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installing windows xp

  • 27-10-2008 2:53pm
    #1
    ldr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭


    i`ve been trying to install windows xp home edition on my machine.
    i tryed to do a fresh install on the pc but the pc kept booting while installing and starting over (its a original cd xp home edition cd), eventualy installed, but when it rebooted freezed half way over and over, after trying to installed again nothing would happen, so i came across of linux, witch i installed on the pc with no bother, but i still want to install windows but it wont boot from the cd.
    i set it to boot from cd\dvd and the pc says"press any key to load form cd"
    but when i press it still loads the linux doesnt install.

    please help


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  • #2
    Sean^DCT4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 527 ✭✭✭Sean^DCT4


    ldr wrote: »
    i`ve been trying to install windows xp home edition on my machine.
    i tryed to do a fresh install on the pc but the pc kept booting while installing and starting over (its a original cd xp home edition cd), eventualy installed, but when it rebooted freezed half way over and over, after trying to installed again nothing would happen, so i came across of linux, witch i installed on the pc with no bother, but i still want to install windows but it wont boot from the cd.
    i set it to boot from cd\dvd and the pc says"press any key to load form cd"
    but when i press it still loads the linux doesnt install.

    please help

    If your Windows CD is a bootable and installable version then I do not see what could be preventing it from installing on your machine (other than a hardware problem).

    Best practice is to delete the existing partition, create and format the new one. Then install Windows onto this partition.


  • #3
    ldr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭ldr


    thank you for your reply, i just got it sorted. the problem was the usb keyboard they stopped working after selecting cd\dvd boot drive so when i pressed any key nothing was happing so would just continue to load linux.
    so i bought a keyboard and a mouse ps2 and worked.

    thank you for your help


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