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RE: Windows XP problem ':/ - Chaotic Phoenix - 07-19-2010
No problem, it doesn't seem rude to me. I set it up to just read from CD for installation.
No message would come up at all. I did learn, sadly, that this copy of windows can't be installed from my laptop due to my laptop having a more up to date WinXP. I think I'll have to buy a completely newer copy after all >.<
RE: Windows XP problem ':/ - Mute Point - 07-19-2010
The only thing having an updated version would do to installing an older version, is that it wouldn't let you install over the original. Unless you are trying to install from that windows installation... Which, if that's what you're doing, then it makes sense.
RE: Windows XP problem ':/ - Chaotic Phoenix - 07-20-2010
Yeah, I was trying to install the older one from my original one. I guess it can't be done right? And I'll have to get a newer WinXP before I can really do anything?
RE: Windows XP problem ':/ - Mute Point - 07-20-2010
Does your laptop still have the old installation files on it? If so, you could run those, and tell it to install to the external.
RE: Windows XP problem ':/ - Chaotic Phoenix - 07-20-2010
Yeah, I can use my laptop's CD Partition to access the R/F/Q configuration, but when I tried to install it directly onto my desktop, the desktop said that partition wasn't compatible with that PC's Model, despite both being WinXP home.
So if I install the laptop's partition on the external, I could use it on my desktop?
RE: Windows XP problem ':/ - Roxy Love - 07-22-2010
This seems like a good place for a first post...
Installing onto the external might work, if your computer is capable of booting from a USB drive. If it's not, then you'd be wasting time doing the install. So before you try it, check the PC's bios, and see if it has a USB device boot option.
Either way, you'll have to let it build a driver database twice.. So it might take awhile.