Re: Adding FC5 to an XP computer -

From: "Chris Mohler" <cr33dog@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:57:57 -0500

I recently purchased a Dell with preloaded XP. This is roughly what I
needed to do:

1 - contact the manufacturer, and *insist* that since I purchased
Windows XP, that I am entitled to an installation CD (I am). They
eventually gave in.

2 - remove all partitions (including the Dell "restore partition"),
install windows from the CD - partition/format a suitible place for
XP to live, and leave the rest as free space.

3 - install fedora.

This might seem like a lot of work, but the XP system that Dell
pre-loaded was so full of bloatware that it was almost unuseable.
Something would pop up every 15 seconds, and heavy-duty apps (blender,
games, etc) crawled. The "fresh" XP was (subjectively) twice as fast
as the preloaded system.

Just my 2 cents...
Chris

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