Computer whizs. Help

[akarunway 1]

Brand new Dell (from hell) w/ Vista.(sucks) I want to put XP in here but Dell wants to charge me. Just did it in the new laptop (HP great support) for free. Microsoft wants to charge also. Fuckin theiving bastards. After all the money I spent they want more. I need help w/ the partitioning and all that crap. Thanks, Computer Dummy PS: (I have all the discs) I just don't want to crash a new computer w/ trial and error

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[Nightingale 0]

Don't buy a dell.

[mnealtx 0]

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Don't buy a dell.

Yeah, yeah...but some of us want to be able to do office stuff AND play games...

Mike
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[wildfan75 1]

At least you got Dell to ship you a computer. More than I could get them to do for me!

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2597818;#2597818

[DontPanic 0]

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Brand new Dell

Is it new enough to just send it back to them, and get your money back?

Then you could buy another one with XP.

And when you say you have all the disks, does that mean you have an extra XP CD (and license key)?

[Nightingale 0]

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Don't buy a dell.

Yeah, yeah...but some of us want to be able to do office stuff AND play games...

Yes, but you can run windows on the intel macs. I don't know why anyone would actually want to do that, tho.

[akarunway 1]

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Don't buy a dell.

I didn't. My cousin did. I told her not to. HP's been good to me for 5 yrs.

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[akarunway 1]

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Brand new Dell

Is it new enough to just send it back to them, and get your money back?

Then you could buy another one with XP.

And when you say you have all the disks, does that mean you have an extra XP CD (and license key)?

Yes. But I have to get this fuckin Vista out first

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[Nightingale 0]

Format C:

[DontPanic 0]

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Format C:

There something to be said for this answer.

But, if there is too much data for this to be the answer, than I'd just get a second hard-drive, and install WinXP on the second hard disk, leaving the first hard disk alone. If you're not comfortable opening your box and putting in a second hard-disk, then you probably don't want to be playing with re-partitioning either.

In fact, the first time you play around with re-partitioning should be on a box that you don't mind trashing if something doesn't work out.

[hookitt 1]

Put the CD in the drive. Start the computer... hit F12. Select CD. Enter. Hit any key. Enter. F8. D. Enter. L. C. Enter. quick format. Enter... then follow the instructions after it restarts

That's off the top of my head so I may have missed something.

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[Squeak 17]

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At least you got Dell to ship you a computer. More than I could get them to do for me!

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2597818;#2597818

They have read your posts and dont want their hardware contaminated

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How's yours doing?

[dorbie 0]

Call them up and say you never wanted vista, that you insist on XP.

If they refuse return the system, insist on getting an RMA number. Any problems simply dispute it using your credit card. Heck call up your CC company and ask them how to go about returning the system to their satisfaction.

Your credit card gives you a lot of power to push back against shysters. Just don't waste time doing this, that's the one thing you can't do.