Formatting a Laptop to load Windows NT

[kumar12345]

Hello everyone,

I've bought a Laptop which is preloaded with Windows XP. Now I need to load Windows NT. If I format the Harddisk, will I face any problems while loading NT.....can anyone help me with suitable suggestion.......

Thanks in advance..... regards...... Kumar

 

[ensorg]

Make sure that you get NT drivers for all your hardware, also make sure that the hd is NTFS and not fat32 as NT will not install onto fat32

 

[AllanBowker]

Which version of NT? I guess you mean NT4.
I would recommend Win2k AKA: NT5 however as it is much much more suitable for laptops.

 

[caddnima]

why go back to NT? if i may ask... whats wrong with XP... from what I heard it is more stable than W2K...

 

[francoischaer]

well i guess if you choose to install NT you better prepare all your hardware drivers and make sure they are compatible with NT 4 .
if you want dual boot make sure that your hard disk is ntfs for NT 4 doesn't recognise fat32
Good Luck Francois Chaer
Network Admin

 

[mrdsnl]

Installing NT would not be a problem except for the drivers. If dual boot is required, What u can do is create a FAT16 partition (max 2047 MB) where u can install any Win9X OS & install NT by creating NTFS partition in the remaining free space. I had faced problem in installing a ATI Ragepro(display) driver for NT on laptop so check if all the drivers are available first. I think only in case of less RAM or specific software requirement, u should go for NT otherwise Win2000 Professional is fine.

 

[Guest_imported]

it is alway better to run latest os on latest hardware.
do not downgrading os on new machine to have same os on all machines .