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I sent him a link to download XP tablet pc edition iso.
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dude, you can't install xp OVER xp like you could in win9x. All you'll be able to do is install a second copy, which will give you 2 operating systems on one hard drive, which is a no no. Just backup your stuff and load the toshiba disk so you don't even have to worry about drivers.
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Originally posted by TGO:
dude, you can't install xp OVER xp like you could in win9x. All you'll be able to do is install a second copy, which will give you 2 operating systems on one hard drive, which is a no no. Just backup your stuff and load the toshiba disk so you don't even have to worry about drivers.
Wrong.
XP can be installed over itself again. It's called a Repair installation.
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Originally posted by SVT4STD:
Originally posted by TGO:
dude, you can't install xp OVER xp like you could in win9x. All you'll be able to do is install a second copy, which will give you 2 operating systems on one hard drive, which is a no no. Just backup your stuff and load the toshiba disk so you don't even have to worry about drivers.
Wrong.
XP can be installed over itself again. It's called a Repair installation.
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im sorry i didn't know there were people that even used that
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Originally posted by TGO:
im sorry i didn't know there were people that even used that
Makes a flaky machine even more flaky. Not worth it, IMHO. Rebuild, never repair.
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Originally posted by Shaggy:
Originally posted by TGO:
im sorry i didn't know there were people that even used that
Makes a flaky machine even more flaky. Not worth it, IMHO. Rebuild, never repair.
I have a laptop that destabilized and wound up with some corrupted startup files due to an anti-virus prog. Used the repair function and it's back to normal now. No problems whatsoever.
Its possible that any XP disc will work if you're just planning on repairing. I used an XP Pro disc from my business machine to repair the XP Home on my laptop. Might be worth a shot if you've got an XP disc laying around.
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Originally posted by IRingTwyce:
I have a laptop that destabilized and wound up with some corrupted startup files due to an anti-virus prog. Used the repair function and it's back to normal now. No problems whatsoever.
there's always exceptions to the rule.
go ahead and do what you want...but it won't take much more effort to install a fresh copy of windows. but hey, if it jumps up and bites you in the @$$, don't say you weren't warned.
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Another thing... I have heard on Notebookforums that the license on the bottom of the laptop isn't a license for a full version of Windows, but rather just a license for the "restore" the OEM has set up.
So downloading an ISO of the retail or equivalent, you could be treading water with Microsoft.
But a lot of people don't care about that anyway.
I got one of the lucky few Dell laptops that still had the "Create Windows CD" program, which made me a plain XP Home CD without all the Dell BS.
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Originally posted by Big Daddy Kane:
Another thing... I have heard on Notebookforums that the license on the bottom of the laptop isn't a license for a full version of Windows, but rather just a license for the "restore" the OEM has set up.
So downloading an ISO of the retail or equivalent, you could be treading water with Microsoft.
Your licence is for a copy of windows, regardless of installation media. The license is for OEM version of said copy (XP Home; XP Pro, whatever). The only time you ever need a new licence is if you change the motherboard.
Take everything you read in forums with a pinch of salt.
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