Recent content by LucLin

Hi SolMiester, No, there won't be dual booting. As the current XP is regarded as illegal by Microsoft I don't see the point in keeping it. Thus the decision to migrate to the new installation. Altough no drivers for routers, etc. I still have to install a lot of stuff like wireless...

Sorry, I can't see the point in cloning the drive. By doing that it will just keep things as it is now, wouldn't it? Is it an option to just update the current XP key to the new one I just bought? How do I do that?

I'll have to install a new copy of XP and seek help with the right sequence to follow. The matter is that for a reason I'm unaware of my current XP installation is no longer eligible for patches, updates, etc. It become clear just now that I tried to get SP3 from Microsoft. It seems the shop...

:thumbsup: I second that as a good start point. I had the same problem a few weeks ago. Suddenly my computer just began refusing to boot, no matter what I tried. After days & nights fighting it (more nights than days :disgust: ) at the end it was just the motherboard shutting everything...