RE: [Thinkpad] "Refreshing" a T23...

I have the same T23 and I did a fresh install of XP Pro. That process will
NOT kill off the "hidden" files IBM has on the hard drive as long as you do
not delete that partition. So at a later date, if you want to go back to
W2K (for whatever reason), you can still do that.

Bo

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From: thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org] On
Behalf Of Harry Krause
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 10:19 AM
To: thinkpad@stderr.org
Subject: [Thinkpad] "Refreshing" a T23...

Good day!

I have a T23 with a 48-gig hard drive amd a PIII. It's been running Win2kPro
since I bought it new.

I'm replacing my desktop machine with a new Dell and it comes with Windows
XP Professional installed.

I happen to own a fresh copy of Win XP Pro (I won it in a raffle at MS!),
never used it.

I'd like to have my two computers running the same OS.

I can transfer the files off the laptop that I need to save.

What's involved?

Should I just install XP over Win2k on the laptop?

Clean install? Won't that kill off the "hidden" files IBM has on the hard
drive?

Am I facing more trouble than I want?

Suggestions?

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