Re: win2000 install problem

h.stroph wrote:

It is a CDR copy from the original. Yesterday I got a free Dell 500MHz tower
from Craigslist, and the win2000 CD installed flawlessly on it by way of
testing, so I have confidence that the win2000 CD is still entirely
functional.

Strictly, all that tells you is that the CD is functional with that particular CD-drive. If you have a weak burn in some spots on the CD, it's perfectly possible for it to be read on one drive but not another.

And drives for laptops are engineered with different constraints than AC-powered machines, the major emphasis for laptop use being power consumption (reduction of it). Laptop drives are therefore likely to be more "fussy" about the quality of the CD. Doubtless they'll be fine with an original "pressed" CD but CD R's are weaker (harder to read) and you might have problems with a borderline copy.
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