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    Will UK version of Windows XP Pro work in US??

    I recently bought a retail version of Windows XP Pro online only to discover when I received the package that based on the number (E85-02667) it's actually an international version. Made in the USA but meant to be sold/used in the UK or Europe. (It's in English) The box is sealed and the COA all...
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    Installing Printer Driver but Vista can't find it!

    I downloaded 2 zip files from Epson's website (one's for the driver, the other is a printer "monitor"), extracted the files, ran the setups for both (there were 2 sets of setups for each!?!) rebooted and then Vista told me the usual.. found new hardware, where are the drivers (since I don't have...
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    Windows XP hangs and won't boot!!

    LOL Gorx... actually what I ended up doing was after spending an entire day trying different fixes, including chkdsk /r and even running my restore image program from DOS, nothing worked so I ended up disconnecting the C: drive and connecting a spare hard drive to the Master on which I did a...
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    Windows XP hangs and won't boot!!

    I removed my 2nd hard drive from my computer and rebooted the computer. I then got a list of errors (such as ntoskrnl.exe missing or corrupt, and many more... ) which I fixed one by one in DOS and rebooted after each fix. Now when I try to boot, I get as far as the Windows XP logo screen with...
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    Need help installing XP onto 2nd Hard Drive - Vista is on 1st HD

    Hi Boomerang, Yes, you are correct. I ended up ordering an IDE to SATA converter (the one that plugs into a PCI slot) to fix the problem. I expect to receive it next week. And you are correct about the OEM version of XP. Can't install it on a new machine so I'm looking to buy a new...
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    Need help installing XP onto 2nd Hard Drive - Vista is on 1st HD

    MC, I'm going to definitely keep this VirtualBox in mind, thanks for mentioning it - still don't know whether I'll be able to install XP onto it though if my OEM XP install disk is hardware dependent. My IDE drive is not the original one that came with my old computer unfortunately - though I'm...
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    Need help installing XP onto 2nd Hard Drive - Vista is on 1st HD

    Yep, it's the XP installation disk that came with my Dell - but I'm not the first one to come across this I'm sure. There has to be a way that I can somehow transfer the license over to the new machine. After all, people DO upgrade their computers. Yes, I'll keep in mind the slipstreaming of...
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    Need help installing XP onto 2nd Hard Drive - Vista is on 1st HD

    OK Cool. I slipstreamed XP2 with the original XP installation disk and created a new install disk. Was a piece of cake. For anyone who's interested in doing this, please visit: http://www.simplyguides.net/gu...ing_autostreamer.shtml Yes, I now reformatted my F: drive, so it's clean as a...
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    Need help installing XP onto 2nd Hard Drive - Vista is on 1st HD

    Actually IDE Drive is completely empty - all my real data is backed up on my USB external Hard Drive. Is it OK if I keep that connected while attempting the impossible XP install feat? Just wondering.. But I will create a backup image of the Vista drive just in case... Oh, you are correct! My...
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    Need help installing XP onto 2nd Hard Drive - Vista is on 1st HD

    OK super. I understand everything you said and yes, I'll go spend some time reading through the BCD site for details. Now if you could bear with me - let me list step by step what I need to do from this point on to successfully install XP onto my 2nd HD and let me know if I got it right... (this...
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    Need help installing XP onto 2nd Hard Drive - Vista is on 1st HD

    mc, are you saying I can use VirtualBox to simulate a dual-boot machine? Would it run XP and Vista simultaneously? I'm not really clear how that works. If I use Sun's VB to run XP, can I image that "virtual drive" and restore it if I decide to revert back to an old version (read: clean/simpler...
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    Need help installing XP onto 2nd Hard Drive - Vista is on 1st HD

    Hi Boomerang - you just made my day by clearing up a lot of issues/concerns I had. Thank you for that!!! OK, the HD that Vista is installed on is a SATA RAID on new computer. The 2nd HD that I am transferring from my old machine to the new machine is an IDE ATA (Seagate) 200 GB hard drive...
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    Need help installing XP onto 2nd Hard Drive - Vista is on 1st HD

    Hi Harvey, The processor is Intel, so I'm assuming the motherboard is also Intel but what do I know... I did find the chipset driver on the Dell website along with 1 of the CD/DVD-ROM drive's drivers. I just need to located the ones for the graphics card and sound card. Anything else? What...
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    Need help installing XP onto 2nd Hard Drive - Vista is on 1st HD

    Hi Harvey! Actually I DO want to keep Vista on the main HD because I eventually want to convert over to it... but want to use XP on 2nd HD for apps & hardware that aren't Vista compatible yet for now... I went to the Dell website to try and locate the drivers for the motherboard and...
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    Need help installing XP onto 2nd Hard Drive - Vista is on 1st HD

    Hello! Just got a new Dell Quad-core machine with Vista installed on it (didn't have a choice). Since Dell already has the main HD partitioned into 3 primary partitions (one is a header of some sort, the 2nd D: is "Recovery" and the 3rd is C: where the OS is installed), I have no choice but...