Re: Dell is Sending Me a New Computer Comparible to What I Have Now

Vista and WinXP would be on the same HD. In separate partitions. It's not
difficult but I understand if it is outside your comfort level.

If you have a friend who understands TeraByte's TBOSDT, you could transfer
your WinXP partition (if it's still working) from the 8400 to the new
computer. You would still need drivers but all of your old programs would
work.




"Monica" <reese@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:BTosl.30094$Tp5.14446@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
No, I hadn't thought about that. Wouldn't I have to put XP on the
"recovery" drive? I think it's only 14gb. It sounds like a good idea,
just not sure I'm qualified to attempt such a thing :o



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