From: rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net   
      
   On 25 Aug 2013, Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote in alt.os.windows-xp:   
      
   >   I have an XP- PRO machine whicxh is, I think, on the verge of dying   
   > ( frequent blue screen --"a disk need to be checked" message. The   
   > disk check frequently shows files mis-filed or whatever the message   
   > means. Then I say OK and presumable it fixes them.   
   >  Also  notes  --" the machine has recovered from a serious error---"   
   > etc and sends a message to MS  etc.   
   >  So I want to get a new laptop. But they all have Win 8, which I   
   > despise (my wifw's new computer has it and I can't ctually get to the   
   > computer do do anything!   
   >    So my diotic idea -- buy a new lap top With win 8 installed ;   
   > get a new copy of Win XP on e-bay, and install it over Win 8.   
   >   Is that doable (to get a working XP machine) ?? Or is that just   
   > asking for a messed up computrer with nothing working??   
   >   Yeah I know it's dumb but Win 8 is simply not acceptable!   
      
   There's a good chance that a brand new laptop that's been made with   
   Windows 8 in mind will not have XP drivers available, which means that   
   XP might not install, or might not be able to fully address all   
   hardware features. Do your homework.   
      
   If it were me, I'd run a thorough disk integrity checking utility, and   
   if the disk were failing, as it sounds, I'd replace it.   
      
   You better do something quick, though - your symptoms imply a hard disk   
   that's ready to go catastrophically. Once they start to fail, it   
   happens quick.   
      
   Windows 8 is not all that different than Windows 7, except for the   
   Metro interface, which you can easily avoid.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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