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Max Harden ([personal profile] hawkida) wrote2010-02-24 11:34 pm
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XP Home

I have a computer that went screwy after the last XP update. It no longer boots, not even in safe mode (It constantly cycles after blue screening so fast I can't read the error, or in safe mode it gets stuck after loading "mup.sys" and does nothing). So I want to boot it from a CD and tell it to do a repair. Except I don't actually have an XP disk. I do have a legit XP serial for the machine and I was under the impression that I could download the software legally from Microsoft themselves. Well, if I can, they're making it bloody difficult to work out how. Best I can find is some version that's suitable for putting on floppy disks. Am I wrong? Do I have to search my entire house in the hope of finding an XP disk, or go down the dodgy torrents route? Or am I just failing to see something that's right under my nose?
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[identity profile] liam-on-linux.livejournal.com 2010-03-15 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
XP Tablet Edition is a special, separate release, based off XP Pro. No, a vanilla XP disk, of any other ordinary edition, will not install the tablet extensions.

Sounds to me like you need a new hard disk, possibly, /and/ a copy of XPTE.

Notebook hard disks are quite cheap now. All you need to know is if you need PATA or SATA. I'd give up hope of any of the freebies on the original CD, though.

But if you can get your money back, go for it.
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