Free Emergency XP Boot Disk
This disk will boot your system if the hard drive master boot record fails or becomes corrupt. There is not one available from Microsoft or system manufacturers like Compaq, Dell, Gateway, Hewlett Packard, or IBM.
Free XP Boot Up Tune Up
Your Gigahertz system can boot even Faster without hardware changes! The startup sequence can be made more efficient on even brand new systems

Windows XP won't do everything you're used to doing in Windows 9X. There is brand new hardware in computer stores that doesn't come with software that will work in Windows XP because of being manufactured before XP was released.
You can have your current version of Windows AND Windows XP. Known as dual boot, this will preserve your current operating system exactly as it is now and let your XP system grow as software and drivers become available.

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