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Solve : I installed xp home on top of xp professional - now having some problems? |
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Answer» i didn't really know how to title this post! lol! boy, you've got quite a mess on your hands Oh no! I didn't mean to do anything inappropriate! My dh just reminded me that the xp home was a copy we had purchased for our old computer...it had originally come with windows ME. That comps no longer working,so I hope its ok to have used that! But I'll definitely see if Dell can send me a replacement copy of xp home. I guess it looks like I'll have to get a new hard drive. Are they easy to install for a newbie or is that something I should probably get help with? Quote from: webbeccjo on June 29, 2009, 04:24:12 PM
you mean, XP Professional ? With respect to the disk that you lost, was it the disk that came with the computer when it was purchased? Hard drives are quite easy to install......but before you get another hard drive boot up your computer, go into "my computer", right click on the "C" drive, click properties, click on the "tools" tab, and under where it says "error checking" click on "check now".......make sure that both "check disk" options are checked and click OK.... It will take a while for the scan to complete so be patient. If it finds bad sectors that it cannot repair, you will need to get another hard drive. Why are we trying to find Hard drive errors? Wouldn't the best route be to help retrieve the files? Illegal != Against the EULA. installing a copy of windows onto two computers using the same license key is against the EULA, but it's not necessarily illegal- well, it is, but really only in the same manner as jay-walking. I mean, if you tried to turn yourself into a police station, they would probably just laugh at you. Now, regarding your file retrieval issue. How is it now setup? do you have a C: drive with your old XP Pro install, and another with your current Home Installation (IE D: drive) or are they both on C:? try taking ownership of the folder/files: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421for some reason I thought that on a new installation, there may still be bad sectors PRESENT and that was why he couldn't access the files.... file ownership could be the case, I'm sure Quote from: blockHEAD on June 29, 2009, 05:15:36 PM for some reason I thought that on a new installation, there may still be bad sectors present and that was why he couldn't access the files.... trust me- when a file contains bad sectors- in my experience- the computer freezes solid. Very frustrating... especially when you haven't a CLUE what files they are. (it was dumb, too, because I went three months with random freezes, and fixed it with a single chkdsk /r...) Quote from: BC_Programmer on June 29, 2009, 05:27:47 PM
ehh, it's not dumb computing is a learning experience but thanks for the tip well, yeah- except I already knew that chkdsk /r would fix it. maybe not dumb though. more lazy. "man, my comps going slow." "heh, but I'm gangsta, so I don't give a *censored*" "yeah, real gangsta's just let their comps run slow" LOL. that's a good bash.org quote.never been to bash.org I'll have to drive by sometime Quote from: BC_Programmer on June 29, 2009, 05:40:55 PM well, yeah- except I already knew that chkdsk /r would fix it. BC please refrain from flying off TANGENT or your Twinkie priveledges will be revoked... Sincerely, patio. Quote from: blockHEAD on June 29, 2009, 04:58:19 PM you mean, XP Professional ? yup, I misspoke, the one I need is xp professional...thats what came with my computer. We had an older computer that had ME installed, then we upgraded it to xp home. That's the disc I used trying to get this comp to boot up. I ran a chckdsk and everything seems ok. I guess my main issue is that some of the files/programs were on my desktop in my old user acct, but not in my new one (I hope I'm making sense!) and for some reason some of the games are no longer working. I can see them when I click on local disk c/program files, but they don't work properly when I try to open them. Also, they are not showing up on add/remove programs. do they uninstall when I delete the folder they are in? ~jennthe problem your having with games/programs is that they aren't installed to begin with- the files they installed in Pro still exist, but the registry entries don't this is why add/remove doesn't show them, and also why they don't work properly. Deleting the folders is advisable- and then reinstall the games, and they should work. |
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