windows xp professional--adding new external hard drive
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Date: 05/31/04
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Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 22:48:23 -0700
I have the oem cds, but it was not obvious to me that i
needed to use them. they are system restore cds, and there
was no separate windows xp home cd. thanks for your reply.
actually, i would prefer to just switch to linux, but i
also hate to just throw away the substantial investment in
Windows xp professional and ms office xp.
>-----Original Message-----
>The short answer is, yes you're screwed ;-) AND
>No it's not a product activiation issue, per se.
>
>It sounds to me like you're being asked for the CD for the
>previous version of Windows, the qualifying product for
>the upgrade CD, and you don't have it (and you shouldn't
>be trying to do what you're trying to do). If your system
>came with an OEM CD, or a Restore CD that's the disc to
>use.
>
>That said, why don't you try to resolve the ISSUE instead
>of taking the sledgehammer approach = re-installing XP
>(which will not miraculously fix it, necessarily).
>
>If your system was running fine, then you installed the
>external drive, then the system had a problem when
>booting . . . fix the problem (uninstall the drive ?),
>talk to the vendor from whom you purchased the drive,
>visit the manufaccturer's web site and look at the FAQs,
>call them on the telephone (they love phone calls), talk
>to SONY, search Google for other people with the same
>problem, try to find a newer driver, etc.
>
>In short there's no simple, pat answer . . .
>
>Good Luck !
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>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?
>>.
>>
>.
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