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Booting from OEM version XP CD?
Name: WDGC Date: August 15, 2004 at 20:39:13 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home Edition S CPU/Ram: Pentium IV 512MB
Comment:
Can a system be booted from an OEM version Windows XP Home Edition CD? Despite having "Boot from CD" as the 1st selection in BIOS Boot Priority, the subsequent boot is as normal. My desire is to reformat and do a clean install of Windows XP.
Name: jam Date: August 15, 2004 at 20:44:45 Pacific
Reply:
Are you watching the screen & pressing a key to boot off the CD when prompted?
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Response Number 2
Name: WDGC Date: August 15, 2004 at 21:29:40 Pacific
Reply:
I have watched the screen - no prompts. The computer boots from "Ultimate Boot CD 2.4" without any key pressing, which made me wonder about possible differences with an OEM version XP CD.
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Response Number 3
Name: tropic Date: August 15, 2004 at 22:00:26 Pacific
Reply:
Buy a genuine CD.
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Response Number 4
Name: WDGC Date: August 15, 2004 at 22:20:01 Pacific
Reply:
How do you define "OEM"? What makes you think an OEM CD is not "genuine"? [whatever your definition of "genuine"is].
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Response Number 5
Name: 808 Date: August 15, 2004 at 23:18:16 Pacific
Reply:
"OEM" = Original Equipment Mfgr.
"OEMPOC" = OEM PIECE OF CRAP
OEM-XP is a preinstalled OS that can be reinstalled from the i386 directory or the factory restore piece of crap CD.
808
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Response Number 6
Name: FJ Date: August 16, 2004 at 00:27:44 Pacific
Reply:
Go to Boot Disk.com and download the 6 emergency repair disk. You will need 6 blank floppy disk.
Use those disks to get to the Repair Console and then choose a fresh install. Insert the OEM Disk into the CD-Rom and format and reinstall a fresh copy.
Repost if you are still having trouble.
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Response Number 7
Name: domass Date: August 16, 2004 at 07:20:01 Pacific
Reply:
Just a minute, hang on, before everyone gets mad at each other, I have an oem cd and it boots just like any retail version. You need to uninstall the Ultimate Boot CD 2.4 because it takes over when ever you boot from a cd and it must interfer with the normal cd booting operation. Check out their home page.
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Response Number 8
Name: WDGC Date: August 16, 2004 at 16:00:49 Pacific
Reply:
Ultimate Boot CD 2.4 isn't installed, after making the CD I merely tested it - to see if the CD worked and if the computer would boot from a CD. The CD was a success and the system booted from it, but for whatever reason won't from the OEM XP disc.
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Response Number 9
Name: WDGC Date: August 16, 2004 at 20:42:26 Pacific
Reply:
Even though I couldn't see any prompts, waiting for the HDD to be recognized then continually pressing a key, proved to be the solution.
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