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lostplanet · 01-22-2009, 10:11 AM

My girlfriends son has some money for a laptop for school after christmas and what-not, I have been looking at the dell 1525 ubuntu for abround £300,

Does any one know if i can easily upgrade this system to windows Xp as I have a legit key lying around?

I have found the Xp drivers needed for 1525 but i'm wondering if dell can stop me from upgrading to XP?

I may even get a faster seagate (cheaper then dell)hardrive as well and start completely from fresh......

anyone done this?

**********sorry just realised i posted in wrong section.......please feel free to move.************

***glc*** · 01-22-2009, 11:24 AM

Dell can't stop you, but it may void your warranty. Having a separate hard drive may be the best way, but by the time you do this, wouldn't it be just as economical to order it with XP already on it?

lostplanet · 01-22-2009, 12:15 PM

They don't give you a lot of choice now glc in the UK, most home laptops come pre-installed with vista. I have to buy a business system to get XP from Dell.
If i go for vista and a faster drive it pumps the price almost £100 more and he's on a Xbox AND a lappy type budget

As always, much appreciated.

**jdeb** · 01-22-2009, 10:05 PM

you mean downgrade

01-22-2009, 10:11 AM	#1
lostplanet Member (9 bit) Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: England Posts: 492	UK Dell 1525 Ubuntu upgrade to XP? My girlfriends son has some money for a laptop for school after christmas and what-not, I have been looking at the dell 1525 ubuntu for abround £300, Does any one know if i can easily upgrade this system to windows Xp as I have a legit key lying around? I have found the Xp drivers needed for 1525 but i'm wondering if dell can stop me from upgrading to XP? I may even get a faster seagate (cheaper then dell)hardrive as well and start completely from fresh...... anyone done this? ********sorry just realised i posted in wrong section.......please feel free to move.********** Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ * quote: "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." Richard Feynman * "The World went and got itself in a big damn hurry" Brooks Hatlen To keep clean and safe I use, Spybot 1.6.2, SpywareBlaster 4.4, AVG 10 Free edition, CCleaner Lite, Malwarebytes, Pandascan, kaspersky online scanner, Trendmicro housecall(when it works), spywareinfo.com forums, GRC.com shieldsUp Last edited by lostplanet; 01-22-2009 at 10:17 AM.

01-22-2009, 11:24 AM	#2
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 37,791	Dell can't stop you, but it may void your warranty. Having a separate hard drive may be the best way, but by the time you do this, wouldn't it be just as economical to order it with XP already on it? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

01-22-2009, 12:15 PM	#3
lostplanet Member (9 bit) Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: England Posts: 492	They don't give you a lot of choice now glc in the UK, most home laptops come pre-installed with vista. I have to buy a business system to get XP from Dell. If i go for vista and a faster drive it pumps the price almost £100 more and he's on a Xbox AND a lappy type budget As always, much appreciated. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

01-22-2009, 10:05 PM	#4
jdeb Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 3,804	you mean downgrade Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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