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2010-06-17 07:32:31
Stubbee
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sigh
figures when you need something right away it will be damaged. Must be a Murphy's law

Friends upgraded their laptop so gave me their old one. Currently running XP 2002 sp2. They gave me a copy of the XP disk but it isn't bootable.
I would like to do a fresh install but not having a bootable disk is grrrrrrr. Actually maybe replace the HD with a larger one and and do the install on that.

So any advice?


laptop is ECS A900i ibuddie i.e. a 'Desknote'
ram 496MB (512 installed)
hd 10GB

the only purpose of this machine is to download data from a particle counter into Excel and print a report before leaving the site
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2010-06-17 07:59:35
13urnzz
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+5,830|6755

get XP sp3 on disk. save you time d / l the service pack. you said excel, so after Office goes on you're still looking at 400 mb, just for windows update.

as far as getting the disc, try Microsoft fulfillment - if you have the key, they should send the disc for < $10, shipped.

if this is a production machine (meaning you want the job done right) clean install from pressed disc is the way to go . . .
2010-06-17 08:56:50
steelie34
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could just be the boot sector that is damaged.  is this disk still readable in windows when you pop it in the drive?  maybe you can take an image and burn it to a new cd.

you'll have to redo the boot sector by hand though, although it's not terribly hard to make a disk bootable:

http://www.howtohaven.com/system/create … disk.shtml

just grab the i386 folder from the cd and you should be set.  otherwise, follow burnzz suggestion to get a replacement media.

Last edited by steelie34 (2010-06-17 08:59:06)

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2010-06-19 14:13:18
signa
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+50|6987|Michigan, USA
use nliteos to make a slipstreamed cd for reinstall.  That way you can roll in service packs, updates and custom settings.

 

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