First post, by jimmystikx
Hello all, I'm relatively new to the forums. A few days ago, I picked up a D610 "for parts" at a thrift store for $20. It was labeled as such due to a lack of power supply. Well my Dell m5040 has a compatible one, and it fired right up. It's XP install still works. The battery, not so much, and if the quality of the m5040 replacements on the market are any indication, 610 ones will also be garbage. I may crack it open and see if it can be rebuilt with new cells.
My only conundrum with it is do I wipe the hd and reinstall XP, or go through and delete all the previous owners stuff off of it. Mainly because I can't remember if Xp needs web access for activation.
I'm also considering making it a dual boot XP/9x machine.
Any tips and suggestions would be appreciated.