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thank you so much bb...
any chance you're in my neck o' the woods anytime??? like i said before - [groan] am a perfect zook... all that tech  am noting all the info down - and will locate your doppelganger in my part of town - inshallah... unless i fly all the way to DEL  :brishti |
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Mar 6th, 2008, 13:33
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BB... it isn't an HD, it's a solid-state-storage machine!
Just wonder if it might not require particular drivers, on the manufacturer-supplied copy of the OS? Well, according to the link I found, the answer is no. But Brishti, make sure you have a CD from Dell that will allow you to put Vista back if need be. Small laptops make lousy doorstops.
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Mar 6th, 2008, 13:54
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gawk - to do or not... hmmm
definitely have to locate an IT geek  Quote:
 you definitely are the massah of one-liners... no doubt about it sire!!!muchos gracias again nick und bb. :brishti aisha: what sparring partner - the man only emerges in the cover of darkness  |
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I'm missing something here - the specs I saw on the dell site for the xps m1330 said it had anything from a 160-200gig SATA hard drive(HD) running at 5400 rpms? Is there a version with a solid state drive instead? cool..... that post by snowbro really is quite good - excellent step by step process - but yes, unless you have XP SP2 or change from SATA to IDE in the BIOS you wouldn't be able to load XP. Quote:
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Mar 6th, 2008, 14:00
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the concrete quagmire by the arabian sea!
i opted for the 160GB 7200rpm... ah well - the search begins... :brishti |
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Mar 6th, 2008, 14:30
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sorry - not planning on travelling that way anytime soon (don't suppose your planning to make it to Delhi - perhaps experience one of our famous meetups)?
If you can get a techie to help - more's the better. Changing BIOS settings and operating systems is no small matter... good luck.  |
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Mar 6th, 2008, 15:31
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Ahhh... so Brishti's has got an HD. Right.
I just took a quick look at one Dell page and saw 'no moving parts'. I don't even know how to access the BIOS settings on my PC! Just shows what an age it has been since I needed or wanted to do such a thing, and the initial screen goes by in a flash. Let's hope I continue not to need it |
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Mar 6th, 2008, 15:48
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Mar 6th, 2008, 15:55
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Brishti - 'sparring partner' - yes, I'm out of it because that's when I sleep!
Reading all this makes me wonder - very simple question - re Vista etc. Better to stay with the tried and true for a while than launch out into much -hyped new stuff?
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Mar 6th, 2008, 16:42
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didnt have a choice aisha -
dell said, its either vista or nothing  infact, most branded laptops are now loaded with the vista os... at least the ones coming into india. i think the america still gets a choice  micro$$oft - i think they're trying to wean off xp ... whatcanisay. :brishti |
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Mar 6th, 2008, 16:55
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Yes, makes it hard if buying new gear - will XP be functional in the longterm or will it slowly wither away and we will all have to update ourselves?
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Mar 6th, 2008, 17:20
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XP will atleast be supported for the next 3 years.
Vista is, until ServicePack 2 is released, not advisable. It is still instable and the drivers for the most of the devices are not properly build yet for Vista. Last edited by Zoeperman : Mar 6th, 2008 at 17:46. Reason: forgot part of a sentence |
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Mar 6th, 2008, 17:22
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I hear your pain
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Mar 6th, 2008, 17:38
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She-who-must-be-obeyed!
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Thanks zoeperman, that's reassuring!
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Mar 6th, 2008, 17:43
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nycank: an apple a day? for what it costs in india - the doctor will surely be summoned
Zoeperman: with the servicepack2 will we stop cribbing about vista? :brishti |
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