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Ah, gotcha. I was a little harsh and shouldn't have been. We just see so
many people here with quotes like:
I just bought a new Dimension 8400 and am having trouble getting Windows
3.11 support for the SATA drives. Damn Dell, it's all their fault!
What did the laptop come with? Does it have a COA sticker?
Tom
"Gordon Nelson" <popop3@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:OjNde.1116$Vu.1014@trnddc07...
>I like XP also and use it on my desktop. I thought I could legally load a
>second computer for my personal use, without buying a second copy of WinXP.
>Turns out I can't. I have it loaded and working, but have 30 days to
>activate it (i.e., pay money). The laptop is a short term thing. I am
>reluctant to go out and buy another copy of WinXP, use it for 90 days or
>so on the laptop and then buy or build another desktop and either have to
>go out and buy yet another copy, or waste the one on the laptop. So my
>plan is to go back to Win98SE. Thanks for replying, and as a general rule I
>would agree with you.
>
> "Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net> wrote in message
> news:UZMde.48009$_t3.32626@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>> Bad idea.
>>
>> I mean going from XP to 98. What reason would you have to do so? XP is
>> considerably more stable, supports more devices, etc. etc.
>>
>> If it is a new Latitude, I would doubt that 98 would even be supported.
>>
>> Tom
>> "Gordon Nelson" <popop3@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:Wjxde.675$zU3.565@trnddc08...
>>> Thank you for your quick response. I am not sure I gave you enough
>>> information. I want to get rid of WinXP and reinsall Win98SE on a bare
>>> hard disk. I plan on using a Win98 startup floppy disk to boot and
>>> reformat to get rid of WinXP.
>>>
>>> At that point I will be in a DOS environment. To install Win98SE I will
>>> use a CD. There will be no icons on the screen, nothing saying it is
>>> safe to remove hardware. I will have to change modules, which means
>>> turning the laptop upside down, unlocking, etc.
>>>
>>> Safe? Unsafe? Good idea? Bad idea?
>>>
>>> <William P. N. Smith> wrote in message
>>> news:1d1d71dra5uc972dje2b7n4q4fb7rj3b80@4ax.com...
>>>> "Gordon Nelson" <popop3@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>>>In a Dell Latitude Laptop, is it possible to switch from the CD module
>>>>>to
>>>>>the Floppy module, and vice versa, without turning off the computer??
>>>>
>>>> Yes, in general, just use the "safely remove hardware" icon in the
>>>> toolbar to stop one device, then unplug it and install another one.
>>>>
>>>> [Windows can refuse to release devices for completely unknown reasons,
>>>> which then requires a reboot, but when it works it works fine.]
>>>>
>>>
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