Re: is it ok to fomat new compaq turion laptop?


"~1Alex~" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I bought a new laptop, but it's loaded with stuff I don't want, trial
>versions of this that and the other, etc.
> I was going to just reformat and go from there, but
> reading the lit that came with it, it said to never put an operating
> system on it
> except for the one on the restore CD because if you do, things won't work
> right.
>
> Is there any truth to that? It's a Compaq V2000, AMD Turion 64
>
> Has anybody loaded a normal OS on one with success?
>
> thanks,
>
> alex
>

There may be driver issues


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