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    newb question

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by gregbales, Jun 25, 2007.

  1. gregbales

    gregbales Newbie

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    If I buy a barebones notebook with no os installed but i have the disc at home do i just boot it up with my disc? sorry if its been asked.
     
    gregbales, Jun 25, 2007
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    f4ding Laptop Owner

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    Assumming the legal part like license and all that follows the 'right' procedure, it is all about the disc. If the disc is the regular disc that you bought from the store like bestbuy, then yes, the disc should be bootable and you can boot it up with your disc.
     
    f4ding, Jun 26, 2007
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  3. PhoenixFx

    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes. Legal issues aside, all you have to do it set the boot order in the BIOS to boot from the CD, then put in the CD.
    However, if you get a SATA hard disk (most probably you will) and have an older XP CD (pre SP2), you *might* run into some problems detecting the hard disk. If that happens then, you’ll have to either slipstream the drivers to the XP installation CD or give them during XP installation process.
     
    PhoenixFx, Jun 26, 2007
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    gregbales Newbie

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    ok thank you guys
     
    gregbales, Jun 26, 2007
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  5. kanehi

    kanehi Notebook Deity

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    Depends on the OS, if you have 98 or 2000 you might find some driver problems. Might have greater problems with XP or Vista.
     
    kanehi, Jun 28, 2007
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