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micky
How to load XP or 7 on a 7 netbook that seems just like a prior XP
netbook?
I am short of money and won't use this machine much, but I have a
chance to buy an Acer Aspire One netbook very cheaply, because it is
missing the HDD. . I was looking for this very netbook, because my
friend has one he lets me use. (but we may both need it at the same
time this spring.) His runs XP but this one was sold with W7.
However the harddrive is missing, so when I reinstall an HDD, can I
just load XP?
I'm pretty sure the drivers will be available since the computers are
so very similar (makes sense?) but I'm concerned about licensing.
Will they refuse to let me install XP on a 7 computer?
Alternatively, I have a Dell brand brown Win7 Pro Reinstallation DVD.
Will that be able to install 7 on this computer. I don't have a
Product Number/Password, but since it came with 7, isn't it going to
accept 7 from most sources?
And finally, will I hate 7? I hear 8 is so very different from
everything before it, and I don't want to be using my fingers. (I
already learned keyboard shortcuts to avoid using the mouse.) Which is
why I can't buy most brand new netbooks since they have 8.
But maybe 7 is as much like XP as XP was like win98? That would be
acceptable. (Otherwise I could just look for older netbooks built
with XP but they have seemed very expensive for their age..)
Complicated questions, not entirely XP, so thanks a lot for any help.
netbook?
I am short of money and won't use this machine much, but I have a
chance to buy an Acer Aspire One netbook very cheaply, because it is
missing the HDD. . I was looking for this very netbook, because my
friend has one he lets me use. (but we may both need it at the same
time this spring.) His runs XP but this one was sold with W7.
However the harddrive is missing, so when I reinstall an HDD, can I
just load XP?
I'm pretty sure the drivers will be available since the computers are
so very similar (makes sense?) but I'm concerned about licensing.
Will they refuse to let me install XP on a 7 computer?
Alternatively, I have a Dell brand brown Win7 Pro Reinstallation DVD.
Will that be able to install 7 on this computer. I don't have a
Product Number/Password, but since it came with 7, isn't it going to
accept 7 from most sources?
And finally, will I hate 7? I hear 8 is so very different from
everything before it, and I don't want to be using my fingers. (I
already learned keyboard shortcuts to avoid using the mouse.) Which is
why I can't buy most brand new netbooks since they have 8.
But maybe 7 is as much like XP as XP was like win98? That would be
acceptable. (Otherwise I could just look for older netbooks built
with XP but they have seemed very expensive for their age..)
Complicated questions, not entirely XP, so thanks a lot for any help.