On 20/01/2017 02:40, Mayayana wrote:
"jbm" wrote

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It's very likely that drivers are available for XP, but you
have to check. The specs are he

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/p...r_na-c02586254

The motherboard is Asus. M826-LA. You can check
with them for drivers. The NVidia graphics will also
need drivers, but since it's all onboard those drivers
will come with the board drivers. You might want
to check with HP first, but they're not likely to offer
drivers for an OS they don't install.

For what you want to do it's a good idea to use
a disk and imaging tool. I use BootIt. Macrium has
a free version that a lot of people seem to like.
Personally I don't think it make sense to cut corners
on disk imaging and partitioning software.

If it were me I'd do the following:

* Back up all data.

* Re-install Win7 fresh from the restore partition,
clean it up, install any needed drivers and maybe
software, and make a disk image of it. Copy that
to DVDs and/or USB sticks.

* Wipe the disk and install XP. Install SP3. Install
all drivers and maybe software. Make a disk image
and copy that to external backup.

* Resize XP to about 10 GB.

* Restore the Win7 disk image behind it, at
60-100 GB.

* Partition the rest for data.

* Copy your disk images to data partitions for
future use.

* Dual boot with 3rd-party software.

With a fresh disk image of Win7 you won't need the
restore partition.

Optional: Upgrade the power supply and add a second
disk for redundancy. The box is probably about 7 years
old. The disk will probably last a few more years, but it
wouldn't be a big surprise if it died.

| a currently
| redundant Canon photo scanner, which will not run under Win 7.

Are you sure? I just dealt with an HP printer last
week. HP had no drivers and offered no help.
Microsoft, however, has a website where you can look
up Win7 support. They had the drivers. That might be worth
checking.




Canon 8000F Flat-bed and Photo Scanner will not work under a Win 7
64-bit environment. Canon have never issued the drivers for it, neither
has anyone else, including Microsoft, not even generic drivers. 32-bit
drivers are available to allow use of the flat-bed, but nothing is
offered for the photo scanning side of it. And there is no support at
all for Win 10.

Thanks to the rest of you for your input. Everything has been printed
out for future reference, but I won't be doing anything about it now for
at least a month. Firstly, too much work on a current project cropped up
today, and the priority will be to get the new machine set up and
working. Then after that, there is a lot of remodelling in the office
here to get two computers up and running side-by-side, together with two
monitors side-by-side, not to mention all the extra power outlets
needed. Oh what fun. Thank God I'm retired, and have the time to spare!!!

jim