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Solve : Can I install XP with just the update disk????? |
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Answer» OK I seriously messed up....I wanted my older PROGRAMS to work on my laptop which came equiped with Vista....I wanted XP. So I have an XP update disk and it wouldn't let me install it. So I wiped my laptop and now I can't install the XP update disk...it says I need the Full Version.....Please TELL me I don't have to spend more money to fix this??hate to tell u,but an update CD is not a full version of a OS.It will not load a OS. U could try the RESTORE disc your laptop came with. Also try contacting the laptop manufacture for a restore disc. I now Dell will charge around $15.00 US dollars for one. Quote from: Mandipotter on August 20, 2009, 06:05:34 PM OK I seriously messed up....I wanted my older programs to work on my laptop which came equiped with Vista....I wanted XP. So I have an XP update disk and it wouldn't let me install it. So I wiped my laptop and now I can't install the XP update disk...it says I need the Full Version.....Please tell me I don't have to spend more money to fix this?? In the future, most of your programs will probably work fine with Vista, just ask us what difficulties you run into when you run into them. Just reinstall Vista from the disks that came with the laptop.All you need is the install disk from any previous (qualifying) version of Windows. Boot to the XP upgrade disk and start the installation. At some point it will ask you to verify that you OWN an earlier version of Windows (ME, 98, XP, etc) by inserting the setup disk from that version. You can then FINISH the install process. |
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