Sorry to intrude, but, one option is to use a 25 dollar PATA controller that will give you 4 IDE channels. You would have to copy the drivers on to a floppy disk ( in the root directory not in a folder), and hit F6 when prompted at the beginning of the install. No new HDD's needed. Most likely you will only have to do a repair install, so you will not lose your data or programs.
XP is a mature, solid OS. Vista is a new OS that is plagued by the things that plague all new operating systems, It’s new. Vista Ultimate uses 830 MB of RAM just sitting at the desktop. The other favors are more efficient but still need more recourses than XP. Hardware and software vendors are slow at times to release updates, so compatibility will be spotty for awhile. Stick with 2k or XP for the time being, less hassle.
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Date: 2007-06-05 02:35 pm (UTC)XP is a mature, solid OS. Vista is a new OS that is plagued by the things that plague all new operating systems, It’s new. Vista Ultimate uses 830 MB of RAM just sitting at the desktop. The other favors are more efficient but still need more recourses than XP. Hardware and software vendors are slow at times to release updates, so compatibility will be spotty for awhile. Stick with 2k or XP for the time being, less hassle.