Im clueless when it comes to laptops really. Basically the deal is this..
The wife has a HP dv9000t (i think), shes had it for about 8 months or so, and here for the past 2-3 months its been acting funny and really sluggish, almost unbearable. Weve bought a cooler stand for it, xigmatek one with two 80mm fans since we suspected overheating, but that didnt help any. She defrags on a normal basis and runs spybot/adaware every once in awhile so all that mess has been eliminated as a problem. Anyways on to the question.....
We cant find the disk that came with the laptop, but I have a Vista Ultimate 64bit disk. Would it be safe to wipe the laptop drive and reinstall a copy of windows that was NOT the one that came with the laptop? My main concerns are USB/wireless not being installed/detected correctly and what nots.
The wife has a HP dv9000t (i think), shes had it for about 8 months or so, and here for the past 2-3 months its been acting funny and really sluggish, almost unbearable. Weve bought a cooler stand for it, xigmatek one with two 80mm fans since we suspected overheating, but that didnt help any. She defrags on a normal basis and runs spybot/adaware every once in awhile so all that mess has been eliminated as a problem. Anyways on to the question.....
We cant find the disk that came with the laptop, but I have a Vista Ultimate 64bit disk. Would it be safe to wipe the laptop drive and reinstall a copy of windows that was NOT the one that came with the laptop? My main concerns are USB/wireless not being installed/detected correctly and what nots.