Re: reinstall from laptop cd to my desktop

No. Your Gateway CD can only be used with your Gateway PC.
If you desire to install Windows XP Professional on your Dell PC,
you'll need to purchase a conventional "Full Version" of Windows
XP Professional and perform a "clean install". You can download
the latest Dell drivers directly from the Dell Support web site.

Welcome to Dell Support!
http://support.dell.com/support/index.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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"regfla" wrote:

| I have a installation cd from my gateway laptop, can i install that xp pro os
| onto my dell desktop and use my dell driver/util cd to finish the install. my
| desktop has xp media which i do not like.

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