Windows XP is avaliable on floppy!!!

2007-08-03 18:35:37

#1

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6672|Winland

At least that's what it thinks! Whiles installing XP on a machine today, I got this error message during the install:

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That is, in english:

Insert the diskette (floppy)

Windows XP Professional CD-ROM

In drive A:

* And press Enter

How the hell did Microsoft compress about 1GB files into 1.4 MB?!

Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2007-08-03 18:38:41)

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2007-08-03 18:36:29

#2

maffiaw: ph33r me 傻逼; +40|6896|Melbourne, AUS

I see "CD-ROM"

2007-08-03 18:37:40

#3

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6672|Winland

Oops, forgot to add that CD-ROM was just missing. The message is still the same.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2007-08-03 18:39:08

#4

r2zoo: Knowledge is power, guard it well; +126|7071|Michigan, USA

maffiaw wrote:
I see "CD-ROM"

Yes but Drive A is tradtionally your floppy drive.

Seen it a bunch of times on Ytmnd but still amuses me

2007-08-03 18:39:18

#5

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7318|Alberta, Canada

Are you sure Diskette doesn't mean disc, as in CD disc?

2007-08-03 18:40:02

#6

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6672|Winland

Ryan wrote:
Are you sure Diskette doesn't mean disc, as in CD disc?

"Diskett" means floppy in swedish. "Disketten" is when it's talking about THAT floppy. (Lack of better words)

Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2007-08-03 18:40:52)

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

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Ryan wrote:

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