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| Thread ID: 83075 | 2007-09-18 10:43:00 | win xp expired | nzace (6057) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 592476 | 2007-09-19 07:22:00 | Could be a complete format of your HD is required, as that is the only way you can uninstall it then install your legal copy. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 592477 | 2007-09-19 07:33:00 | Hi,Firsly,I do have a legit copy of xp If you do have a legit copy of XP then you will or should also have the Certificate of Authenticity See Here (www.microsoft.com) as to what it looks like. Thats the product key you need. The XP CD is not the licence, in fact its the Licence you pay for when you purchase XP. The CD is worth less then $10.00 If you have lost the COA, all hope is not lost. As long as you can prove by a receipt that you did purchase it legally then they may issue you with another one for a small cost. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 592478 | 2007-09-19 07:52:00 | Cant, my copy is xp professional and my friends is xp home | nzace (6057) | ||
| 592479 | 2007-09-19 08:41:00 | Hi,Firsly,I do have a legit copy of xp and was trying to install it over top of 98se ,but was having allsorts of problems so a mate installed his copy which was already installed on his puter,hence,I was unable to register it.I then tried to uninstall xp and you know the rest. save any files if you can, then format and install XP. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 592480 | 2007-09-19 09:09:00 | Yawnage material here. Go to www.google.com and read some of the stuff you have posted questions about in here. Google is a great tool and you will find answers to a lot of things there. (in future, try searching yourself, instead of just asking us to tell you what to do) |
Bozo (8540) | ||
| 592481 | 2007-09-19 09:26:00 | Cant, my copy is xp professional and my friends is xp home First do what Tweak'e said, save any files, easiest way is to put your drive on another PC as a slave. then copy across. Then attach your drive back, and wipe it, or put the your XP Pro in the drive, have your XP Pro product key, do a non distruct reinstall, that will put XP Pro on, and away you go - XP Pro will upgrade from XP HM. Problem with upgrading from 98 to XP is 98 could be unstable.- hence unstable XP. Heres how to do a Non Distruct. - Put XP CD in Drive 1.When the Press any key to boot from CD message is displayed on your screen, press a key to start your computer from the Windows XP CD. 2.Press ENTER when you see the message To setup Windows XP now, and then press ENTER displayed on the Welcome to Setup screen. 3.Do not choose the option to press R to use the Recovery Console. 4.In the Windows XP Licensing Agreement, press F8 to agree to the license agreement. 5.Make sure that your current installation of Windows XP is selected in the box, and then press R to repair Windows XP. 6.Follow the instructions on the screen to complete Setup. Man am I glad I put those instructions on word:lol: Easy to copy paste. PS: Demon Hunter's advice is top notch:thumbs: you can find almost any answer there. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 592482 | 2007-09-19 20:25:00 | Yawnage material here. Go to www.google.com and read some of the stuff you have posted questions about in here. Google is a great tool and you will find answers to a lot of things there. (in future, try searching yourself, instead of just asking us to tell you what to do) Now why did I not think of that? Use Google and forget PressF1! Oh wait, Google has 320,000 pages matching your query. Now to which of those pages do I go to get reliable and accurate information? I just checked how Googled handled "hw do i fmt my hd". This means if you can't frame the query it is likely you will get hits that do not relate to the problem. The main difference between Google and PressF1 is simple. Google can not read minds although it attempts to in suggesting alternative spelling for example. The members of PressF1 can't read minds either although we attempt to. PressF1 is interactive and people can ask questions. So if I felt like replying to a post on PressF1 which had a subject line,"hw do i fmt my hd", I would guess that the person posting wants to format a hard drive. But then I would feel obliged to ask other questions. I could go on but I will stop now. I hope you see my point. You will also find, on Google, quite a bit of misinformation. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 592483 | 2007-09-20 06:08:00 | Yawnage material here. Go to www.google.com and read some of the stuff you have posted questions about in here. Google is a great tool and you will find answers to a lot of things there. (in future, try searching yourself, instead of just asking us to tell you what to do)Gosh, someone has forgotten this is a help forum. People are not to be made to feel like they cannot ask for help, regardless how simple the problem may seem to others by comments like that. Your custom title suggests you have little tolerance towards inexperienced users, so if you are unwilling to help them, perhaps find other threads to post in. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 592484 | 2007-09-20 07:49:00 | If your CMOS is set to allow boot from CD! Often it is not and needs to be changed. | PENTIUM (426) | ||
| 592485 | 2007-09-25 01:44:00 | Sweep & Jen I understand what you are getting at, but for a problem as simple as this, all it would take is a very simple correctly composed entry into a Google search for the correct results to be returned. I don't mind helping n00bs, but seriously, this person obviously needs to learn how to use Google to at least try and find a solution. For a problem as simple as this, im sure there are multiple (and mostly accurate) examples and solutions. |
Bozo (8540) | ||
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