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My 2 Cent · Joined: 03 Jun 2003

was just wondering if i bought a used laptop with a korean windows operating system, how difficult (or possible) would it be to delete and reintall an english version?

Also would i have to reinstall all progammes like photoshop, office etc on the new op system, or would they still be there?

thanks!

ulsanchris · Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Location: take a wild guess

its not hard to do reinstall xp. just follow the instructions. its a little time consuming. You will have to reinstall the other stuff.

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004

Before you do that, make sure you have the correct drvers!!

Laptops are a touchy thing when it comes to setup and driver configurations and sometimes drivers are even sensitive to language.

Did the Laptop come with a set of CDs? One being the OS and perhaps another being the driver CD?

A friend of mine did that...he wiped his Korean Windows installation and installed Windows in English, but then couldn't get the drivers he needed. When he inserted the CD that came with the laptop, it would only allow him to re-install the OS and the drivers, not simply the drivers alone. If he wanted to keep his English install, he would have had no video drivers, sound, etc...

the saint · Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Location: not there yet...

Good call demo... especially since the OP didn't tell us what OS he has. If it is older than XP, fair chance that the drivers are nigh impossible to find on the net if you don't have the CDs.

How big is the hard disk? If it is sizable, how about using the original OS to create a partition to allow you to install the English OS as well as the original? That way, you shouldn't even lose any of your software installs either and you will have a choice of OSs to boot into. Plus, if you ever wanted to sell the system here, you would find more buyers for a machine with a dual OS than for one or the other.

This would work right?

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004

It certaily should, and good thinking! Creating a partition for a dual-boot never even crossed my mind. I think i am so hung up on laptops being so limited...or, at least tricky.

On this topic, even a 6 or 8 GB partition will be enough for an English install and lots of software as well. I have a 10GB partition for my OS (C: drive) and it never goes above 6 or 7 GB. I put the OS and most programs on that drive.

Doing this, you will have to install any games and software on another drive (partition), but at least you can get the OS in with some additional software and it's probably pretty easy to create a 10GB partiton, even on a small 40GB drive.