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entwisi · 10-08-2006, 11:07

Its down to the license key that is registered within your installed version of windows. TBH its probably a good thing to do a clean install as it tends to clear out a load of junk that accumulates over time. It would be my opinion that you should do a clean install.

You can just install a new version of windows over the old one but I personally am never convinced that it does it properly and you tend to get problems further down the line. It is also possible to install a second copy of windows on the disk but you get issues where softawre you already have installed doesn't work due to problems with the registry.

Whatever you do decide, make sure you have backed up everything you want to keep just in case (remember email addresses, login details as well as pictures, documents, save games etc)

10-08-2006, 11:07	#28
entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4387	Re: Genuine XP windows Its down to the license key that is registered within your installed version of windows. TBH its probably a good thing to do a clean install as it tends to clear out a load of junk that accumulates over time. It would be my opinion that you should do a clean install. You can just install a new version of windows over the old one but I personally am never convinced that it does it properly and you tend to get problems further down the line. It is also possible to install a second copy of windows on the disk but you get issues where softawre you already have installed doesn't work due to problems with the registry. Whatever you do decide, make sure you have backed up everything you want to keep just in case (remember email addresses, login details as well as pictures, documents, save games etc) __________________ Ian Technical God, No 1 Geek And Linux Guru Have you seen my Flickr pictures?