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Upgrading Hard Drive

by Troy2322 May 3, 2004 4:03AM PDT

I want to install Windows XP on an old laptop, but it only has a 5 GB capacity. Is it possible to install a new hard drive with a higher capacity? The laptop is a HP N3350. I ran the update advisor on Microsoft's website and the hard drive space is the only issue.

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Re:Upgrading Hard Drive = No one will guarantee this one.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 3, 2004 4:19AM PDT
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by Mark G May 3, 2004 8:55AM PDT

yes you can get bigger but i wouldnt advise running xp on an old dlow puter

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Re:Upgrading Hard Drive
by JMarchi May 3, 2004 10:19PM PDT

Your biggest problem is that you may not be able to find XP compatible drivers for your video, modem, sound, network card or motherboard hardware.

A check of the HP web site shows their support ends at Windows 2000. Those drivers may work with XP, or they may not. They have a link to installing XP on that system, but there is no information at all, making the likelihood of it working quite iffy.

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