reformating inspiron 15n with win xp home

[wining]

i am planning to buy inspiron 15n
after buying it can i reformat it to win xp using my original winxp cd which came with the last dell laptop?
Can i find drivers for such reformated laptop?
If i find drivers for winxp inspiron 15 laptop ,after doing both the above steps will my laptop work without any problems

thanks in advance

[ugm6hr]

i am planning to buy inspiron 15n
after buying it can i reformat it to win xp using my original winxp cd which came with the last dell laptop?

Short answer: No.

Long answer:

Dell supplies OEM Microsoft licenses (as do every other computer supplier) with newly purchased computers. The CD is designed to install to a specific computer (i.e. the old computer); hence, it will not work on the new 15n.

Additionally, I believe MS OEM licenses do not permit you to install on a different computer.

Drivers are available from the Dell support website.

If you want to do this, you will have to have a Full XP CD and license, which are generally quite expensive.

[wining]

Short answer: No.

Long answer:

Dell supplies OEM Microsoft licenses (as do every other computer supplier) with newly purchased computers. The CD is designed to install to a specific computer (i.e. the old computer); hence, it will not work on the new 15n.

Additionally, I believe MS OEM licenses do not permit you to install on a different computer.

Drivers are available from the Dell support website.

If you want to do this, you will have to have a Full XP CD and license, which are generally quite expensive.

thanks a lot for your reply.
But just consider that I have windows xp very very very latest version with sp3,now you can answer my questions.
Can i reformat the laptop with a win xp home/pro/vista ?even if i reformat will the windows work?Which one can I do,xp home/pro or vista?

are the drivers available
Are the drivers for such windows version available?After installing the drivers will my laptop work without any problems

Are there any diff bet the hardwares provided for the ubuntu inspiron 15n and inspiron 15?pls pls pls pls help me

thanks for answering

thanks for whoever answers

[ugm6hr]

I am certain that all XP and Vista versions will work fine, if you have the correct CD / license (as explained previously).

Check the Dell website for drivers - but I would expect that drivers should be available for XP & Vista. If so, it will work fine.

I believe the 15n has a different wifi card, but is otherwise the same laptop.

Perhaps a 15n owner can confirm for you.

[Bubbatech]

Greets,
I am a fairly new Ubuntu convert. I have a new 15n that I wanted to do the dual boot with. I have 3 legal copies of Windows install CDs. All 3 halt during initial setup with a pci bus failure error. These are old SP1 install disks but I gave up without too much digging into the system as there is not that much I need Windows for anymore. Just my own experience maybe a newer version would go off without a hitch.

Good Luck

[wining]

Greets,
I am a fairly new Ubuntu convert. I have a new 15n that I wanted to do the dual boot with. I have 3 legal copies of Windows install CDs. All 3 halt during initial setup with a pci bus failure error. These are old SP1 install disks but I gave up without too much digging into the system as there is not that much I need Windows for anymore. Just my own experience maybe a newer version would go off without a hitch.

Good Luck
If you wish to have newer version of win xp sp3 ill tell you the method to get it.
I have never seen a ubuntu laptop,is it easy to use?what is the diff between ubuntu and windows

thanks a lot for throwing some light

[wining]

Greets,
I am a fairly new Ubuntu convert. I have a new 15n that I wanted to do the dual boot with. I have 3 legal copies of Windows install CDs. All 3 halt during initial setup with a pci bus failure error. These are old SP1 install disks but I gave up without too much digging into the system as there is not that much I need Windows for anymore. Just my own experience maybe a newer version would go off without a hitch.

Good Luck
thanks my friend even if you tell me whether the wireless card is the same or diff then it would be a great favor too take care

[Bubbatech]

I don't know anything about the other Inspiron laptops, my guess would be that stanardizing hardware would be a good idea but you never know. The 15n is great machine so far the feel of the keyboard and the quality of the display are major pluses for me. I am about to take it out on a road trip so it will get a good bouncing around test for a couple weeks.

Cheers

[wining]

I don't know anything about the other Inspiron laptops, my guess would be that stanardizing hardware would be a good idea but you never know. The 15n is great machine so far the feel of the keyboard and the quality of the display are major pluses for me. I am about to take it out on a road trip so it will get a good bouncing around test for a couple weeks.

Cheers

Thank you
you are the only person using inspiron 15n whom i am able to contact .

I think to buy the same laptop.Before buying it i'm gonna consider your replies as a solid review upon which i have to decide to buy the same laptop

Give a review regarding sound quality,wifi card quality,cd/dvd drive,battery,keyboard,touch pad.
Can you give me a overall review regarding the laptop?

How long does the batter y charge remain?

Does dell give reformatting cds along with the laptop?

If you want to have latest win xp I can help you

Is ubuntu good to use if I cannot install winxp for any reason
Are there every software (which we use in daily life) available for ubuntu



Thank you
you are the only person using inspiron 15n whom i am able to contact .

I think to buy the same laptop.Before buying it i'm gonna consider your replies as a solid review upon which i have to decide to buy the same laptop

[Bubbatech]

Wifi works great, sound is OK but volume is the only negative thing about my 15n.

I have the 6 cell battery and it seems to never run out.

I dont like touch pads I use a USB mouse.

CD burner is not too loud and works fine.

I received a standard Ubuntu CD and a multimedia player add on cd. I never opened either. I downloaded the Jaunty .iso (after backing up the system with the builtin backup program) and did a full re-install of Jaunty 9.04. For multimedia you can't do much better than VLC.

If you have never used any Linux program I would suggest trying a few distros live cds before dropping any real cash into a new system. I have been using Ubuntu on my desktop a while now. I still dual boot for gaming and the like on Windows but Linux is just plain faster and more enjoyable for most of everything else I do.

[wining]

Wifi works great, sound is OK but volume is the only negative thing about my 15n.

I have the 6 cell battery and it seems to never run out.

I dont like touch pads I use a USB mouse.

CD burner is not too loud and works fine.

I received a standard Ubuntu CD and a multimedia player add on cd. I never opened either. I downloaded the Jaunty .iso (after backing up the system with the builtin backup program) and did a full re-install of Jaunty 9.04. For multimedia you can't do much better than VLC.

If you have never used any Linux program I would suggest trying a few distros live cds before dropping any real cash into a new system. I have been using Ubuntu on my desktop a while now. I still dual boot for gaming and the like on Windows but Linux is just plain faster and more enjoyable for most of everything else I do.

only thing i was much concerned was the wireless card becoz its just g earlier i had a/b/g and inspiron 15n half mini card when they describe wireless card?

Do they provide the drivers required for ubuntu inspiron 1545 laptop.
Did they provide the cd with drivers
I checked there are windows drivers for inspiron 1545 laptop.In the website they had no ubuntu drivers
Or the builtin backup program does it all?


thanks a lot i think i am going to buy it but pls reply for these two questions also thanks