Setup continued and I followed the wizard to give the machine a name, set up a user account name and password, enter the product key, and set the time. I clicked on the tiny “Driver Options (advanced)” to format the single C: drive. I selected a custom install rather than the upgrade option - I wanted a completely clean machine. The install process started up without any issues. I had to do an F2 to modify the boot sequence so that the machine would read from the CD/DVD drive first. I popped the Windows 7 install DVD into the CD/DVD drive and turned the laptop on.

They were nice laptops and came with Windows XP but I decided to see if I could do a clean install of Windows 7. I had a couple of old (circa 2004 I think) Dell D600 laptops.