Re: windows xp professional--adding new external hard drive

From: hermes (hermes_at_messenger.net)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 00:43:23 -0500

Before the MVP (M$ Victim Poster) Hermes responded, <Gerald D. Pine>
typed:
> I installed a new external usb hard drive on a sony pcg
> srx99 laptop computer. The next time I rebooted I got a
> message "Error loading operating system." I have been
> unable to get beyond this error message. Is this a product
> activation issue?
>
> I decided to try to reinstall windows xp, but my version is
> an upgrade version, so that I am asked for a cd with the
> full version on it. My computer came with Windows XP home
> on manufacturer oem cds, and the disk I am trying to
> install from is the Windows XP Professional upgrade cd. I
> really don't want to go back and install the Windows XP
> Home edition and then do the upgrade again. Am I screwed
> here? Or is this a totally different problem?
>
> Any suggestions?

No, this should cause you no activation problems. You should be able to
activate over the internet unless it has been under 120 days since you
orginally activated. Otherwise, activate by phone. Hmmm, a usb external HD
is causing this. That seems odd, many of those are not even bootable. Have
you tried going into the bios and looking at the HD settings? For future
reference, check out the below site for info on activation.

http://microscum.com/mmpafaq/
http://microscum.com/crapolammpafaq/

Good luck. 

--
hermes
DRM sux!  Treacherous Computing kills our virtual civil liberties!
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Windows XP crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that

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