Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
Installing Windows XP
Name: Badmanrc Date: April 5, 2009 at 10:53:23 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: Core 2 Duo E8400 / 4 Product: Acer / Aspire one Subcategory: Installation
Comment:
Hey guys, I have a friend who has a mini laptop. She has Windows XP Home ULCPC edition installed on it. I need to format her hard drive and reinstall because of some problems she is having. I was wondering, would I be able to use a Windows XP Home OEM disk with the serial number located on the bottom? Or is the ULCPC licencing different than the regular OEM disk?
Grrrr "...pentathol makes you sing like a canary" ... got brain freeze
0
Response Number 2
Name: Badmanrc Date: April 5, 2009 at 13:05:21 Pacific
Reply:
I don't have the computer in front of me right now. I will get it tonight. But in the mean time, let's say it is, because I'm pretty sure it is. If the sticker serial and the serial in use are the same, can I use an OEM disk to install XP, or do I need a special ULCPC OEM disk?
0
Response Number 3
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: April 5, 2009 at 13:32:56 Pacific
Reply:
You may not need a disk at all. Check Acer's website (or the manual that came with the laptop) and see if there is a Recovery Partition.
EEOC
0
Response Number 4
Name: Badmanrc Date: April 7, 2009 at 15:27:14 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks Jennifer,
I didn't even think about a recovery partition. I pressed Alt+F10 during boot to load from the recovery partition and was able to reload the OS in a matter of minutes. Thanks again.
Summary: Hi everyone - I bought an iMac about three months ago, and this past weekend I tried installing Windows XP. Boot Camp seems to work fine, but on the Windows install, when I get to the screen that ask...
Summary: I cant get windows activation off my HP/Compaq Notebook so Im thinking about formatting my harddrive and installing windows XP Pro from a Dell CD Can I do this with out any problems? ...
Summary: Possibly, there's a topic about that, but I haven't seen them all, so I create new one. I have laptop Toshiba L30-10X with Vista pre-installed. I've installed Windows XP and it worked correctly till ...
Name: Badmanrc
0 
