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    Need to Install XP on this laptop:

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by tylerjohnson, Aug 6, 2008.

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    kanehi Notebook Deity

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    You have to make sure that the CD drive boots first. You have to read the screen for boot options or change in the BIOS settings
     
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    tylerjohnson Newbie

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    Already tried that... and I get the usual "press any key to boot from CD" of course which I do, then I get "Can not find NTLDR" and windows boots normally.
     
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    You guys think this would work? :

    Create a partition on the drive, maybe 32GB.

    Install XP on THAT partition.

    Than in XP, delete the Vista Partition?

    Than reinstall XP on a full drive?
     
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    Well you still can't boot from the CD

    Maybe you could allocate a part of your hard drive with the installation files and by booting for example from MS-DOS, you could run the setup.

    Full tutorial here: http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_installation_tips578.html

    (I know nobody have floppy disks anymore, try booting from a USB drive or something)
     
    livesoft, Aug 7, 2008
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    synic Notebook Deity

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    This link leads you to a page that tells you how to troubleshoot the "NTLDR is missing" error on Win2k. Maybe it might be the same solution for other OS's :eek:
     
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    When I try to boot from an external USB drive, it says "Operating System not found" and that's it.

    I can't boot from CD, I can't boot from USB. And I tried copying the files to a seperated partitioned HD in Vista, but it wouldn't let me do it. Some of the files can not be extracted from the disc.

    I have two XP discs, one is burned on a DVD, and the other is the original CD. The laptop ONLY reads the DVD, it has an optical drive in it, so I don't know what the heck to do.
     
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    benx009 Notebook Evangelist

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    Um, I'm pretty sure that if your laptop can read DVDs, it can read CDs...

    You can use a linux live CD to copy the files from an install disc to one of your HD's partitions if Vista won't let you do it...
     
    benx009, Aug 7, 2008
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