What if I formatted hard-drive of this computer, wiping all- and then restored last backup from my recently deceased XP computer. would I then resurrect my old computer, only with the enhanced specs of this machine? Thanks.
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You may have missing function using XP. This laptop is made for windows 7/8. I would not recommend it.
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Hey Rob,The Dell desktop does come with a restore disk. And that's a big 'Thank God'. Although I bought this pc as a birthday gift for my brother, I also have Windows xp. I am not, computer, savvy enough to advance to Windows 8. And now if something happens with my pc, I just can borrow the restore disk and be up and running again like nothing ever happened. Thanks, Rick
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There will be nothing on the hard drive left. Its wiped clean. You'll have to reinstall with new software.
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Yes, double check with Western Digital to see if it fits. The hard drive did come formatted and partitioned from what I recall too. It wasn't too difficult to install. The only thing I am having problem with is after 30 days or so when I booted up the computer it said that I had an illegal copy of windows and to verify and reinstall. My Dell had Vista in the beginning but I upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium. When I went to put the Windows Key in they said it was invalid. Since my Dell is only a back up PC I am ignoring the upgrade and just using the PC for internet access and other uses. Hope this helps? Yes, double check with Western Digital to see if it fits. The hard drive did come formatted and partitioned from what I recall too. It wasn't too difficult to install. The only thing I am having problem with is after 30 days or so when I booted up the computer it said that I had an illegal copy of windows and to verify and reinstall. My Dell had Vista in the beginning but I upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium. When I went to put the Windows Key in they said it was invalid. Since my Dell is only a back up PC I am ignoring the upgrade and just using the PC for internet access and other uses.... » Read More Yes, double check with Western Digital to see if it fits. The hard drive did come formatted and partitioned from what I recall too. It wasn't too difficult to install. The only thing I am having problem with is after 30 days or so when I booted up the computer it said that I had an illegal copy of windows and to verify and reinstall. My Dell had Vista in the beginning but I upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium. When I went to put the Windows Key in they said it was invalid. Since my Dell is only a back up PC I am ignoring the upgrade and just using the PC for internet access and other uses. Hope this helps? « Show Less
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Rima, You should not have to install XP on a new U100 -- it should be pre-installed. I suggest contacting the folks where you bought it and ask for a new machine. Regards, Joe
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Hi! I hope so because the computer I have now let me down and I will need it for the new one... But I am sure you can, if not, you could make a copy from your computer to "download" it to your new one. I do not know how but I know you can do it.
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Hi, that is what I did with my clickfree. I backed everything up in Vista and upgraded to win 8 and then restored my files. However, while I got all folders and files back, 2/3 of the files had a size of 0 bytes which means that they were lost. I still have not been able to restore those files so 2/3 of my files were permanently lost. I did have some files backed up elsewhere but I still have not recovered from that and because of that I no longer use Clickfree. I had many conversations with their technical staff and they did not know what happened in my situation and eventually refused to return my calls. I don't know if this was unique to me or a systemic problem but I don't want to be the one to figure that out. Use with extreme caution and I would back up my files with some other way such as another hard drive and if Clickfree doesn't work you haven't lost everything. Earl
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no, there is no system restore disk for this laptop. But once you boot system up for the first time, have a blank disk ready, it asked if you want to make one, so technically speaking you have a backup for your system if you do this step. If you don't do this turn on system restore and you can always have a point to go to restore your laptop.
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The system comes preloaded with Windows 7. I suppose you could wipe it out and install XP, but why? As an alternative, why not get VMware player (for free) and install XP as an alternate choice OS within the Windows 7 environment?
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sorry,can't answer. The company that was to install a new hard drive in my computer opted to pay part cost on a new computer because my computer was old. I have not used my copy of "xp" and will probably list it on Amazon
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I believe you can only re-install to the same computer, but if it is uninstall first then installed to your new PC it should work. If you make an image of your old PC first, you may be able to load back if your new install is not accepted. I plan to try this,but not now.
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You can copy your drive to a same or larger but, I think you end up with all the data in the same places as the old one. I use this as a way to have a back up drive that I copy to and then use the new copy, the old drive is where I left off. In a few months, I do the same thing unless I feel performance issues and then, I pull the new files off, copy the previous version back onto the drive, install the previous drive and back to being happy. Having lost all my software and configs and taking 3 days to get back to where I had a friendly usable computer, it is worth it.
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No. smile. the version backed up from your old computer has files in it specific to that hardware. It would be nice, though, wouldn't it!
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THANK YOU!! I didn't know how to get my expansion disk to accept back up information until I read your post and once I used Time Machine to format, everything copied quickly and easily. So again, THANK YOU!!
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I have a 160 gig drive from a crashed laptop. XP argued about it but relented and there is no problem with 7.
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I'd suspect not. When I upgraded from an XP computer to a Win8 computer, I just plugged the same USB cable into the new computer and it was business as usual. Of course, this was a completely "data" drive, with no active programs on it. Or am I missing something in the question?
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This is a hard drive used to replace the original drive that failed. Simply install this drive where your original drive was located. Turn on computer, insert your recovery disk and follow the prompts. You may have to use a disk that the drive came with to format the drive before use.