Re: Help! Issues Installing XP MCE!

If you buy a MCE computer from an OEM like Dell, HP the Product Key will be
on a sticker on the side of the system since it is the box that has the
license and not on the Recovery CD. If you bought the OEM version of 2005
then the Product Key comes with the CD itself since the license is not tied
to a specific box. I should not have said Retail CD since that term is
better applied to just a regualar XP system and not to a MCE system.


"DAN" <DAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:EAF657FE-82AB-468C-BB8D-BA6C63739140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Ok, How would someone be able to tell if it is OEM supplied?
>
> "JW" wrote:
>
>> What you tried with Win 98 is what I was suggesting. Is your install CD
>> a
>> regular retail install CD or an OEM supplied install CD if it is an OEM
>> supplied CD it may be looking for something unique in the BIOS to confirm
>> that it is being used on the OEM's hardware.
>> I am out of other ideas for the moment.
>>
>> "DAN" <DAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:BB8DDB74-EC24-4D32-A120-74ADABCA6CAD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Do you mean make a copy of the disks with Nero or something like that?
>> >
>> > I had attempted to copy the contents of the CD onto a folder on the
>> > hard
>> > drive when Win 98 SE was installed on it to try to start the
>> > installation
>> > process from the hard drive and had no problems coping it.
>> >
>> > "JW" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Do you have a running system that you can try copying the content of
>> >> the
>> >> CD
>> >> to to see if there might be an actual problem with the CD itself.?
>> >>
>> >> "DAN" <DAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:ED64EE97-195C-4016-9FED-367B1E7D80C4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > Yes. I used the the Format with the install CD, I even used FDisk
>> >> > when
>> >> > booting from a floppy and a program called Wipeout.
>> >> >
>> >> > I've also changed the hard drive and kept just one stick of 128
>> >> > known
>> >> > to
>> >> > work ram. Even the IDE ribbon cables were changed to see if there
>> >> > maybe
>> >> > was
>> >> > a short somewhere. At one point I had the hard drive and the DVD/CD
>> >> > drive
>> >> > on
>> >> > one IDE cable as master and slave respectfully in that order). I
>> >> > then
>> >> > seperated them onto 2 different IDE Controllers and set both as
>> >> > Master.
>> >> >
>> >> > Also replaced the power supply and tried a different DVD/CD drive.
>> >> >
>> >> > The only constant in this whole equation has been the Pentium 4 3
>> >> > GHz
>> >> > CPU
>> >> > and the ECS Photon PF1 ver 1.0 with an updated bios. Also just
>> >> > remembered
>> >> > that the video card has been constant throughout this.
>> >> >
>> >> > I've also disabled Hyperthreading on the CPU.
>> >> >
>> >> > Like I said before, I'm going "Nucking Futs" trying to figure this
>> >> > out.
>> >> >
>> >> > "JW" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Did you also erase the partition where you are installing in and
>> >> >> recreate
>> >> >> it
>> >> >> and format it with using the install CD?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "DAN" <DAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:36318B29-BC4C-404E-BB22-940CA4FFFB51@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >> > At first I tried it with NTFS, then after many attempts I tried
>> >> >> > it
>> >> >> > with
>> >> >> > Fat32
>> >> >> > but no luck.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > "JW" wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> Did you format the drive with Fat32 or NTFS?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> "DAN" <DAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> >> >> news:9B185457-C527-441A-B307-515EF0530020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >> >> > I'm trying to install Media Center on a PC I built. I have it
>> >> >> >> > set
>> >> >> >> > to
>> >> >> >> > just
>> >> >> >> > bare-bones. I am able to format the drive w/ no issue. The
>> >> >> >> > problem
>> >> >> >> > starts
>> >> >> >> > when the installation starts to copy the files to the drive.
>> >> >> >> > It
>> >> >> >> > reaches
>> >> >> >> > about 19-29 percent and then the system just reboots!!!! I
>> >> >> >> > even
>> >> >> >> > tried
>> >> >> >> > just
>> >> >> >> > for craps and giggles install Win98 SE and that worked w/ no
>> >> >> >> > issues.
>> >> >> >> > I'm
>> >> >> >> > at
>> >> >> >> > wits end with this. PLEASE HELP!
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
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>>


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