In message , Robbie
Hatley writes:

"Leonard Grey" wrote:

You're switching from one out-of-date operating system to another
out-of-date operating system.

I thought I made it very clear in my post that I was already
fully aware of that. So why belabor the obvious?

If what's below was your original post, you didn't make it _that_
obvious.
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For large disk support: Purchase an install CD with SP 2 or SP 3.

Install CD for what OS or program? You don't specify.

He meant XP.
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So I'll repeat:

Greetings, group. This is my first post to this group.

Welcome.

I've been using Windows 2000 since shortly after it came out
(late 2000). It's met all my needs until recently. But
lately, I've been running into problems as Microsoft,
software manufacturers, ISPs, etc are all phasing-out
support for Win2K.

Same here, except '98SElite, and it's been more hardware manufacturers.

SO, I'm considering moving to Windows-XP.

I have two questions:

Firstly, what are the options for obtaining XP install CDs
these days? I've heard MS has stopped producing them. So
we have to get them from places that still have them in stock?

You don't say where in the world you are. In the UK, they can usually be
found at computer fairs, or I'd recommend ebuyer.co.uk (not to be
confused with ebay).

Or are there other options?

I don't think there are legally any - I'm pretty certain you can't buy a
download of XP from MS, for example.

Secondly, does XP require manually setting an entry in the
registry in order to use HD partitions over 137GB, as with Win2K?
Or is XP smart enough to automatically use the correct LBA type
(24bit or 48bit) based on HD size? (I'm looking to avoid any
repeats of an incident which occurred about a year ago in which
thousands of files on my computer were destroyed because
registry entry "EnableBigLBA" got reset to 0 on a clean
reinstall of Win2K.)

All I can say is the XP that came installed on this netbook is perfectly
happy with the 160G disc included. (I set it up as 30G plus the rest,
but could have chosen any pair of figures.)
--
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** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

Britain is still a class-ridden society. As soon as a man opens his mouth, we
can tell in what sort of school he missed his education. (George Mikes, "How to
be Decadent" [1977].)