the computer is about six years old with 1.4 ghz pentinum 4 processor with 512 ram in it . I was wondering if i could use the dell windows xp professional disk to load on to this computer an sort of update it for a low budget upgrade since I have the disk here at my house now. Since the windows ME is not the best operating system at all . I could see benefits of having the windows XP Professional on it to extend the life of my dinosaur.
2007-04-28 22:39:13 · 7 answers · asked by polecat094 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
XP Pro should run fine on your system though the old 1.4Ghz processor might cause some lag.
If you have the disk anyway , there is no harm in trying yourself. If it does seem too slow for you , you can always go back to your existing system.
XP is superior to Me but still a long way short of ideal as an operating system - give Linux a try.
2007-04-28 22:44:52 · answer #1 · answered by cnsystemsaustralia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes sometimes you can,
Just up grade from that or do a full install of windows xp, However being a Dell disk this may only be a recovery CD.
And not a full version which means it will only installed on the computer it was made for. Just try it out it will say somthing like this software cannot be used on this computer system.
DO NOT DELETE ANYTHING UNTIL YOU TRY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
XP should run fine, my kids are using only a 550mhz p3 with 256mb ram running xp.
Hope that helps
2007-04-28 22:44:06 · answer #2 · answered by unsa man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure however it might run alot slower, I have a 10 yr old comp that I use XP with and only have 184 meg of Ram on it
2007-04-28 22:44:00 · answer #3 · answered by Pyria 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-04-28 22:46:01 · answer #4 · answered by Tara 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes ofcourse u can install it but make sure that the copy on the the dell's disk is not pre-registered so u wont be able to work on it unless u crack it
2007-04-28 22:44:04 · answer #5 · answered by dash1291 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put in a xp cd and install it and then download the drivers from compaq if they have them or use your drivers cd that came with the computer
2016-05-21 04:55:58 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, the Dell CD is licenced to one computer only.
2007-04-28 22:42:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋