My wife is thinking about buying a couple of DELLs for her business. I could certainly build these things myself but I can't beat the price DELL is offering. Especially with XP and Office.
Anyway, I'm assuming that the operating system does not come in a standard OEM CD. It is on a disk with all kinds of other DELL software. The reason I ask is that when the computers come in they will probably have all kinds of DELL installed software on it. I would like to re-format the drive and put a fresh operating system install on it. That way there won't be any other stuff on it.
Can I do this with the CD or CDs that come with the machine? Or will the CDs install Windows along with all the other crap? The same thing goes for Office. Can I install just Office or do I have to install all the DELL-ware along with it?
If I can't do a seperate Windows install can I get XP on a CD since I already bought the license with the computer? I can't seem to find anything that tells me one way or the other.
Anyway, I'm assuming that the operating system does not come in a standard OEM CD. It is on a disk with all kinds of other DELL software. The reason I ask is that when the computers come in they will probably have all kinds of DELL installed software on it. I would like to re-format the drive and put a fresh operating system install on it. That way there won't be any other stuff on it.
Can I do this with the CD or CDs that come with the machine? Or will the CDs install Windows along with all the other crap? The same thing goes for Office. Can I install just Office or do I have to install all the DELL-ware along with it?
If I can't do a seperate Windows install can I get XP on a CD since I already bought the license with the computer? I can't seem to find anything that tells me one way or the other.