Re: Win XP CD won't boot
- From: "philo" <philo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:03:06 -0500
"Cooter" <cooter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is a strange one. I'm trying to change my Lenovo desktop machine fromfrom
(preloaded) Vista back to XP. I have a legit XP CD, all the XP drivers for
that machine from the Lenovo website and am familiar with installing XP.
I've changed the boot sequence to CD, but the machine simply won't boot
the XP CD. The drive starts and continues to run, but there is no bootVista
activity. Just for fun I tried booting from an old Win 98 CD and it will
boot, but when I replace the 98 with the XP the machine just quits
responding. Any ideas?
And another question - If I can boot with the 98 CD, would I accomplish
anything by formatting the hard drive at that point, then attempting to
install XP? Or would I totally screw up the system? It's almost as if
refuses to acknowledge that XP exists. Lenovo has been no help - they just
keep telling me to do what I've already done.
Any help greatly appreciated.
If the machine boots from a win98 cd...then your XP cd is either dirty or
scratched.
You may want to download a set of XP boot floppies and give that a try.
they can be used on machines that cannot boot from a cd
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994
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