more up-to-date copy of XP pro? I have neither an XP pro CD nor a more recent Dimension 2400 to start from, and I also recognise that Dell copies of XP are tied in some way to the hardware.
Any suggestions please?