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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Nov 2007
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The Great OS Upodate
"HK" wrote in message
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On Nov 29, 8:44 am, HK wrote:
Well, I am taking the plunge.
I am updating my old IBM T23 laptop from Win2k to WINXP Pro.
It's a great little laptop, though technology long passed it by, and at
the moment it only has 384KB of memory. If the update "takes," I'll
update the RAM to 512KB.
This is the machine I let household guests use.
Gosh, if it works out, I'll be as up to date OS-wise as the great
computer gurus here.
Yeah, that's a problem. Someone changes a harddrive, or installs
windows and they think they are a CNE.. We go in and clean up their
messes, all the time
Hopefully, it won't be a problem. I repartioned the single hard drive and
am reformatting it to get rid of all traces of the old OS. There's an
active mailing list for the IBM (now Lenovo) portables, and the gurus
there said I should be able to do the OS upgrade with minimal hassle. The
only worry I have is being able to find all the device drivers, but I was
assured that won't be a serious issue. We shall see. I also have a master
driver CD around somewhere...
Though I like the IBM portables, this is my last, since the new owner of
"Thinkpads" is now a mainland Chinese company.
ibm has an extensive list of all their models and drivers on their website.
They also have an autosizing utility
that will run on your laptop and automagically download and install.
At work we've used thousands of T23's (w xp pro)... found them to be rock
solid
enjoy.
Dennis
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