If I format a drive that previously had ME can I then boot up with a disk from another PC that I have that contains XP ???

Is this disc you have from another PC a hard drive, or a cd?

Cheers

Mr. Foxy

It is from CD
the laptop I am formatting had ME on it
My desktop has all the XP disks so I would like to use them ???

[Edited by PG - 9/19/2003 4:49:34 PM]

Yes I am 98% certain you can do this :) Once you install XP, there should be tools on it that enable you to troubleshoot any running problems on ur PC. However, I'm not sure XP will run properly on machines with old BIOS versions and/or inferior processor speeds, but seeing your machine is already running ME, then you should be ok.

If in doubt, seek a second opinion :D

Thanx

Mr. Foxy

This is a handy site to see if your hardware is going to be compatible with certain MS OS's.

Microsoft's Hardware Compatibility List:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/search.mspx

It is actually a rescue disc does this cause an issue ?

Potentially yes.

Who made the PC the restore CD is supplied with. MS make bigger manufacturers lock down the restore CD so it will only work on that make of PC. For example, you couldn't use a Compaq CD on a Dell PC.

Bu66er :(

It is a HP desktop (XP) and a Toshiba laptop (ME) ???

Safer to stay away from that...

Really need a retail XP CD, or a Tosh one.

More than likely that the HP CD will generate some kind of message saying that it can only be installed on a HP machine (that is the case for Dell anyhow).

Makes you wonder though - you have a legitimate OS license, but can't install the damn thing on a computer of your choice. MS do like to try to prevent copyright infringement, even if it does affect there legitimate customer base.