Ah I love XP

[Geekbabe]

LOL,but I bet my friend will still find something to grumble about

 

[waylman]

 

[pulse8]

That's great.

 

[Radiohead]

Word

 

[Tetsuo]

Me too

 

[loup garou]

haha...Roger will be here shortly to tell you how much it sucks.

 

[Danman]

Originally posted by: Radiohead
Word

 

[philmore47]

It's all good until you wake up one morning to the blue screen of death :brokenheart: , thats when u realized you have to spend your next 5 hours reinstalling your OS and all your other software. Must be those cosmic rays...

 

[Electric Amish]

It's ok...

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: pulse8
That's great.

I upgraded cpu and motherboard and the OS,he's got twice the speed and greatly increased security now

 

All signs point to yes.

 

[MaxDepth]

I am happy for the both of you.

 

[Nitemare]

2000 >

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
2000 >

I agree, 2000 is better than nothing. But XP is the best.

 

[samgau]

Originally posted by: cashman

Originally posted by: Radiohead
Word

 

[RossMAN]

I like the extras XP has but it feels bloated and slow compared to basic Windows 2000.

Maybe it's because I haven't defragged for over a year on our laptop and we're using XP Home.

Is there any difference if I defrag first, then re-format and do a clean install? Should I skip the defrag first?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I like the extras XP has but it feels bloated and slow compared to basic Windows 2000.

Maybe it's because I haven't defragged for over a year on our laptop and we're using XP Home.

Is there any difference if I defrag first, then re-format and do a clean install? Should I skip the defrag first?

No it is just the fact that XP Home sucks.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: Nitemare
2000 >

I agree, 2000 is better than nothing. But XP is the best.

XP is better than the ME edition, other than that too Macish for my tastes

 

[murphy55d]

Formatting will take care of that. Install as NTFS, as well, if it isn't already.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I like the extras XP has but it feels bloated and slow compared to basic Windows 2000.

Maybe it's because I haven't defragged for over a year on our laptop and we're using XP Home.

Is there any difference if I defrag first, then re-format and do a clean install? Should I skip the defrag first?

lol, if you are gonna format then dont waste your time defraging it will defeat the purpose

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I like the extras XP has but it feels bloated and slow compared to basic Windows 2000.

Maybe it's because I haven't defragged for over a year on our laptop and we're using XP Home.

Is there any difference if I defrag first, then re-format and do a clean install? Should I skip the defrag first?

No it is just the fact that XP Home sucks.

I only have 1 license for Win XP Pro which I'm using on my desktop

 

[BHeemsoth]

*cough*See you in two weeks.*cough*

AnandTech Moderator

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
2000 > *

corrected

 

Originally posted by: rpbri2886

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I like the extras XP has but it feels bloated and slow compared to basic Windows 2000.

Maybe it's because I haven't defragged for over a year on our laptop and we're using XP Home.

Is there any difference if I defrag first, then re-format and do a clean install? Should I skip the defrag first?

No it is just the fact that XP Home sucks.

I only have 1 license for Win XP Pro which I'm using on my desktop

cough cough bluelist keygen cough cough

thats just what i hear anyway

Some people get good deals on winxp and dont have to steal it.
<--points at self

 

[nakedfrog]

Least sucky Windows ever.