My computer just recently blue-screened on me. I think I know why too: there was a small power outage when my computer was installing updates. I can run it in safe-mode (typing this post on it right now) but every time I try to boot it normally it blue-screens (and sometimes when I try to boot in safe-mode it hangs on startup on agp440.sys, a graphics card error). Assuming it is my software and not my hardware, I want to try and install a new operating system and see if it works. I'm currently running Windows XP. Ideally I'd like to skip Vista and go straight to 7, but if my specs aren't high enough then I can settle for Vista (I've been running XP for a little over five years now). Here's my specs:



Dell Optiplex GX270
Pentium 4, 2.8GHz
1.75 GB RAM
40 GB HDD
40 GB HDD (external)
NVIDA GeForce 6200 (I believe 256 MB VRAM)
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Everything else is default for the GX270



So what are my options here? I guess I can try reinstalling XP, but I really think I'm due for a full-on upgrade.