[access-uk] Re: xp activation problem again.
- From: Chris <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TrueBlue & Proud <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:01:52 +0100
Hi, in older versions of Windows you have to boot from the floppy. At least
that was the case with Windows Millennium Edition. I think Windows XP was the
first version of Windows to be bootable from a CD. Sorry I can't be of any
help, but try asking your friend to insert his 98 floppy(ies) and the CD-ROM
and ask him to follow the prompts displayed at boot time. Good luck.
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Chris Hallsworth
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You wrote:
hi guys, I posted on behalf of a friend sometime ago, about the problem he
was having with his HP desktop system, and XP activation. The system had
been given to him from a family member, and when he tried to boot-up, he got
an activation message, but as he didn't have any software disks with the
computer, and had no way of getting onto the Internet to activate XP, he is
now snookered I'm afraid.
The HP computer system is a very old system he thinks, it used to have
Windows 98 as a OS, and he would like to restore it back to 98 if he can.
This will probably mean a full format of the system, but he does not know
how to change the bios boot sequence, to allow the computer to boot off the
CD-ROM drive.
Is it like he thinks a full format of the system, or is there another way he
can get this computer to work?.
He has a copy of Windows 98, and a 98 boot up disk if that is any good, but
to use either, he has to be able to boot off the CD.
Any advice or help with this problem would be very helpful indeed. He
doesn't have any sighted help,
Dinky Doo
Billy
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