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Old 11-26-2010, 12:49 AM
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Originally Posted by gemorc View Post
I have an old Dell laptop that has seen much better days. Now, the hard drive is so full of junk and out of date software, I am thinking about formatting the disc and starting over. I am hoping to be able to use this machine as a simple word processor. Is this possible? What start up disks will I need. I have Windows XP and Microsoft Office that I can put on later. Please advise.
You will need the disks that came with the computer. Or, you may be able to find software on Craigs list.

Good luck