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    Urgent Help!!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by revilo88, Jul 24, 2007.

  1. revilo88

    revilo88 Notebook Enthusiast

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    i have just received my brand spanking new 1520, whilst i have had a quick play around i want to install xp pro.

    When i have put the xp pro cd in, the auto start menu appears. However the button that says install windows xp is greyed out :mad: Whats the deal here then?
     
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    Does your headjack make weird noises?
     
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    Have you tried rebooting?
     
    Zagnut, Jul 24, 2007
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    You have to boot to the CD, you cannot install XP if you are currently running Vista or XP at that instant.
     
    thegsrguy, Jul 24, 2007
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    so do i have to change the boot to cd in the bios then?

    Havnt checked the headphones issue yet
     
    revilo88, Jul 24, 2007
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    If you have a CD in your drive, and then you reboot, I believe if you press F8 (maybe F2) you can select an option for what you want to boot off for only that 1 time, so you don't have to go into BIOS, and then go back into BIOS when your done. Just saves some time.
     
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    It will most likely boot from CD as it is. Now if it doesn't do that, then yes you have to set it up in the bios...
     
    Zagnut, Jul 24, 2007
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    right so i booted to cd as suggested, that started up all fine. I then started installing a few drivers before declaring that i didnt have a hard drive!

    Any suggestions?
     
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    Yes, do what this guy did: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=143417
     
    Zagnut, Jul 24, 2007
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