From: me@privacy.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 18:34:43 +0100, Mr Pounder wrote:   
      
   > For some reason I have always thought that I needed the disc that installed   
   > the XP to format it.   
      
   You can use that, but there are partition tools you can use as well.   
      
   > I've put Jelly Bean on a stick.   
   > This computer is now over 7 years old and has served me well. Due to the   
   > horror stories about Windows 8 I'm hoping it will last until Windows 9 is   
   > out before I buy a new setup. If 9 is junk then I guess it's Windows 7.   
      
   I'm using W7 myself atm, but I've installed W8 for a couple of other   
   people and I didn't like it. But it improves if you install Start8 to   
   make it look and feel like W7. I believe it costs around 5 dollar.   
      
   My brother, god child and niece all had XP on their computer and I've   
   replaced it with Xubuntu (12.04 and 14.04). They all used Thunderbird,   
   Firefox and LibreOffice on Windows, so they were familiar with at least   
   some of the programs. I haven't heard any complaints yet!   
      
   Xubuntu 12.04 should run fine on your 7yo computer. You can download an   
   ISO,   
      
      
      
      
   burn it on a CD/DVD and then boot with it (a so-called "live CD"). It   
   won't install anything, but it will show you how it looks and you can   
   check if your hardware is recognized. Only downside about 12.04 is that   
   it will receive updates until April 2015. 14.04 is LTS and will be   
   supported until April 2019.   
      
   Anyway, just a thought...   
      
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