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11-01-2002, 09:42 AM
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Oem vs Retail Win XP
Does anyone know the difference between oem and retail version of XP? I have XP oem and it formats and then starts to copy installation files. It finishes and says it needs to reboot to start installation. once it reboots it goes back to the beginning again. I have CD-Rom as main boot and IDE-0 as secondary.
Any Ideas? (I have repeated this circle three or four times) (The Bios does read the HD correctly as does XP on initial installation process) |
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11-01-2002, 09:50 AM
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Is it an OEM disc that came with a proprietary computer or computer mfger (like Dell or Toshiba etc etc?) I have used OEM disks before and that doesnt sound right at all.
Is your CD device actually set as Primary IDE-0 and HDD set as primary IDE-1? |
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11-01-2002, 10:33 AM
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Cd is second ide slot and HDD is in primary. HDD is IDE-0. It is not from a large manufacturer.
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11-01-2002, 10:50 AM
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Because it's booting from CD to start with, it thinks you want to install, every time it boots.
Set it to boot from CD, and on it's first restart, go into BIOS and change the boot order from CD to HD. After that it should all go smoothly. |
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11-01-2002, 10:50 AM
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Have you tried taking the CD out when the system reboots? It almost sounds as if it is copying the install file to the HDD, but then sees the CD, and boots off of that again.
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11-01-2002, 11:23 AM
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That was tried...taking out the CD. It gives a system boot failure. It will only boot from the CD and not the HDD. XP and the BIOS do see the HDD correctly though. I had Win2000 on previously and used the cd to boot to xp and formatted within XP setup. Would a low level format been better?
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11-01-2002, 11:27 AM
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You are sure that you have an original MIcrosoft OEM disk and not a counterfit, because I have never had the problem you are describing in any XP system I have built.
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11-01-2002, 11:33 AM
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Purchased from newegg.....
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11-01-2002, 11:33 AM
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This XP edition loaded to another computer just fine... but that was on a brand new HDD.
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11-01-2002, 12:02 PM
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When in doubt, run FDisk and delete all partitions on the drive, then set the computer to boot from the CD and let XP run the show.
Also you cannot use XP Home or XP Pro OEM disk to install on multiple computers unless you have a seperate license for each. Otherwise at the end of the activation, the computer will not boot. |
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11-01-2002, 01:41 PM
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I have already formatted the other computer. I am only using one copy of this XP. No piracy here.
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11-01-2002, 01:53 PM
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Would an old ME boot disk work to delete the partitions? are there switches to use for fdisk /?
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11-01-2002, 02:23 PM
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I would recommend win95 or 98se. Go here to download one:
http://dos.li5.org/ You don't need to use a switch with fdisk. When in fdisk, delete all partitions, create your new one, and then reboot the computer. |
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11-02-2002, 04:39 PM
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Make sure you have any BIOS virus protection or boot sector write protection disabled.
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