Re: installing OEM XP on an old PC

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From: Bob I <birelan@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:26:46 -0500

Daave wrote:

Alias wrote:

Momo wrote:

According to Alias:
I can install XP OEM on an old PC motherboard that might have a
previous OEM on it. Can anyone validate this?

Motherboards cannot have an operating system on them, only hard drives
can.

LOL !

I read that so quickly that my brain saw "PC motherboard" as hard drive!

Guess Alias didn't know about ROM-Basic in the old IBM PC's! Operating system on a motherboard.

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