Since we have a fair number of tech heads, I'd like your opinion.
A couple of months ago I gave my XP install disk to a friend so he could get in to his PC in safe mode to try to either repair it or grab some files on the HDD. He ended up just buying a new 'puter.
Well I'm still waiting for my disk back from him. My wondering is would it be a good idea to get a new XP pro SP3 disk from newegg, or just wait it out?
I'm leaning to getting a new copy of XP because I'm sure Win-7 is going to have its own fair share of fitz and start out of the gate, and if I do get my XP pro sp2 install disk back, I'll have to call India to activate it. I once reformatted twice in a month which negated my use of their auto-verfiy function over the internet. Besides, getting a XP SP3 copy would cut down on the number of patches I'd need to grab.
I haven't reformatted my system since I built it roughly a year ago, and I don't like even going this long with out a fresh wipe, but what duz you guys tink?
A couple of months ago I gave my XP install disk to a friend so he could get in to his PC in safe mode to try to either repair it or grab some files on the HDD. He ended up just buying a new 'puter.
Well I'm still waiting for my disk back from him. My wondering is would it be a good idea to get a new XP pro SP3 disk from newegg, or just wait it out?
I'm leaning to getting a new copy of XP because I'm sure Win-7 is going to have its own fair share of fitz and start out of the gate, and if I do get my XP pro sp2 install disk back, I'll have to call India to activate it. I once reformatted twice in a month which negated my use of their auto-verfiy function over the internet. Besides, getting a XP SP3 copy would cut down on the number of patches I'd need to grab.
I haven't reformatted my system since I built it roughly a year ago, and I don't like even going this long with out a fresh wipe, but what duz you guys tink?